Online Test

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Question 1

Which of the following statements belong to explicitly mentioned principles in the ‘ICZM Recommendations for Europe (2002)’?

Regular obligatory reporting to the Commission and an EU ICZM Expert group on the experience
Adaptive management during a gradual process which will facilitate adjustment as problems and knowledge develop
Local specificity and the great diversity of European coastal zones which will make it possible to respond to their practical needs with specific solutions and flexible measures
Involving all the parties concerned in the management process
A long-term perspective which will take into account the precautionary principle and the needs of present and future generations
Use of a joint single instrument and law designed to facilitate coherence between planning and management

Question 2

Which of the following ‘actions and tools’ does not belong to SAF-step ‘System Assessment’?

Visualize the consequences of different management scenarios
Conduct stakeholder meetings
Apply the indicator-based Sustainability Assessment Tool
Prepare the model output and results for stakeholders
Assess the institutional system arrangements
Carry out a systematic policy assessment

Question 3

Which of the following statements related to the ‘Baltic Sea - Blue Growth and Spatial Planning’ is correct?

VASAB (Visions and Strategies Around the Baltic Sea) is an intergovernmental multilateral co-operation of 10 countries of the BSR
EUSBSR is a macro-regional strategy, approved by the European Council in 2009
In 2014, the European Commission adopted ‘A Sustainable Blue Growth Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region’
HELCOM is the governing body of the Helsinki Convention
The Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme is a non-governmental organization with the aim to promote Maritime Spatial Planning in the BSR
In 2010, HELCOM and VASAB jointly adopted ‘Maritime Spatial Planning Principles’ for the BSR

Question 4

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM – Tools & Approaches’ is true? Decision support tools (DSTs)…

Include tools that are applied to support participation processes
Include quantitative assessment tools with a low level of uncertainty
Are heavily used in practice to support decision making processes
Are used to support science and policy
Include a wide variety of tools ranging for instance from environmental descriptors to economic and social evaluations
Include tools that are directly applied by authorities to decide on a management option

Question 5

Which of the following statements about ‘ICZM History in Europe’ is true?

The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘management of the coasts in Europe is based on a sufficient legal framework and that joint visions and concrete ideas exist.
The Demonstration Programme pointed out that ‘there has been inadequate involvement of the stakeholders in formulating and implementing solutions to coastal problems’
From 1993 to 1995, the European Commission operated a Demonstration Programme on Integrated Coastal Zone Management to take stock of the existing situation in Europe
In 2000, the European Parliament adopted the legally binding directive ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management: A Strategy for Europe’
The EU Directive on establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning was adopted in 2014
The United Nations Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro in 1992 initiated the development of focussed European Union policy on ICZM

Question 6

Which of the following statements about ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management cycle’ is true?

Systems Approach Framework covers the steps Initiation, Planning, Implementation as well as Monitoring and Evaluation
ICZM is a well-defined, stepwise, iterative and linear process
The Systems Approach Framework provides a new stepwise guide to sustainable ICZM
ICZM approaches developed during the early 2000s are well suitable for practical applications and caused many successful local case studies
The Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) Assessment is an alternative approach to the Systems Approach Framework
The Systems Approach Framework allows a team to develop a management strategy, based on interaction between science, policy and stakeholders