Based on the project agreement „Cross border maritime spatial planning in the Black Sea – Romania and Bulgaria, code EASME/EMFF/2018/1.2.1.5/01/SI2.806725 - MARSPLAN-BS II”, financed by European Commission, The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), „Ovidius” University of Constanta, organised the online thematic workshop entitled „Coastal protection measures against erosion”, which took place on 11th February 2021.

The MARSPLAN BS II Project was presented by the project coordinator, Angel Gyorev, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Sofia, Bulgaria to the Workshop on Integrating an Ecosystem-based Approach into Maritime Spatial Planning, 27 January 2021, organized by Milieu Consulting SPRL with the following partners, ACTeon, Baltijas Vides Forums, Stichting Wageningen Research and Fresh-Thoughts Consulting GmbH. The event was also attended by: Mr. Bogdan Ghinea (MDPWD, Bucharest, RO), Mrs. Vesselina Troeva (NCRD, Sofia, BG), Mrs. Laura Alexandrov and Mrs. Laura Boicenco (NIMRD, Constanta, RO), Mrs. Margarita Stancheva (CCMR, Varna, Bulgaria) and Mrs. Tatiana Begun (GeoEcoMar, Constanta, RO).

Further information and online registration are available on the event webpage.

On December 17, 2020, took place the online public consultation within MARSPLAN-BS II Project with the Romanian stakeholders regarding the Study of the Future Conditions of the Maritime Space.

On November 26th, 2020, the 3rd Steering Committee meeting was held in video-conference format and it was organized by the Coordinator - Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria.

Thematic online workshop was held on November 5th, 2020 under project agreement EASME/EMFF/2018/1.2.1.5/01/SI2.806725 „Cross border maritime spatial planning in the Black Sea – Bulgaria and Romania - MARSPLAN-BS II”, co-funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) of the European Union.

The Interdisciplinary Seminar "Blue Synergy" under MARSPLAN – BS II Project (Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning for Black Sea – Bulgaria and Romania), was held at the Exhibition Center Flora, Burgas on July 10th, 2020. The event was addressed exclusively to the Bulgarian side.

The first Advisory Board meeting of MARSPLAN – BS II Project (Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning for Black Sea – Bulgaria and Romania), was held at the Exhibition Center Flora, Burgas on July 9th, 2020.

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Despite the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus, the maritime spatial planning process continues. On Thursday, May 7th, 2020, the Second Steering Committee meeting was held within the MARSPLAN-BS II project. Due to the safety measures, the meeting was held in video-conference format and it was organized by the Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration of Romania. The Agenda included many sessions, but the participants were able to consider and discuss all scheduled topics. One of the main topic of discussions was the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the project activities and the possibilities of their reorganization. All project partners as well as representatives from DG MARE and EASME took part at the Steering Committee meeting.

The seminar took place at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy on 12th December 2019 in Varna, Bulgaria. It is planned under the activities of the MARSPLAN-BS П project. The forum was opened by the deputy head of the educational and scientific part at Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy - Captain I rank Prof. Dr. Kalin Kalinov.