The challenges of coastal management

When

Date

04.03.2025

Timetable

Tuesday March 4^th, 2025 from 09.00 to 17.00

Where

Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia
Parc de Montjuïc
08038 Barcelona

The Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC) is developing the Coastal Dynamics Information Service (SIDL) project with funding from the Climate Fund with the aim of collecting, preparing and making available to administrations, companies and citizens, information and knowledge about the dynamics of the Catalan coast.

Within the framework of the SIDL, the ICGC is organizing the workshop The challenges of coastal management. The target audience is people related with the coastal management. The activities that are being carried out in Catalonia by different institutions will be presented, sharing the different perspectives that come together from Administration, Management and Research.

Program

09.00-09.20	Welcome coffee.
09.20-09.30	Presentation and welcome. Antonio Magariños. Director del ICGC.
09.30-10.00	Improving knowledge to address the challenges of marine natural heritage conservation. Dirección General de Políticas Ambientales y Medio Natural Sara Pont Gasau. Jefe de Servicio de Planificación del Patrimonio Natural. Pau Sainz de la Maza. Responsable de la Unidad de Información y Conocimiento. Pilar Casanovas. Técnica de la Unitat de Información y Conocimiento.
10.00-10.30	Resilience on the coast: evidence, strategies and solutions for adaptation to climate change. Oficina Catalana del Cambio Climático. Leo Bejarano Manjón. Jefe de la Oficina Catalana del Cambio Climático. See on SlideShare
10.30-11.00	Coastal strategy at the ICGC. Instituto Cartográfico y Geológico de Cataluña. Carme Puig. Subdirectora de Geología y Recursos Geológicos. See on SlideShare
11.00-11.30	Coffee break.
11.30-12.00	Coastal protection and management plan. The potential of new coastal knowledge to transform coastal planning and management. Dirección General de Políticas del Litoral. Albert Grases. Coordinación del Plan de Protección y Ordenación del Litoral. See on SlideShare
12.00-12.30	The Barcelona Coastal Plan, a comprehensive management work in progress. Ayuntamiento de Barcelona. Pep Hurtado. Oficina Estratégica del Ámbito litoral de Barcelona. See on SlideShare
12.30-13.00	Scientific analysis of the coastal landscape and its management. Universidad de Girona. Carla Garcia Lozano. Profesora. See on SlideShare
13.00-13.30	Experience of DREAL Occitanie on Coastline Management: Observation and Planning Tools. Department of Natural Risk Prevention, Regional Directorate for the Environment, Planning and Housing of Occitanie. Amandine Cabrit. Responsible for Coastline Mission. See on SlideShare
13.30-15.00	Luch (included).
15.00-16.30	Rounde table Research contributions to the management of the Catalan coastline. Moderator: Prof. Miquel Canals. Director de la Cátedra de Economía Azul Sostenible de la Universidad de Barcelona. • Emma Cebrian. Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB). • Vicente Gracia. Laboratorio de Ingeniería Marítima (UPC). • Pere-Andreu Ubach. Instituto CIMNE-FLUMEN (UPC). • Jorge Guillen. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC). • Silvia Frías. Eurecat / Centro de Resiliencia Climática (CRC).
16.30-17.00	Farewell

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