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to be respected, and fully implemented. As for partial application, many reasons were mentioned
such as:
- Lack of control, and supervision
- Application texts not detailed
- CMPs (PACs) not elaborated yet
- Corruption, and fraud
- Lack of financial means, and
competences
- No concertation
- No real appropriation of processes by the
institutions
- Personal motivations
- Sectoral interests
- High dependence of some sectors
2.4. Opinion:
 What do you think of MSP in Algeria?
The high need for MSP in Algeria is confirmed by this
result. Half of the interviewee sample find it to be
indispensable, 40% think it‟s necessary, and some even said
it‟s mandatory for all the benefits it will provide, and
because it‟s high time to catch up on international standards
and start working on the impacts of cumulated bad
decisions, and management of these last decades.
 How do you think a maritime spatial planning policy could be developed in Algeria?
According to the interviewee‟s an MSP policy could be developed through the legal anchorage
of MSP, national strategies, Cooperation between sectors, the creation of a structure dedicated to
planning maritime, and coastal spaces along with raising political actors, and decision makers‟
Figure 48: The need for MSP in Algeria
Figure 49: Ways to develop MSP in Algeria