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Policy Briefs

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Policy Brief 1: Coherent and Cross-compliant Ocean Governance for Delivering the Green Deal for European Seas: Introduces the concepts of coherence and cross-compliance and explains their importance for the realization of the European Green Deal
Policy Brief 2: Coherence in Policy Landscapes and Design:Gives policy recommendations on how to increase policy coherence between central environmental policies and between environmental and sectoral policies.
Policy Brief 6: Strengthening policy coherence in EU coastal and marine governance: Key recommendations:This brief shows how systemic fragmentation hampers coherent EU marine and coastal governance and offers recommendations from the CrossGov project.
Policy Brief 7: Embedding policy coherence in the Ocean Pact and future Ocean Act: A strategic blueprint: This brief highlights how policy fragmentation hinders the EU’s Ocean Pact priorities and how to address it.
Policy Brief 5: Policy brief on challenges and opportunities to strengthen SPS interfaces: The brief highlights challenges in Science-Policy-Society Interfaces and offer.
The Marine Environment & Agriculture Pollution Roadmap: This roadmap outlines a strategy to align agricultural runoff management with marine protection by improving policy coherence, reducing nutrient pollution, and supporting EU goals for zero pollution and sustainable food systems.
Fisheries & Biodiversity Conservation Roadmap: This roadmap proposes ways to better align EU fisheries policy with biodiversity goals by addressing legal gaps, improving marine protected areas, and strengthening sustainable management to support ecosystem restoration and policy coherence.
Offshore Wind Energy & Biodiversity Protection Roadmap: This roadmap provides recommendations to improve policy coherence between offshore wind energy and marine biodiversity protection, addressing key challenges and promoting an integrated approach aligned with the European Green Deal
A co-created Blueprint to strengthen SPS interfaces in the marine domain: This Blueprint offers actionable recommendations to enhance Science-Policy-Society Interfaces (SPSI) in the marine domain, supporting evidence-based EU Green Deal policymaking through structured analysis and practical guidance.
SPS Methodological Approach Infographic: This infographic presents the CrossGov methodology for assessing science–policy–society interactions (SPSI) in EU marine policies, highlighting how knowledge is co-produced and applied in decision-making recommendations to improve their effectiveness.

Reports

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Reflections Policy Coherence: Discusses the importance of Policy Coherence for a better integration of marine protection in Marine Spatial Planning processes.
Mediterranean Summary Report: his case study examines how EU Green Deal marine policies on biodiversity and climate change are applied in Mediterranean fisheries, highlighting challenges in cross-border implementation due to limited EU membership and complex governance.
Case Study: Mediterranean – Step 2: It assesses the current state of policy coherence and cross-compliance in the case study area and its implications for policy outcomes.
Case Study: Mediterranean – Step 3: This report answers the case-specific research questions, summarizes any additional findings, and draws conclusions from the cases, including areas for improvement.
North Adriatic Case Study Summary Report: North Adriatic Case StudyThis case study explores how policies and practices for fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, and other sectors are managed in the Italian Northern Adriatic.
French Mediterranean Summary Report- Can fisheries policy implementation mechanisms be aligned with EU biodiversity objectives?: This case study explores how France’s fisheries policies align with EU biodiversity goals, noting limited integration despite shared regulations.
Step 2 – French Mediterranean Report: Assessing the state of play and challenges in coherence and cross-compliance: This report assesses how EU and national policies align in managing France’s Mediterranean coast, focusing on the interplay of marine directives, sectoral implementation, and cross-sector coordination to support environmental and Green Deal goals.
Step 3 French Mediterranean Report – Assessing the Integration of Marine Biodiversity Conservation into the Planification of the Sea: This report compares how Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Corsica implement key EU marine directives, revealing how differences in planning, governance, and engagement affect policy alignment and marine protection across the land-sea interface.
The Oslofjord Case Study – Summary Report: This report outlines the ecological crisis in the Oslofjord and explores governance challenges and emerging solutions to improve land-sea policy coherence.
Cross-Compliance in policy integration: This report examines how sectoral policies reflect European Green Deal goals and how to better align them with healthy marine ecosystems.
Cross-Compliance in integrative planning: This report uses four case studies to assess how key EU marine directives align, highlighting gaps, good practices, and lessons to support European Green Deal goals.

All Scientific Publications

European Approaches Support an Essential Definition of Ecosystem-Based Management and Demonstrate Its Implementation for the Oceans: Provides important messages about ocean governance and highlights why European approaches are important in a global context.
Policy coherence for ecosystem-based management: This research delves deep into the challenges and synergies of implementing these directives in order to achieve sustainable water and marine environments.
Building competences for researchers working towards ocean sustainability: This paper analyses the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to enable a transdisciplinary and action-oriented science.
The ecological sustainability of the energy policy: This article explores the trade-offs in decarbonising the energy sector by analysing the legal arguments of hydropower in EU law.
The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans: Provides future-oriented perspectives on how law should evolve to better preserve the oceans
Beneath the Surface: Can the Oslofjord Plan Create Transformative Change Through Institutional Layering?: This analysis examines the Oslofjord Action Plan as a case of institutional layering, highlighting its potential and limitations in addressing persistent ecological degradation amid entrenched governance barriers.
How Useful is Ecosystem Accounting in Planning for the Oslofjord?: This article explores how elements of ecosystem accounting are used in planning for the Oslofjord, highlighting its partial application, potential benefits, and key challenges related to data gaps, valuation, and governance
Transnationality in EU Marine Environmental Law – Examining the Multilayered Legal Structures through the Lens of Offshore Wind Power Development in the Baltic Sea:This article examines how EU marine environmental law addresses (and overlooks) transnational challenges in the context of offshore wind development.
Policy coherence for ecosystem-based management: Implementing EU water and marine policies in the Archipelago Sea:This paper explores how EU water and marine policies are implemented in Finland’s Archipelago Sea, highlighting synergies and coherence challenges between agriculture, aquaculture, and offshore wind.