Last updated: October 2021
The project was implemented in the eastern coast of Poland in the Pomeranian Voivodship. A 5.98 km of the current sea coast within the administration of the Maritime Office in Gdynia was secured and fortified until 2015. The purpose of the initiative is to increase the number of marine shore sites restored to a former state by recultivating degraded areas, securing landslides, and securing marine shores from erosion [1].
Fortified Baltic seashore in Gdynia
Source: https://www.umgdy.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/FE_ZBMB_OSTROWO_start.1.jpg
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Blue infrastructure
- Coastlines
- Green areas for water management
- Sustainable urban drainage systems
Key challenges
- Water management (SDG 6)
- Stormwater and rainfall management and storage
- Coastal resilience and marine protection (SDG 14)
- Coastal protection / hazard mitigation
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Focus
Coastal landscape management or protection
Project objectives
The purpose of the initiative is to increase the number of marine shore sites restored to a former state by recultivating degraded areas, securing landslides, and securing marine shores from erosion [1].
Implementation activities
1) A reconstruction of the shoreline reinforcement in the area of Oksywie (part of Gdynia: 89.00-90.70 km of the coastline of the overall project)
2) Building reinforced concrete retaining wall;
3) Installing a stone overhead on the water side;
4) Building an embankment;
5) Building an extension for the existing outlets of rain drainage system
6) Building a boulevard [1].
Main beneficiaries
- Local government/Municipality
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Local government had developed the project proposal and applied for funds from the Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment 2007-2013, which is co-financed by both EU and national funds. The implementing authority is the Voivodship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Gdańsk ('Wojewódzki Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej w Gdańsku') [1,2].
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
More than €4,000,000
Source(s) of funding
- EU funds
- Public national budget
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Water management and blue areas
- Improved stormwater management
- Enhanced protection and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
Yes
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Maritime Office in Gdynia website - project description, (2014), 'Securing the shores of the Baltic Sea within the administration of the Maritime Office in Gdynia' ('Zabezpieczenie brzegów Morza Bałtyckiego będących w administracji Urzędu Morskiego w Gdyni'), Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).
2. Infrastructure and Environment program website, section on financing ('Finansowanie'), Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).
3. LAN. (2015). Bulwar czy falochron? Przy osadzie rybackiej w Gdyni powstało nowe miejsce do spacerów (Boulevard or breakwater? A new place for walks has been created next to the fishing village in Gdynia). Gdynia Nasze Source link. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).
2. Infrastructure and Environment program website, section on financing ('Finansowanie'), Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).
3. LAN. (2015). Bulwar czy falochron? Przy osadzie rybackiej w Gdyni powstało nowe miejsce do spacerów (Boulevard or breakwater? A new place for walks has been created next to the fishing village in Gdynia). Gdynia Nasze Source link. Available at: Source link (Accessed: 24 September 2020).
Fortified Baltic seashore in Gdynia
Source: https://www.umgdy.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FE_ZBMB_OKSYWIE_start.1.jpg
Fortified Baltic seashore in Gdynia
Source: https://www.umgdy.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FE_ZBMB_OKSYWIE_start.2.jpg