THE MEDCOAST INSTITUTE 99:

The Fifth International Training Program on

Integrated Coastal Management in the Mediterranean & the Black Sea

24 August - 10 September 1999, Ankara, Marmaris / Fethiye Coast, Dalyan, T U R K E Y

 

Summary Report

 

SPONSORS:
 

 

 Mediterranean Action Plan, Priority Actions Program, Regional Activity Center (PAP/RAC)

 

 PEW Fellows Program in Marine Conservation

 

 UNESCO IOC Regional Programme for the Mediterranean Sea

 

 Middle East Technical University, Ocean Engineering Research Center

 
 

1. Background and objectives of MEDCOAST Institute

MEDCOAST Institute is a three-week long intensive training program on integrated coastal management. The curriculum of MEDCOAST Institute is specially designed to address issues and problems, which are particular to or significant for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

MEDCOAST Institute 99 is the fifth successive program, which has been organized annually since 1994. Twenty-five participants representing sixteen countries enrolled in the 94 Institute. MEDCOAST Institute 95 had the participation of twenty-two professionals from fourteen countries. MEDCOAST Institute 96 trained another twenty-two participants from thirteen countries. 21 participants from 13 countries were present in MEDCOAST Institute 98.

The highest priority target group for participation at the MEDCOAST Institutes are the professionals holding mid-managerial positions in their central governments and being responsible for planning and execution of programs or projects on coastal and marine issues. The other groups, in decreasing order of priority are employees of coastal municipalities, non-governmental environmental organizations, universities and research centers.

MEDCOAST Institute 99, was organized by the MEDCOAST Secretariat between 24 August - 10 September 1999, in Ankara, Marmaris/Fethiye Coast and Dalyan - Turkey. Twelve participants selected from over 100 applications, and representing Albania, Croatia, Israel, Romania, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine, completed the MEDCOAST Institute 99 program. The list of participants of MEDCOAST Institute 99, and the alumni roster of all five MEDCOAST Institutes are given in Annex 1.

The list of faculty members who contributed to MEDCOAST Institute 99, and the Faculty roster of all five MEDCOAST Institutes are given as Annex 2.

2. Program

The program of MEDCOAST Institute 99 consisted of three parts:

* A week long in-class training including lectures by the faculty on various topics related to ICM in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and presentations by participants, and group exercises, held in the attractive campus of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara (24 - 27 August).

* A week long study trip and field observations on two traditional wooden boats sailing along the coast from Marmaris to Fethiye (Ölü Deniz), and anchoring at locations of significant coastal conservation and/or development activities for observations, applied research and interviews with various actors of coastal management (28 August - 4 September).

* A week long concluding workshop with "hands on" training, including lectures by the faculty on topics relevant to the field trip, presentations by the participants on their field observations, group discussion sessions, and a half-day long "simulation game" on an ICM scenario based on field observations held at Keskin Hotel in Dalyan (5 - 10 September)

The programs of the in-class activities, and the field trip are given as Annex 3.

The following topics were studied by the participants during the field trip:

  • Functions of nature
  • Coastal tourism, including yacht tourism
  • Beaches and beach management
  • Water quality management
  • Coastal planning and development
  • Coastal use conflicts

Participants presented their reports on these issues during the workshop in Dalyan, which were then further discussed by the audience.

Discussion sessions were organized on the following topics in Ankara and in Dalyan:

  1. Coastal values, uses and issues at national and regional levels (The Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Adriatic and Southern Mediterranean) (Group work).
  2. Presentations of participants on national coastal management issues and practices (Group work).
  3. Sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (Group discussion)
  4. Management plan for Dalyan Specially Protected Area (Group discussion)
  5. Environmental impacts and use conflicts at Sarıgerme-Dalaman coast
  6. Functions of nature and environmental function evaluation exercise.
  7. Simulation Game

3. Evaluation

Each participant of the MEDCOAST INSTITUTE received a course file, which contained the lecture notes discussed during the one-week intensive training at METU and six-day long training in Dalyan, several references relevant to the lectures, and information about the field trip.

As the final activity of MEDCOAST Institute 99, the participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire for evaluating the training program. The results of this evaluation are given as Annex 4.

4. Certificate

The MEDCOAST INSTITUTE awarded a CERTIFICATE on Integrated Coastal Management to all twelve participants who successfully completed the course work, the field investigation, and the final workshop.
 

 

5. Sponsors

MEDCOAST Institute 99 was sponsored by the following institutions:
 

 

  • Mediterranean Action Plan, Priority Actions Program, Regional Activity Center (PAP/RAC)
  • PEW Fellows Program in Marine Conservation
  • UNESCO IOC Regional Programme for the Mediterranean Sea
  • Middle East Technical University,

Ocean Engineering Research Center
 
 

ALUMNI ROSTER OF THE PAST MEDCOAST INSTITUTES

 

 
94
95
96
98
99
 
94
95
96
98
99
Albania
-
-
-
2
1
Malta
-
1
1
1
-
Algeria
-
1
1
-
-
Morocco
1
1
1
1
-
Bosnia-Herzegovina
-
-
-
1
-
Palestine
-
2
1
-
-
Bulgaria
2
-
1
1
-
Romania
1
1
1
 
3
Croatia
1
-
1
1
1
Russia
1
-
2
1
-
Egypt
1
1
1
1
-
Slovenia
1
-
-
-
-
Georgia
1
-
-
1
-
Spain
1
1
-
-
-
Israel
1
1
1
1
2
Syria
0
1
1
-
-
Italy
1
1
-
-
-
Tunisia
1
1
1
1
1
Jordan
1
-
-
-
-
Turkey
9
8
9
7
3
Lebanon
-
1
-
-
-
Ukraine
1
1
-
2
1
Libya
1
-
-
-
-
           
            TOTAL
25
22
22
21
12


 
 

FACULTY ROSTER OF THE PAST MEDCOAST INSTITUTES

 

 
94
95
96
98
99

- Serap Aşık ( Turkey )

Middle East Technical Univ., Turkey

   
*
*
 

- Vittorio Barale ( Italy )

Inst. For Remote Sensing Applications, Italy

   
*
*
*

- Ay?en Ergin ( Turkey )

Middle East Tech. Univ., Turkey

*
*
*
*
*

- Baykan Günay ( Turkey )

Middle East Technical Univ., Turkey

   
*
   

- Ljobomir Jeftic ( Croatia )

UNEP MAP Coordinating Unit, Greece

   
*
   

- Joseph Leitman ( USA ) 

Middle East Technical Univ., Turkey

     
*
 
- Frank van der Meulen ( The Netherlands ) International CZM Centre, The Netherlands
*
*
*
*
*

- Anton Micallef ( Malta )

Univ. of Malta, Malta

 
*
*
*
*

- Erdal Ozhan ( Turkey )

Middle East Technical Univ., Turkey

*
*
*
*
*

- Gerard Pergent ( France )

Univ. of Corsica, France

     
*
*

- Christine Pergent-Martini ( France )

Univ. of Corsica, France

       
*

- Jens Sorensen ( USA )

Univ. of Massachusetts – Boston, USA

*
*
     
- Malcolm Thomas ( UK )  
*
     

- Ivica Trumbic ( Croatia )

UNEP MAP, PAP / RAC, Croatia

 
*
 
*
 

- Adalberto Vallega ( Italy ) 

Univ. of Genoa & ICCOPS, Italy

*
       

- Jentje van der Weide ( The Netherlands ) 

Delft Hydraulics, Netherlands

*
*
*
*
*

- Allan T. Williams ( UK )

BATH SPA Univ. College, U.K.

*
*
 
*
*


 

Program

23 AUGUST 1999, MONDAY

Arrivals & check in at the university guest house (METU - Ankara)

24 AUGUST 1999, TUESDAY (Cultural and Convention Center, METU)

09:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:50 Welcome addresses & introduction to MEDCOAST and MEDCOAST Institute 99 (Özhan)

10:50-11:00 Break

11:00-11:50 Concept and history of ICM (Özhan)

11:50-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-14:50 Coastal resources and uses (Özhan)

14:50-15:00 Break

15:00-15:50 Management of marine living resources: the case of Posedonia Oceanica I

(Pergent & Pergent)

15:50-16:00 Break

16:00-16:50 Management of marine living resources: the case of Posedonia Oceanica II

(Pergent & Pergent)

17:00-17:30 Orientation of the participants (Staff)

20:00-22:30 Welcome dinner

25 AUGUST 1999, WEDNESDAY

09:00-09:50 Hydrodynamic processes (Ergin)

09:50-10:00 Break

10:00-10:50 Engineering technology for shoreline management (Ergin)

10:50-11:00 Break

11:00-11:50 Management of specially protected coastal and marine areas (Pergent & Pergent)

11:50-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-14:50 Coastal water quality management (Özhan)

14:50-15:00 Break

15:00-17:30 Coastal values, concerns and actions (national and regional perspectives) (Group work)

(Ergin & Williams)

26 AUGUST 1999, THURSDAY

09:00-09:50 Coastal management legislation: the Turkish case (Özhan)

09:50-10:00 Break

10:00-10:50 Beach aesthetics and rating (Williams)

10:50-11:00 Break

11:00-11:50 Beach management Guidelines (Micallef & Williams)

11:50-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:20 Participants' presentations on national coastal management issues and practices

15:20-15:40 Break

15:50-18:00 Participants' presentations on national coastal management issues and practices

27 AUGUST 1999, FRIDAY

09:00-09:50 Remote sensing (RS) of coastal zones (Barale)

09:50-10:00 Break

10:00-10:50 Integrated marine and coastal GIS (Barale)

10:50-11:00 Break

11:00-11:50 Coastal litter - management aspects (Williams)

11:50-12: 45 Marmaris - Fethiye coast: introduction to the field studies (Özhan)

Afternoon Free time in Ankara

Evening: 22:30 Travel from Ankara to MARMARİS

28 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 1999: Field studies along the coast from Marmaris to Fethiye on boats named Lyra (24.3 m) and AYDOST (21 m)

(Lecture on “Functions of nature and environmental function analysis” by van der MEULEN in the

afternoon of August 29)
 

 

4 SEPTEMBER 1999, SATURDAY (11 00): Check in at Keskin Hotel

(Phone 90 252 284 34 99, Fax 90 252 284 28 92)

Free day in Dalyan

5 SEPTEMBER 1999, SUNDAY:

09:30-10:20 Introduction to coastal ecology I (van der Meulen)

10:20-10:30 Break

10:30-11:20 Introduction to coastal ecology II (van der Meulen)

11.20-11.30 Break

11:30-12:20 Economical aspects of beach management (Micallef & Williams)

12:20-15:00 Lunch

15:00-15:50 Coastal tourism (Özhan)

15:50-16:00 Break

16:00-18:00 Sustainable coastal tourism in the Mediterranean & Black Sea (Group discussion)

(Micallef & Williams)

6 SEPTEMBER 1999, MONDAY

09:30-10:20 Environmental Risk Assessment (Williams)

10:20-10:30 Break

10:30-11:20 Methods and tools to support integrated coastal management I (van der Weide)

11:20-11:30 Break

11:30-12:20 Methods and tools to support integrated coastal management I (van der Weide)

12:20-15:00 Lunch

15:00-18:00 Legal and Institutional arrangements, tools and instruments used for ICM in the

Mediterranean and Black Sea countries (Group discussion) (Özhan)

7 SEPTEMBER 1999, TUESDAY - Field Trip

8 SEPTEMBER 1999, WEDNESDAY

09:30-12.20 Specially protected area management and management plan for Dalyan Specially Protected Area (Introduction to the subject and group discussion) (Özhan)

12:20-15:00 Lunch

15:00-15:50 Guidelines for integrated coastal area and river basin management (van der Weide)

15:50-16:00 Break

16:00-18:00 Participants' presentations of field study reports

9 SEPTEMBER 1999, THURSDAY

09:30-11:20 Environmental impacts and use conflicts at Sarıgerme-Dalaman coast (Group

discussion) ( van der Weide - Ergin)

11:20-11:30 Break

11:30-12:20 Participants' presentations of field study reports

12:20-15:00 Lunch

15:00-18:00 Participants' presentations of field study reports

10 SEPTEMBER 1999, FRIDAY

09:30-12:30 Simulation game (Ergin & Micallef & Williams)

12:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:20 Inter-governmental efforts for coastal management in the Mediterranean and the

Black Sea (Özhan)

15:20-16:00 Break

16:00-18:00 Course evaluation questionnaire.

Evening Banquet & Graduation Ceremony

11 SEPTEMBER 1999, SATURDAY:

Departures

ANNEX 3 / B

FIELD STUDY TRIP PROGRAM

28 August 1999 *Gökova – Sedir Island (Morning)

*Marmaris NETSEL Marina (13:30)

*Transfer to the boats in Marmaris (14:00)

*Trip around Marmaris Bay, Günnük, Yalancı Boğazı boat repair yards, İçmeler, Turunç (Waste water treatment facility), Amos, Kumlubük

Overnight: Kumlubük or Kadırga Bay

29 August 1999 * Marmaris Sewage Outfall

*Sailing near Aksaz-Karaağaç NATO Naval Base

*Luch at Kızılburun, Ekincik Bay (SPA)

*Ekincik Bay (Specially Protected Area)

Overnight: Ekincik Maden İskelesi

30 August 1999 *Arrival to Delik Island in the morning

*Dalyan beach, delta and wetlands, Köyceğiz Lake (SPA)

*Interviews with Ortaca Governor, Dalyan Mayor and SPA representative

*İztuzu

*Transfer to Aşı Cove with a midibus

Overnight: Aşı Cove

31 August 1999 *Departure from A?ı Cove (06:00)

*Ölüdeniz and Belceğiz Beaches (Min. of Forestry’s recreation area)

*Beach questionnaire survey

*Lunch at Gemiler Island. Historical ruins in the island.

Overnight: Turunç Cove (Fethiye Gulf)

1 September 1999 *Hill Side Resort Hotel and Holiday Village

*Fethiye Sea Outfall

*Fethiye Bay Tour (?övalye Island, Letoon Holiday Village, Marina site, Çavu? Cape demolished wetlands, mine dock, Aksaz recreation area, rock tombs and antic theater excavation)

*Lunch at Yassı Islands

*Göcek village tour, Interview with Göcek Mayor

*Free night at Göcek

Overnight: Göcek

2 September 1999 *Göcek Bay (İltur Marina, Seka Dock, Etibank Facilities, Turkish Mine Company Facilities, Marina Project)

*Göcek bays (SPA), (Altın Boynuz Cove, Bedri Rahmi Bay, Sarsala, Batık Hamam (Bath of Cleopatra))

Overnight: Ağa Port

3 September 1999 *Departure to Baba Island early in the morning (05:00)

*Sarıgerme tourism development project, dunes and beach

*Interview with İber Park Hotel Director Herr Függer

*Short visits to Seka Paper and Pulp Factory & State Production Farm

*Lunch at Yuvarlak Çay

*Short visits to Dalaman Airport, Koca Lake and Dalaman-Tersakan wetlands, Dalaman beach

*Transfere to Aşı Cove by midibus

Overnight: Aşı Cove (Barbecue Party)

4 September 1999 *Departure to Delikada (07:00)

*Transfer to the boat of Keskin Hotel (9:00)
 
 
 

 

Project Leader: Prof. Erdal Özhan, Chairman, MEDCOAST

Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara

Company: ESER Yatching, Hacı Mustafa Sok., no: 107 Marmaris

Tel: 412-3527, Fax: 412-6994

Boats: LYRA (L.O.A. 24.3m., 9 cabins for 19 persons)
 
 
 

 

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