Tenders Are Invited For Research Services – Joint Strategic Environmental Assessment Of Cumulative Impacts On The Unesco Wadden Sea World Heritage Site

Research Services – Joint Strategic Environmental Assessment Of Cumulative Impacts On The Unesco Wadden Sea World Heritage Site. 2. Scope Of Work And Key Tasks The Purpose Of The Joint Sea Is To Assess The Potential Impacts And Cumulative Effects Of Programmes, Plans And Projects Originating In And Around The Property On The Ouv And Other Related, Particular Values And To Provide Information Useful For Future Decision-Making To Support The Reduction Of (Cumulative) Pressures On The Wadden Sea. The Main Focus Of The Sea Is On Potential Cumulative Impacts On The Attributes, Which Describe And Convey The Ouv Key Values Of The Property. Other Than The Strategic Environmental Assessment Defined By The Eu Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive, The Joint Seas Screening Is Not Limited To The Level Of Programmes And Plans But Also Includes Relevant Projects. The Joint Sea Pays Particular Attention To The Ouv And To Cumulative Effects Of Currently Known Relevant Programmes, Plans And Projects (Ppps) In A Transboundary Perspective. The Simp Integrated Management Plan For One Wadden Sea World Heritage Key Topics (Fisheries, Tourism, Shipping And Ports, Renewable Energy And Energy From Oil And Gas, And Coastal Flood Defence And Protection) Serve As Categories To Identify Relevant Ppps. Beyond The Ppps That Officially Require Eias Or Seas, All Activities With Potential Effects On The Ouv, Including Cumulative/Combined Effects, Should Be Considered, Including Sand And Silt Extraction And Sediment Management In General. For The Development Process Of The Joint Sea, The State Parties, In The Draft Scoping Report, Proposed That As A First Step, A Trilateral Approach Should Be Taken To Develop Common Understandings And Agreements On Methodology. In A Second Step, These Agreements Should Then Be Taken Up In National Components Of The Joint Sea. Finally, Trilateral Integration Is Proposed To Produce The Joint Sea With Conclusions And Recommendations In Relation To The Ouv And To Be Submitted To The World Heritage Centre (See Annex Draft Scoping Report, Figure 1). Agreements Reached So Far For The Trilateral Approach Are Included In The Draft Scoping Report. Further Detailed Methodological Agreements Are Still Required. These Will Be Discussed And Agreed Upon By The Selected Consultancies Responsible For The Joint Sea And The National Sea Components, In Close Collaboration With Cwss And The Project Related Trilateral Working Groups And Committees (I.E. The Trilateral Technical Steering Group And, Potentially, An Advisory Council Composed Of Academics, Environmental Ngos And The Agencies Responsible For Implementing The Results Of The Joint Sea). The National Sea Components Will Include (Not Exclusively): - National Environmental Baselines, - Analysis Of: - The Current Environmental Status And The Development Of The Ouv Key Values Since 2009, Including The Identification Of Pressures And Key Drivers, - The Ppps Currently Under Preparation Or Planned Focusing On The Planned Activities Or Structures, And Their (Expected) Environmental Effects, - The Known And Potential Cumulativ

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