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.

The Fourth International MSP Forum entitled "Global Maritime Spatial Planning Meets Regional Experience in Cross-Border and Cross-sectoral Planning" was formally opened by the Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development and Parliamentary Secretary of the Republic of Latvia, Mr. Arthurs Toms Ples , Mr Felix Lineman - EC, Mr Julien Barbier, Head of Maritime Policy and Regional Coordination at UNESCO, from the Rector of the University of Latvia, and Mr Jacob Granit - Director-General of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water management, lead partner of the project Pan Baltik Scope and Mrs. Alda Nikodemuza - Head of Secretariat of VASAB (Vision and Strategy for the Baltic Sea).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania and the European Commission through the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DGMARE) and the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) organized, on November 14, 2019, in Bucharest, the second regional workshop on the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea.

The MARSPLAN-BS II project (1st of July 2019 – 30th of June 2021) is built upon the results and experience of the first MSP project for the Black Sea - MARSPLAN-BS and the national achievements on transposition of the MSP Directive in Bulgaria and Romania, lessons learned and recommendations for further work.

In the context of the MARSPLAN-BS project finalization MRDPAEF organized, in Bucharest, the Conference “Challenges and opportunities for maritime spatial planning of the Black Sea in Romania and Bulgaria”.