Sea2Land Navigator: Your Compass to Unlock Planning Insights

Carrying out a maritime spatial plan is a monumental challenge. Balancing various goals and interests across different sectors often feels like navigating uncharted waters without a compass. From local coastal communities to international shipping lanes, the task demands coordination, foresight, and precision. Without a clear strategy, plans can falter, stakeholder trust can erode, and the vision of a sustainable future may slip out of reach. 

What if they had a single, intuitive platform with methods, data and insights? What if they had a step-by-step guide with methods to navigate multi-level governance and the complex interplay between land and sea? Planners would feel in charge of the situation and equipped to make intelligent decisions about the future. 

Enter the Sea2Land Navigator—an interactive, step-by-step guide created in the Baltic Sea2Land project and tested by eight pilot cases. The Navigator is more than a digital tool: it is an indispensable companion, designed to make planning more efficient, structured, and sustainable. With the Navigator, planners can tackle the sector’s toughest questions, for example: 

• Navigating Governance – How to harmonize diverse regulations and goals across local, national, and international frameworks? The Navigator provides structured methods for multi-level governance. 

• Stakeholder Engagement – Who are the right stakeholders, and how can their voices be included meaningfully? The Navigator offers practical approaches and tested practices. 

• Balancing Interests – How to manage the competing demands of industries and ecosystems? The Navigator delivers actionable insights and reliable data to guide balanced decisions.

The Navigator also gives access to a wealth of geodata, case studies, and innovative practices. It streamlines workflows, reduces the burden of manual research, and provides planners with the confidence to make informed, future-proof choices. 

This November, the Sea2Land Navigator will take center stage at the 5th MSP Forum in Riga. Participants will have the exclusive opportunity to see a live demonstration of its full capabilities and discover firsthand how it can support smarter, more impactful planning. The session will not only showcase the Navigator’s potential but also offer practical knowledge that participants can immediately bring into their own projects. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the future of maritime spatial planning. Join us in Riga on November 11-12 to explore the Sea2Land Navigator and see how it can transform the way we plan, decide, and shape a sustainable future for our seas and coasts. 

The 5th Baltic MSP Forum will take place on 11-12 November 2025 fully on-site in Riga, Latvia. More information and registration for this event: www.BalticMSPforum.eu.

The 5th Baltic MSP Forum is organised by the VASAB Secretariat together with the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia, as the Lead Partner of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region project Baltic Sea2Land, and in cooperation with the partners of the project’s consortium. The 5th Baltic MSP Forum is supported by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027 – through the Subsidy contract for the project #C018 Baltic Sea2Land of Interreg Baltic Sea Region. 

Authors of text:
Anete Bērziņa, Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
Manuel Frias, HELCOM Secretariat

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