In each edition of the MSP Challenge, countries are coded by colours. This is to help users to distance themselves a bit from the real-life countries and assume a more playful mode - one where they are in control and can try out new things. The idea is to make plans for a managerial area without thinking too much about the how the real-life politicians and policy-makers from the actual country might think about it. Thus, the countries profiles are explained to the users for context and objective specification only. It is up to the users to decide what they want to achieve in MSP Challenge and how.
Click on the tab corresponding to the edition you are interested in and check the profile of the purple country in that edition.
Country Purple has the largest marine presence in the North Sea (compared with neighbouring countries) and has had a strong presence there since the 1960s when oil and gas deposits were found. Before then, fishing was, and still is, of great importance. Today, commercial fishing in the North Sea is a large business, but also seeing strong competition with emerging sectors, such as green energy forms and aquaculture. The dominating sector is, however, still oil and gas extraction, which the country's economy largely depends on.
The country Purple government has a Blue Growth perspective, which means that exploitation of marine resources is prioritized, with fishing and material extraction as historically important activities. At the same time, there is currently talk about creating more conservation areas, especially those with coral reefs closer to the Oslo Fjord.
The domestic case concerns planning for a scenario with continued oil- and gas rigs extraction and commercial fishing, but with growing interest in renewable energy (both wind, wave and current) as well as more conservation efforts, both close to land and close to neighbouring countries. A current concern is also fishers who are not or no longer participants in the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, who are difficult to negotiate with. Planning border activities is therefore not easy, and collaboration depends on sectors across borders. The country wants to propose a new plan for its North sea area, with special attention given to the needs of the following three sectors:
The country needs to be mindful of international traffic at sea, both shipping lanes and passenger traffic (i.e. should not/cannot be changed). In addition, any national defence needs must be left unchanged. Finally, attention needs to be paid to environmental conditions and ecological qualities in the area, e.g. wind speed, currents, various species, pressures, biodiversity, etc. that may affect marine activities.
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