Coastal Management Plan for Boka Kotorska Bay

10 Background of the Plan The Article 18 of the Barcelona Convention’s Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (the ICZM Protocol) calls for the development of coastal plans that “may be self-standing or integrated in other plans and programmes”, and “shall specify the orientations of the national strategy and implement it at an appropriate territorial level, determining, inter alia and whe. [...] The preparation and implementation of such a plan should therefore combine the following: • the establishment of policies for the sustainable development and climate resilience in the coastal zone; • the establishment of a coastal management and governance system, with a special focus on impacts of climate change; • assistance to the integration of sectoral plans into overall sustainable developme. [...] Summary and the outcomes of the fourth stakeholder meeting The fourth stakeholder meeting for the preparation of the Coastal Management Plan in Boka Kotorska Bay engaged stakeholders from different fields and sectors, and from different administrative levels (local and national, NGOs) – see Annex II. [...] The main aim of the meeting was to discuss and verify the proposed measures and to carry out the exercise of prioritization of measures for each theme. [...] 2 3 The workshop was opened by Ms Milica Rudić from the Division for Integrated Management of Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism of Montenegro.