The Evaluation of ICZM in Europe concluded on 18 August 2006.

Further comments and suggestions should be sent directly to the ICZM Contact Person at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DGENV), Ms. Birgit Snoeren.

Contact information:

Ms. Birgit Snoeren
European Commission, DG Environment
DGENV3, Cohesion Policy & Environmental Impact Assessment
Phone: +32 2 299 40 53
E-mail: Birgit.Snoeren@cec.eu.int

The ICZM Evaluation Team of Rupprecht Consult GmbH and the International Ocean Institute would like to thank all Member State contacts for their hard work in coordinating and developing the national reporting responses to the EU ICZM Recommendation (2002/413/EC).

We would also like to thank the team of evaluators covering all coastal European countries, involved in assembling information and contracted to compile a comprehensive assessment of each Member State's national ICZM reports.

On 18 August 2006, the Evaluation Team submitted its Final Evaluation Report on the implementation of and prospects for ICZM in the European Union to the European Commission.

The Final Evaluation Report will, in the next months, be reviewed by the European Commission's ICZM Steering and Expert Groups, and support them in reviewing the EU ICZM Recommendation and in the development of the evaluation report due to the European Parliament and Council at the end of 2006.

We appreciated being a part of this important activity on the future of ICZM in Europe and look forward to future prospects of continuing in the ICZM field.

On behalf of the Evaluation Team,
Debra Meyer Wefering, Evaluation Coordinator