Country information
Basic facts on marine waters
- Territorial sea (12 nm zone): from the baseline to 12 nautical miles
- Exclusive Economic Zone: Croatia has not yet declared any EEZ
National practices
- Coastal Plan for Šibenik-Knin County
- Zadar County Integrated Sea-use and Management Plan
- Adriatic Atlas to support ICZM and MSP
- Methodological handbook on MSP in the Adriatic Sea
- Tools4MSP geoplatform
- Adriplan conflict score tool / Adriplan cumulative impact tool
- Adriplan methodology
- Scenarios of maritime economy for the Mediterranean
- Addressing MSP implementation in case study areas: Dubrovnik – Neretva County
National projects
- CAMP – Coastal Area Management Programme
- SHAPE – Shaping an Holistic Approach to Protect the Adriatic Environment between coast and sea
- ADRIPLAN – ADRiatic Ionian maritime spatial PLANning
- MEDTRENDS – Future Trends in the Mediterranean Sea
- COCONET – Towards Coast to Coast Networks of Marine Protected Areas (from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential
- COASTGAP – Coastal Governance and Adaptation Policies in the Mediterranean
- SUPREME – Supporting Maritime Spatial Planning in the Eastern Mediterranean
- ClimVar & ICZM – Integration of climatic variability and change into national strategies to implement the ICZM Protocol in the Mediterranean
- CO-EVOLVE – Promoting the co-evolution of human activities and natural systems for the development of sustainable coastal and maritime tourism
- DORY – Capitalization actions for aDriatic marine envirOnment pRotection and ecosYstem based management
- PORTODIMARE – geoPortal of Tools & Data for sustainable Management of coAstal and maRine Environment
- PHAROS4MPAs – Blue Economy and Marine Conservation: Safeguarding Mediterranean MPAs in order to achieve Good Environmental Status
Which marine spatial plans exist?
Currently, there is no single MSP plan for the entire Croatian marine area, but the entire territory of the Republic of Croatia is covered by various spatial plans, which comprise both terrestrial and marine areas. Following the requirements of the Physical Planning Act, preparation of the State Plan for Spatial Development for the entire terrestrial and marine area (up to the external limit of territorial waters) of Republic of Croatia has been initiated. Two new maritime spatial plans on the state level will be developed:
- Spatial Plan of the Ecological and Fishery Protection Zone
- Spatial Plan of the Continental Shelf of the Republic of Croatia
Spatial plans for protected areas managed by national authorities, encompassing both terrestrial and marine areas, have also been developed.
Moreover, at the sub-national level, all coastal county plans include provisions for their marine areas (up to the external limit of the territorial sea) referring to different sea uses.
Legal framework
The backbone of the legislation on physical planning in Croatia is the Physical Planning Act. The amendment of this Act (Official Gazette 153/13, 65/17) came into force in July 2017, also providing the full transposition of the EU MSP Directive into the legislation of the Republic of Croatia.
Contact
Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning
Directorate for Physical Planning and Permits of State Significance
Ms. Gordana Kovačević, dipl.ing.arh – Head of the Sector for Physical Planning
Ms. Tina Filjak-Juračić, mag.Arch. – Expert advisor
Republike Austrije 20
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning
Sector for Spatial Planning Documents of State Level
Ms. Vesna Marohnić-Kuzmanović, dipl.ing.arh. – Head of Service for Strategy and other Spatial Planning Documents of State Level
Republike Austrije 20
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia