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 What are you doing to move towards MSP at your scale?
Fifteen percent of interviewees did not answer
this question. Depending on their respective
sectors, actors move towards MSP in their own
ways, and with the available means through
communication, and concertation (11%),
Raising awareness, and vulgarisation (9%) not
on the concept of MSP but on other related
aspects such as responsible fishing, and the
importance of certain ecosystems like Posidonia
meadows. Other interviewees contribute by
scientific research, and production (11%). As
for the rest, 7% stated that they do nothing yet,
6% will join, and be favourable of the
implementation of MSP although they claim they‟re not the first actors to be concerned by it, and
37% move towards MSP through other means such as:
- Conservation projects (MPAs)
- Contribution to capacity building
- Integrating MSP in the NS ICZM
- Monitoring,
preservation,
and
valorisation actions
- Organization, and participation in
regional,
and
international
manifestations
- Teaching, and introducing the concept
of MSP in universities
- Work within an integrated approach on
national, and international projects with
other stakeholders
- Ensuring the application of the law
- Capacity building of key operators
 In your opinion, what separates the Algerian MSP from good maritime spatial planning
practices?
This is one of the questions interviewees were most reactive on. The issue that came up the most
was the lack of means, capacities, and financial resources (8%), followed by the lack of
Figure 55: Actions to move towards MSP
Figure 56: Gap between Algerian MSP, and international good practices.