Project concept: Planning for the management of new protected areas

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SpatialNorth Interreg IIIB Northern Periphery
Programme Scottish Partner Seminar 25 26
August 2005
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SpatialNorthSpatial planning in Northern
Peripheral Regions

• Financially assisted under Measure 3.2 Public
  management and spatial planning of the Northern
  Periphery Programme Interreg IIIB 2000-2006
• encourage new approaches to planning for
  sustainable development particularly through a
  better understanding of how the region functions
  and in mobilising communities to shape their
  future

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Project objectives

• Objectives are relevant to the next Structural
  Funds
• programming period and the ESDP policy on
  territorial
• cohesion across the EU
• exchange knowledge on spatial planning and
• development between partner regions
• develop a toolbox of good practices for
  integrated participatory spatial planning and
  development
• applicable to partner regions/ Northern
  Periphery/Europe

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Lead partner organisations in SpatialNorth

• County Administration of Vaesternorrland, Sweden
  (Lead Partner)
• UHI Millennium Institute, Scotland
• Regional Council of Northern Karelia, Finland
• Institute for Regional Planning, Iceland

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• Project areas
• Vaesternorrland, Sweden
• Northern Karelia, East Finland
• Highlands Islands, Scotland
• East Iceland
• Norway, Faroes Greenland included to less
  significant extent
• Geographical similarities
• Peripheral
• Sparsely populated

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Common regional themes

• Populations declining and ageing
• Urban-rural migration
• Employment (decrease in primary activities,
  increase in service sector)
• Integration of nature conservation and economic
  development
• Enhance tourism potential
• High transport cost and limited infrastructure
• Energy production and delivery
• High cost for public and private services
• Limited access to commercial markets

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Common planning/policy issues

• Strong influence of European Union policies
• Parallel planning and policy processes
• Conflicting interests between and across sectors
• Area-based vs. strategic plans

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Work packages

• 1 Each region August 2005 June 2007
• 2 Inter-regional / January 2006 Dec. 2007
• international
• 3 Management - by lead partner (Sweden)
  of project - by regional steering groups

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Work package 1 (HI)

• 1a Inventory/mapping of data (with in HI)
  policies/strategies (local to EU)
• Review of GIS in regional spatial planning
• 1b Research into a number of large scale
  spatial planning issues seen as a priority HI
  by stakeholders
• 1c Evaluation of complementarities,
  contradictions and conflicts within all policies
  in HI leading to definition and alignment
• 1d Review of recent standard and unconventional
  participatory approaches to spatial planning

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SpatialNorth HI partners

• Co-funders
• HIEP
• Crofters Commission
• Forestry Commission
• Scottish Executive Development Dept. (Planning)
• SEERAD
• SEPA
• SCVO (in kind)

• Other stakeholders
• Cairngorm National Park
• Authority
• Deer Commission for Scotland
• SNH
• Visit Scotland

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Identified Highland and Islands regional themes

• Land use plan
• Land ownership data/boundaries
• Habitat networks
• Quality of landscape character/ conservation
• Agricultural adjustment and CAP reform
• Economic growth vs. nature conservation
• Recreational opportunities
• Tourism initiatives and development
• Employment patterns - quality and opportunities
• Educational opportunities
• Innovation, enterprise and research
• Community ownership, participation and leadership
• Population migration/age structure/distribution
• Equality/inclusiveness

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Identified Highland and Islands regional themes
cont.

• Cultural/place identity
• Living environment social aspects -
  clean/safe/health/services/amenities
• Affordable Housing
• Housing vs. waste water capacity
• Initiatives for fragile and regeneration
  areas
• Global market connections/involvements/desirabilit
  y of HI
• IT/communication/broadband/e-business
• Transport infrastructure
• Renewable energy
• Water supply and drainage pollution/floods/quali
  ty
• Waste management
• Climate change effect on species/sea level
• Strategic Environmental Assessments

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Work package 2 (Inter-regional / International)

• 2a Evaluation of good practice/experience
• in NPP regions, Europe, further afield
• 2b International meeting (mainly NPP region)
• seminar to present findings
• workshop to define 2c and 2d
• 2c Study tours
• develop skills and capacity
• review processes/mechanisms
• 2d Development of toolbox
• 2e Concluding international seminar (Europe)

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Toolbox set of good practices for participatory
development and implementation of integrated
spatial plans

• defining issues/problems appropriate scale
• necessary data/information and their integration
  (GIS?)
• prioritising development alternatives
• appropriate methods to elicit participation
• mobilising resources (financial/other)
  stakeholders
• organising learning processes

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SpatialNorth HIproject team

• Centre for Mountain Studies
• Perth College UHI
• Martin Price
• Clive Bowman
• Paul Goodfellow
• Kerry Godfrey (liaison to executive office of
  UHI)
• www.cms.uhi.ac.uk