Wadden Sea Secretariat

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The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (official name: Common Wadden Sea Secretariat ; CWSS) is the coordinating body of the existing since 1978 Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation . The secretariat, based in Wilhelmshaven , was founded in 1987 by the governments of the Wadden Sea countries of Denmark , Germany and the Netherlands .

CWSS is also the secretariat of the Wadden Sea Seals Agreement , which was developed under the umbrella of the Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wildlife . Since the Wadden Sea was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Secretariat has also been involved in implementing the obligations resulting from the  UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

History and organization

The founding of the CWSS by the governments concerned was decided in 1985 at the fourth trilateral Wadden Sea Conference in The Hague . Two years later, the Danish head of the secretariat, Jens Enemark, became the first employee to work. In 2015 he was replaced by the current Executive Secretary Rüdiger Strempel. The secretariat employs 10 people (as of 2017).

Financing is provided in equal parts by Denmark , Germany and the Netherlands . Projects are partly financed by EU funds, including the Interreg B project PROWAD Protect & Prosper.

Task and implementation

The CWSS coordinates the trilateral cooperation, research, monitoring and protection efforts of the individual countries in the area of ​​the Wadden Sea . It also conducts public relations work on the Wadden Sea and advises the parties involved, for example on how to proceed internationally. The Secretariat maintains contact with other (inter) national organizations as well as with partners outside the Wadden Sea Area , in particular with the World Heritage Area Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania) and Getbol (Republic of Korea), with whom Memoranda of Understanding exist. It is also active within the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Program and the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Program .

As part of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program (TMAP), the CWSS regularly links biological, ecological, geographical and sociological data. Using the TMAP parameters, the state and development of the Wadden Sea will be shown with a view to the protection goals of the CWSS. On the basis of the data, the CWSS creates the Quality Status Report (QSR) at regular intervals, which comprehensively presents the state of the Wadden Sea.

It also organizes and supports the trilateral Wadden Sea Conferences, which take place every four years and determine the future direction of the trilateral Wadden Sea cooperation.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. In: waddensea-secretariat.org. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Seal Management | The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  3. ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Common Wadden Sea Secretariat | The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  5. ^ Administrative Convention of 2010 on a Joint Secretariat. Retrieved August 4, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Welcome | prowad.org. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ International Partnerships | The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Children from global ocean icons call world leaders at UN to save the ocean for future generations | The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Wadden Sea World Heritage showcases sustainable tourism at the ITB 2017 | The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Monitoring TMAP | The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Organizational Structure | The Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea. Accessed August 4, 2017 .