WCC 2020 Rec 112 - Activity Report

MSP games are performed in several Baltic Sea Region countries. Managing marine resources and maritime spatial planning entails a complex system of governance that involves a variety of stakeholders in both national and transnational level. Water resources, particularly the Baltic Sea and its basins, require concerted actions to ensure the good ecological status of the marine ecosystems, as well as prosperity of the coastal regions through a sustainable management of resources. The MSP Games engage participants in a role game, which will enable them to explore this multi-faceted system of governance, and to identify solutions to conflicts of interest among stakeholder groups and nature conservation. MSP games were postponed to 2022-2024 due to COVID restrictions. However, CCB promoted the participation in different MSP events throughout 2021: MSP Roundtable in Kaliningrad, MSP NATURE 2021 Conference, 4th Baltic MSP Forum and the 22nd Meeting of HELCOM-VASAB MSP Working Group.