Background Agreement on a second holistic assessment, by 2016, at - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Background • Agreement on a second holistic assessment, by 2016, at the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial Meeting, including to: – develop regional assessments so that they can be used by CPs in assessments of marine and coastal waters and for EU MSFD reporting – further develop, test and apply HELCOM assessment tools – develop operational assessments of pressures and update the Baltic Sea Impact Index. – include economic and social analysis of the use of the Baltic Sea and of the cost of degradation of the marine environment. Name 4/10/2014 Surname 1

Status of assessment tools • HEAT (eutrophication): Current version 3.0. Will be further developed in EUTRO-OPER. • CHASE (hazardous substances): Was further developed in project HARMONY. • BEAT (biodiversity): Is further developed in EU-project DEVOTES. • BSPI and BSII (Baltic Sea Pressure and Impact Index): Were further developed in project HARMONY. • HOLAS (integrated assessment): Has not been further developed since last the holistic assessment Name 4/10/2014 Surname 2

Targets for HOLAS II • Update assessment tools • Analysis according to the Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact- Response framework (with less emphasis on D and R) • Production of a roof report for EU reporting 2018 • Contribute to the aim of HELCOM assessments to be fully operational and increasingly automated • Support the implementation of the HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment Strategy Name 4/10/2014 Surname 3

Activities A6. Solutions A6. Solutions A5. Drivers of A1. Level of human activities environmental degradation; and pressures (BSPI) A1. Level of human activities A4+A5. Existing and planned sufficency of measures and pressures (BSPI) measures to reach GES. Sufficency of measures, drivers of change. A2. State of the Baltic A4. Existing and A2. State of the Baltic Sea (and cumulative planned measures to Sea (and cumulative impacts from A1) reach GES impacts from A1) A3. Impact on society; A3. Impact on society; cost of degradation and cost of degradation and benefits of mitigation benefits of mitigation Name 4/10/2014 Surname 4

Project management Chair and HOLAS core team Coordinating function Project coordinator* A6 Solutions Project Project Lead Lead Main activities Researcher* Researcher Country Country A1 A2 A3 A4+A5** HELCOM WGs, projects, Expert workshops expert groups Input from • Project coordinator will also act as project researcher of A1. • ** A4 and A5 will be carried out with less level of detail than A1-A3. Name 4/10/2014 Surname 5

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