Summer School "Maritime Spatial Planning and Management"
From June 1st to June 5th 2015, 24 students (doctoral, post-doctoral or master 2) were selected and gathered around international experts on the topic of planning and management of maritime spaces.
This summer school has relied on the Marine Spatial Planning research Network (MSPRN).
THE PARTICIPANTS
No less than 10 different nationalities for these 24 students, 2 of whom are currently studying in Nantes. They come from as varied backgrounds as Colombia, Crete, Spain, Ireland, South Africa, Germany, Italy, Portugal, India and France.
The speakers come from Portugal, France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland. thanks to Andréa MORF, Andreas KANNEN, Gillian GLEGG, Holger JANSSEN, Stephen JAY, Thomas KLENKE, Cathal O'MAHONY, Helena CALADO, Maria DE FATIMA LOPES ALVES, Juan Luis SUAREZ DE VIVERO, and Brice TROUILLET.
THE PROGRAM
The first afternoon was devoted to a field trip (St Nazaire, Le Croisic). The following mornings began with cross-discussions, followed by guest speaker interventions, and practical exercises closed each day.
Cross-Discussion at MSH Ange-Guépin
Field Trip
Very productive practical exercises!
WHAT STUDENTS THOUGHT ABOUT IT:
Scientific content: 8,2 / 10
Organization : 8,4 / 10
Correspond to objectives : 8,4 / 10
All confirm that the summer school has been useful in developing their professional network.
All of them confirm that the scientific content and techniques learned will be useful in their future studies, in particular :
- Design of MSP and engagement of stakeholders
- Regulation of coastal uses
- The concepts; knowledge on legislation; spatial planning and zoning and stakeholder involvement.
- Aspects on the multiple spatio-temporal scales in MSP & transboundary issues
- All of it. MSP hasn't really taken off in [my country] so all the knowledge I gained at the summer school will be useful for me.
- The stakeholder engagement topic was very interesting and usefull for future experiences I may have in preparing this types of meetings
- Everything. In particular I will employ some of the idea visualisation and brainstorming processes again.
- Stakeholder involvement and engagement Linking maritime and coastal planning
- I liked the international approach to the treated topics and the experiences of the colleagues in the different fields.
- In the project I am working DECCMA
- Presentation techniques and participation.
- Monitoring MSP
- Maritime policy presented by Profesor [X], as well as different examples and perspectives of MSP initiatives and solutions worldwide, presented by colleges from all around the world.
What they prefered :
- It was interactive and interdiscciplinar, so many different views were introduced
- Many speakers from different fields
- The variety of topics covered; the presentations and discussions within teachers and students; international networking; crossed-discussions
- Organization, great quality of speakers, exchanges & ambiance
- Networking opportunities / Learning about MSP from the perspective of different countries / City of Nantes / The food was amazing! / Pauline Borgniet was so helpful! Especially for me who was coming from so far away.
- I enjoyed the group and its diversity, wwith people from different backgrounds and studying different topics, this provided a broad prospect of MSP possibilities.
- Field trips, individual presentations of the participants
- Networking, knowledge sharing, cooperation, collaboration, capacity building, brainstorming, idea visualisation, problem solving
- Meet people working on the same subject
- Opportunity to meet other scientist working in the area / Opportunity to discuss the topics I work and see how the colleagues deal with the same issues
- Teaching
- The contributions of different types of national legislation and views in the framework of the European Union.
- Organization / Multi-disciplinaries / Interaction with partecipants / Level of "lessons" and presentations
- Well organized / Practical involent of students
Download Programme.pdf