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The 2010 Annual Coastal Partnerships Forum took place in Berwick on March 17th and 18th.

It was thoroughly enjoyable and really interesting.

The programme was as follows:

PROGRAMME DAY 1: March 17th

0930 Field Trip – A Cross Border Coast. (Optional)

With Aisling Lannin (Berwickshire and Northumberland EMS), Liza Cole St Abbs Property Manager, Georgia Conolly St Abbs VMR Ranger, and Chris Cutts – Forth Forum (formerly Berwickshire SSMEI). This took the form of a stunning coastal walk and included sustainable tourism, rural regeneration, and cross border management of a European Marine Site and landscape protected area and local partnership working for effective resource management and community engagement.

1330 Session 1

Welcoming address, introductions and Session Chair – Niall Benson

Northumberland Coast AONB – Mel Nichols, AONB Officer and Tom Cadwallender, Natural and Cultural Heritage Officer

Scottish Coastal Partnerships – Rhona Fairgrieve, Scottish Coastal Forum Officer

Marine Scotland – Linda Rosborough, Director Policy and Planning, Marine Scotland

1500 Refreshment Break

1520 Session 2

Chair: Jill Goddard

Northern Ireland Coastal and Marine Forum – Professor Andrew Cooper, Ulster University, Northern Ireland Coastal and Marine Forum Chair
Working with Coastal Groups - Caroline Salthouse, North West Coastal Forum

· Marine Litter, a Partnership approach - Susannah Bleakley, Morecambe Bay Partnership

· Partnership Communications – Jim Masters Devon Coastal Forum Officer

DAY 2: March 18th

0930 Session 3 –

Chair: Aisling Lannin

Marine Planning/Marine Policy Statement - Amy Holmes, Defra, Marine Policy and Planning

Marine Management Organisation – Christopher Parry, Chair, Marine Management Organisation

C-Scope – Marine Planning - the Dorset Experience, Ness Smith, Dorset Coast Forum

Seasearch, voluntary data capture, - Chris Wood, National Co-ordinator

1120 Session 4: The Partnership session

Chair: Jim Masters

Open Forum and debate – Modern Coastal Partnerships and the CPWG

· CPWG Activities Round-Up of Past Year - Niall Benson, CPWG Chair

· Activities of CPWG 2009-2010 - Jill Goddard CPWG Vice-Chair

· Election of CPWG Committee Members

Note that the new CPWG Chair is Jim Masters and the new Secretary is Paul Parker

· Summing up and final points - Chair

Annual Coastal Partnerships Forum 2010

Annual Coastal Partnerships Forum: 17th/18th March 2010

The Annual Coastal Partnerships Forum, kindly supported by Defra, will be held at the Marshall Meadows Country House Hotel, Berwick upon Tweed. CPWG will be hosting the event again follow...
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Annual Coastal Partnerships Forum 2010

Annual Coastal Partnerships Forum: 17th/18th March 2010