89
No
5%
Yes
95%
Do you think that MSP would help develop a blue economy in Algeria?
Most interviewees (87%) think that the implementation of an MSP
policy would contribute to the development of a Blue Economy in
the country, because it would: create a clear investment
framework, and opportunities providing information for start-ups,
increase ecosystems, and biodiversity‟s health, and ensure
regulated, secure, and sustainable management. Also, because
MSP is a tool in the heart of BE gathering the same stakeholder,
and their simultaneous evolution will develop blue skills, and
accelerate the achievement of SDGs.
However, some think that BE is not MSP‟s main objective. It is
the other way around meaning it is a BE strategy that will make
it possible to plan maritime space.
Do you think we should have a law on MSP in
Algeria?
Opinions were diverging for this question. Most interviewees
(76%) think that a law would help anchor the process
legislatively giving it more power, and making its measures
mandatory with a long-term vision, it would also clarify roles,
and attributions to avoid overlaps, and make sure the MSP
strategy is accepted, and well-respected by actors. Then again,
others stated that we have enough laws in each sector that
could be used for MSP, they only lack complementary
application text to reinforce their implementation.
Do you think that civil society should be involved in MSP?
A striking majority of 95% of interviewees think that the
implication of civil society before, during, and after the
development of a planning strategy is necessary, including
socio-professional organisations, because they are the first
users of the space to be planned, they only need to be
included, sensibilized, and trained on the different aspects
they could contribute in, so that their ideas, and opinions
would be beneficial to the process providing a different point
of view from administrators‟, and politicians‟. Including them
would follow international trends, and the participatory nature
of MSP ensuring its sustainability. Nevertheless, 5% think
that MSP is a strictly strategic and political process.
Figure 62: MSP to help develop Blue Economy
Figure 63: Necessity of a law on MSP
Figure 64: Implication of civil society in the MSP
process.
No
5%
Yes
95%
Do you think that MSP would help develop a blue economy in Algeria?
Most interviewees (87%) think that the implementation of an MSP
policy would contribute to the development of a Blue Economy in
the country, because it would: create a clear investment
framework, and opportunities providing information for start-ups,
increase ecosystems, and biodiversity‟s health, and ensure
regulated, secure, and sustainable management. Also, because
MSP is a tool in the heart of BE gathering the same stakeholder,
and their simultaneous evolution will develop blue skills, and
accelerate the achievement of SDGs.
However, some think that BE is not MSP‟s main objective. It is
the other way around meaning it is a BE strategy that will make
it possible to plan maritime space.
Do you think we should have a law on MSP in
Algeria?
Opinions were diverging for this question. Most interviewees
(76%) think that a law would help anchor the process
legislatively giving it more power, and making its measures
mandatory with a long-term vision, it would also clarify roles,
and attributions to avoid overlaps, and make sure the MSP
strategy is accepted, and well-respected by actors. Then again,
others stated that we have enough laws in each sector that
could be used for MSP, they only lack complementary
application text to reinforce their implementation.
Do you think that civil society should be involved in MSP?
A striking majority of 95% of interviewees think that the
implication of civil society before, during, and after the
development of a planning strategy is necessary, including
socio-professional organisations, because they are the first
users of the space to be planned, they only need to be
included, sensibilized, and trained on the different aspects
they could contribute in, so that their ideas, and opinions
would be beneficial to the process providing a different point
of view from administrators‟, and politicians‟. Including them
would follow international trends, and the participatory nature
of MSP ensuring its sustainability. Nevertheless, 5% think
that MSP is a strictly strategic and political process.
Figure 62: MSP to help develop Blue Economy
Figure 63: Necessity of a law on MSP
Figure 64: Implication of civil society in the MSP
process.