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In January 2012 Albert Salman has been appointed EUCC's director Sustainable Development. He has served as director general for 20 years after beginning the organisation in 1987. In his new function he will be responsible for EUCC's institutional cooperation with the European Commission; the QualityCoast programme; and the elaboration of EUCC's mission for sustainability into our projects.
2012 will also bring some other changes for EUCC's staff in Leiden and Barcelona.
As EUCC's Executive Director ad interim, Mike Mannaart will lead a process involving the search for a new ED, a redistribution of tasks and functions, and he will serve as interim head of the Dutch Kust & Zee programme, since Hanneke Mesters will leave us by the end of this year.
The three international projects units will be combined into an International Programme; Maria Ferreira will be interim head of this programme. It is expected that the recruitment of a new Executive Director will start in early 2012!

EUCC-Germany together with the Wadden Sea Forum (WSF) launched the innovative “Wadden Sea Region Planning Portal”. For the first time ever it is possible to get trilateral spatial information on existing and planned activities in both coastal and marine areas. Beyond the already ongoing activities this GIS shows Maritime Spatial Plans, as well as land-based Regional Spatial Plans, for the Wadden Sea area of The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Containing a wide range of uses, facilities and protection demands, itis designed to meet the information needs of integrated management and maritime spatial planning. The prototype (work in progress) is available at www.waddensea-forum.org/Specialissues/wsr-gis.html and http://gis.eucc-d.de.

The OURCOAST Stakeholders Conference “Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe: the way forward”, organised under auspices of DG Environment, was held in Riga (Latvia) on 27-28 October 2011. Over 160 participants represented European, national, regional and local authorities engaged in policy making, planning and management of coastal issues, as well as researchers, consultants, non-governmental organisations among other interested stakeholders. It has been a great opportunity for the coastal and marine community to gather and collectively reflect on-going experiences and on the further needs to support the implementation of ICZM in Europe. The focus was on the exchange of experiences and good practices in ICZM in order to share and showcase the wealth of coastal-related activities and initiatives in Europe. The final programme, presentations, videos  and photos are all available online at http://www.ourcoastconferenceriga.eu/programme/index.htm
Furthermore the latest OURCOAST E-newsletter is ready – please download Issue nr. 9 – that includes the results from the Stakeholders Conference, voices from participants and the announcement of the new desk officer for ICZM, Mr. Jeroen Caeser representing the European Commission Directorate-General Environment, among other items. Visit OURCOAST at http://ec.europa.eu/ourcoast

The QualityCoast team at the EUCC has been expanded to 8 people. Apart from researching sustainability aspects, the team has started an extensive international campaign promoting the QualityCoast destinations to the public. A Facebook page has been created that will highlight the special character and events of the QualityCoast destinations. YouTube, Google+ and Twitter accounts will be created soon. Presently, the team is preparing the QualityCoast participation with a stand at the Vakantiebeurs (an annual holiday fair that will take place 10-15th January 2012 in Utrecht, the Netherlands) where we will reach and inform more than 120,000 visitors, expected to join the event. Our Vakantiebeurs stand will promote the QualityCoast destinations (policy award winners: Gold, Silver and Bronze) through local products, posters and flyers. The QualityCoast team is now working from a new office on the ground floor of EUCC's office in Leiden. Here we have an exhibition space where we also promote the QualityCoast destinations to the public. Finally, we have started to develop a new content management website, to make it much more appealing, informative and easy to navigate. More on this in due time.www.qualitycoast.info ;

The SUSTAIN partnership is glad to announce that the second issue of the International SUSTAIN E-news is now available online for those interested to follow the progress of the project. This issue is dedicated to sharing experiences and sharing information about the good practices transferred among the partners,  as well as updates on the progress made during the last year, and upcoming events. This Issue will in due time be made available in the project national news page as well. Click on the image to access this latest International Issue!

 Furthermore, we kindly invite you to visit us online to keep up to date -  www.sustain-eu.net !  You may also directly learn more about SUSTAIN activities, such as : SUSTAIN workshops & visits, SUSTAIN partners @ events and/or the  latest news & developments! Latest news available online about the SUSTAIN contribution to the INTERREG IVC Good Practice Fair “Regions of Europe Sharing Solutions” in Krakow, the SUSTAIN side- event during the OURCOAST Stakeholders Conference, partners visit to Gran Canaria, among others.
SET THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR: SUSTAIN Final Conference 17-20th September 2012!

EUCC's President Prof. Johan Vande Lanotte has become Vice Prime Minister of Belgium, responsible for Economic Affairs and the North Sea. Unfortunately this meant that he had to resign as our president. The staff and the board has expressed its gratitude to Prof. Vande Lanotte for all his efforts for the EUCC.
There is now a need for a quick election of a new EUCC President and for a Vice-President. Responsibilities of the president will include:

• lead the union in an inspiring and visible way, chair its Council and its Executive Committee;
• represent the union at high levels;
• keep closely in touch with the Executive Director in the strategic development of the union and in the cooperation with strategic partners;
• promote synergy and cooperation between the membership (national branches) and the international offices, together with the Executive Director.

The Vice-President will assist the President in these tasks and replace the President when appropriate.
Candidates are expected to bring ample experience from working in an international context of integrated approaches in the coastal and/or marine environment, involving GO-NGO-private sector cooperation. Interested candidates are kindly invited to send a letter and cv to the EUCC Council, c/o Mike Mannaart, m.mannaart@eucc.net , before 15 January 2012.

We are delighted to offer you the following books with a membership discount:
Climate of Coastal Cooperation
“Sharing 20 years of experience in integrated coastal cooperation is sharing our trust in long term, sustainable development of coastal resources and in finding resilient, adaptive responses to climate change for valuable and vulnerable coastal areas”, by Robbert-Misdorp, Editor-in-Chief. The CCC Book is written for professionals and policymakers who are responsible for management and sustainable development of coastal resources around the world. The book has been produced with the contribution of over one hundred authors and published by the Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC).
A preview of this book is available at www.coastalcooperation.net.
SPECIAL Member offer:
For member organisations and member professionals: one book for free
For private members and student members: € 10,-- for the first book
Extra copies cost per book € 15,-- and shipping costs*. 
* Shipping: NL - € 3.00, EUR - € 9.00, WORLD - € 16.15
How to order
Please send request via email to: admin@eucc.net or call +31 71 5122900 or transfer the amount to our bank account and mention: ‘CCC Book’, your address details and the number of books you want to order. The book can also be picked up at the office the Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC) Breestraat 89A in Leiden. Purchase from The Netherlands: Bank account 916 t.n.v. Kust & Zee in Leiden o.v.v. “CCC-book". International purchase: Bank details: ING Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, IBAN Code: NL58INGB0000000916 and BIC/SWIFTCODE: INGBNL2A

The ECNC Group is the European Expertise Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability, dedicated to a ’Beautiful Europe’ for present and future generations, based on rich biodiversity, healthy ecosystems and strong linkages between nature and society. The ECNC Group consists of two units: 'Biodiversity and Nature' (ECNC) and 'Coastal and Marine' (EUCC). The members of the ECNC Group are ECNC, the Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC) and Centro Mediterráneo  (EUCC) are pleased to announce that the new ECNC Group website is online at www.ecncgroup.eu .This website aims to enhance the impacts, integration and promotion of the work on sustainable, integrated policy approaches to land. It also allows EUCC and ECNC to provide partners and funding organizations with an even broader range of services and activities. EuroNatur, the NatureBureau and EECONET Action Fund are observers of the ECNC Group.