News from Solway Firth Partnership, Dec 2017

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Christmas edition of the Solway Firth Partnership e-newsletter
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Merry Christmas from all the staff at Solway Firth Partnership

SIMCelt Project Closes

The 28th and 29th November saw the SIMCelt Closing Conference take place at the BlueCoat in Liverpool.

The two day event, analysing the implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in the Celtic Seas, saw around 200 delegates attend from Member States and beyond, to hear about the Project's outputs. This included a presentation on the outputs of the case study 'Planning Across Borders: The Solway Firth' by the Solway Firth Partnership Project Officer, Emma Baruah.

The two-year EU-funded Project comes to a close at the end of the year with all the reports from the project being made available on the website shortly thereafter.

News Update & Events

North West Wildlife Trusts

Shore Search Solway: Discovering Cumbria's Solway Coast

“We are hoping to secure Lottery funding to work with coastal communities on the Cumbrian side of the Solway for the benefit of people and wildlife. We want to help coastal wildlife to thrive on the shores of the Solway and develop our plans for the future of our work on the coast.

To inform our application, it is important that we have more information about how people in Cumbria feel about the Solway coast and the sorts of activities you might like to get involved with.

Please complete this short questionnaire to give us your views and let us know what you would like to see delivered in your area. It should only take 5-10 minutes.”

Emily Baxter-Senior Marine Conservation Officer

100% Funding now available for EMFF grants programme

The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) programme is a grants scheme which aims to financially support the implementation of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy. Funding is available to all stakeholders of the local fishing industry including individuals and community groups. Potential applicants must be able to demonstrate that their project has a link to the local fishing industry to be considered eligible.

The amount of funding which can be awarded under the EMFF programme in Dumfries & Galloway has been increased from 50% to 100%. Applicants can now apply to cover all costs related to their project, as long as their project fulfils one of the following criteria:

- Collective interest to the local community
- Collective benefit to the local community
- Contains innovative features at local level

Projects which cannot demonstrate they fulfil one of the above criteria are limited to 50% funding.
For more information on how to apply to the EMFF programme please contact Rowan Lloyd, EMFF Project Officer, Email: Rowan.Lloyd@dumgal.gov.uk Tel: 01387260097.

Enhanced Stakeholder Enagagement

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) are hosting enhanced stakeholder engagement days on 7th Feb 20187 in Whitehaven and 8th Feb in Liverpool.

This will provide the ideal opportunity for you to check progress towards the development of the North West plan. The engagement will focus on:

marine plan area vision
draft options to address issues in each marine plan area
the next steps in marine planning

Stay up to date with the latest details by signing up to the MMO enewsletter here

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New Manager appointed to Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Following the retirement of Brian Irving, Naomi Hewitt has been appointed as the new manager of the Solway Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Cumbrian coastline. Everyone at Solway Firth Partnership wishes Brian a happy retirement and Naomi good luck in her new role!

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