EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany

Overview

EUCC-Germany was founded in November 2002 and its main office is located in Rostock-Warnemünde on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The association currently counts with 100 members and about 1.400 network members. Main topics of the EUCC-Germany are:

Coastal and marine management - Sustainability in the living and economic space

Global changes -Impacts and adaptation strategies

Education for sustainable development - Teaching and learning

Services

EUCC-Germany is for all who are interested professionally or privately in the coast topic. The services of the association reach various interest groups. These particularly include coastal professionals, students and graduates, interested coastal residents and tourists. In the following, the EUCC-Germany activities are listed, which are exercised to achieve their charitable goals and tasks.

Publication of the coastal newsletter

Publication of projects results and scientific articles in the series Coastal Reports

Publication of the magazine Meer & Küste

Provision of online learning tool “IKZM-D Lernen” for creation of learning units, and provision of documents for research and educational activities on the Internet

Provision of databases on projects, events, courses and coastal photographs

Organization of events and realization of seminars on coastal and marine issues

Provision of expert speakers

Initiation of projects and dissemination of results

Networking between organizations

Projects

Since its founding in 2002, EUCC-Germany has participated in over 20 national and international projects and case studies in the field of ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management). Examples are:

RADOST (Regional adaptation strategies for the German Baltic coast)

Funded by: BMBFProject duration: 2009-2014EUCC-Germany tasks: coordinator of focus topic “tourism and beach management”

ARTWEI (Action for the Reinforcement of the Transitional Waters´ Environmental Integrity)

Funded by: South Baltic ProgrammeProject duration: 2010-2013EUCC-Germany tasks: Szczecin Lagoon case study: best practice management; responsible for disseminating information

Meer im Fokus

Funded by: DBU, BINGO, Klara Samaritan FoundationProject duration: 2010-2012EUCC- Germany tasks: extracurricular educational activities around the Baltic Sea

BaltCICA (Climate Change: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region)

Funded by: Interreg IV bProject duration: 2009-2012EUCC- Germany tasks: a case study of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: adjustments in the coastal tourism sector

IKZM-Oder (Research for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Oder estuary region)

Funded by: BMBFProject duration: 2004-2010EUCC- Germany tasks: creation of information systems and learning modules, public relations

Further information is available on the respective Project websites.

Organizational structure

The Board of EUCC-Germany is elected for four years by the General Assembly. It is composed by six members, with the federal states of Lower Saxony/Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with at least one representative member. Since the 1st of November 2006, a specialist advisory committee complemented the EUCC-Germany board. The consultants are EUCC members and renowned experts in relevant coastal fields. They assume voluntary, subject-oriented, consultative and supportive activities and participate as actively and guiding the association.