ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF MEASURES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS IN TURKISH SEAS: THE CASE OF THE EU MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVEÖmer EyubogluAbstract The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires Member States to assess the costs and benefits of Programmes of Measures (PoMs) put in place to ensure that European marine waters achieve Good Environmental Status by 2020. The analysis and interpretation presented in this work is a result of the âWorkshop on Economic and Social Analysis and Programmes of Measures in accordance with the MSFDâ, held in Turkey (Bolu Workshop) and this study reflect the personal view of the author. Similarly to the impact evaluation of the PoMs, the costs of measures were estimated using expert elicitation and conditional probability distributions. This study applies and tests an approach to assess costs and benefits of management measures with potential to support the overall goal of the MSFD for the Black and Mediterranean Seas waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Turkey. |