Frank Maes

Advisory Board Member

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Universiteitstraat 4 Gent 9000 Belgium

Email: Frank.Maes@UGent.be

Phone: +32 09 264 68 95

Fax: +32 09 264 69 89

Affiliation: Ghent University

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International and European environmental law, also related to climate change, fresh water and protection of oceans and seas. Maritime spatial planning legal framework and local ecological fisheries knowledge.

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Holds a Master in Political Sciences: Diplomatic Sciences – Ghent University, a Master in Shipping Law, University of Antwerp (UFSIA) and is Doctor in Law, Ghent University. He is professor Public International Law at the Law Faculty of Ghent University (www.law.ugent.be/intpub), lecturing inter alia International and European Environmental Law. He was guest lecturer at various universities, such as University opf Nairobi, University of Dar es Salaam, University of Santa Clarta (US), University of Santa Barbara (US), the University of Wuhan (China) (2007, 2009, 2012) and Tsinghua University (China) (2011). He is research Director of the Maritime Institute of Ghent University (www.law.ugent.be/intpub). He actually supervises 16 PhD students and his research is focused on international and European environmental law, in particular climate change law, fresh water law and protection of oceans and seas. Other research interests are maritime spatial planning and local ecological fisheries knowledge. Main publications (books, articles) are in the field of marine environmental law (see http://lib.ugent.be/bibliografie/801000646927). He has a long experience with interdisciplinary research projects funded by BELSPO, such as MARE-DASM (MArine REsources Damage Assessment and Sustainable Management of the North Sea) (1998-2002), BALANS (Balancing Impacts of Human Activities in the Belgian Part of the North Sea) (2002-2006), GAUFRE (Towards a Spatial Structure Plan for Sustainable Management of the Sea) and SUMANOS (Cluster SUstainable MAnagement NOrth Sea). Ghent University takes a front position in marine spatial planning, starting with GAUFRE, contributions to 1st UNESCO International Workshop on Marine Spatial Planning (2006), the ENCORA Paris Conference on a European Coastal Action Plan (2007), involvement in CALAMAR (EU EX – on the topic of Transatlantic spatial planning: 2009-2011), partner in MASPNOSE (Preparatory Action on Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea - EU DG MARE: 2010-2011) and host institute for TransMASP (Transboundary MArine Spatial Planning - EU Marie Curie Fp7: 2010-2012).

The ADRIPLAN project will provide detailed recommendations for the evaluation of cross-border MSP based on an integrated overall assessment and taking into account multiple demands and potentials.

The ADRIPLAN project is implemented by 17 Partners from 4 countries of the Adriatic - Ionian Macroregion, from which 8 are the Scientific Partners and 9 the Institutional Partners (inner circle). 17 Observers (outer circle) are also contributing to the project.

The proposed approach will be based on the best knowledge available, will be developed with the support of Institutional partners and observers and the involvement of all main stakeholders.

The main challenge for ADRΙPLAN in implementing MSP in the area will be to overcome barriers of full participation of all neighboring countries in the process and promote sound technically/scientifically based political decisions.

The scientific community of the project had been given the mandate to deliver a commonly - agreed approach for providing detailed proposals and recommendations for the implementation of cross border MSP in the focus areas.

ADRIPLAN promotes the harmonized implementation under an ecosystem based approach of the EU legislative framework on marine and maritime issues, including the ICZM protocol for the Mediterranean, and the new Directive proposal on ICZM – MSP, as well as the EUSAIR Action Plan

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