Economic and social analysis
Work package 5 contributes to the development of coordinated, cost-effective and efficient programs of policy measures to achieve good environmental status in the Baltic Sea.
Activities of work package 5 include exchanging information and experiences and conducting studies on the economic and social analysis of countries’ marine water use, the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario development, the costs of degradation analysis, the cost-effectiveness and socio-economic impact analysis of measures.
The planned outputs will include improved national information and knowledge bases as well as institutional capacities for preparing the socio-economic analysis of programs of measures according to the MSFD and recommendations for harmonizing national methodologies for the socio-economic analysis of programs of measures.