ELOISE research and the implementation of EU policy in the coastal zone.- Land-ocean fluxes and coastal ecosystems - a guided tour of ELOISE results.- Defining a good ecological status of coastal waters - a case study for the Elbe plume.- Bathing water quality.- Establishing coastal and marine reserves - with the emphasis on fisheries.- Valuing Coastal Systems.- Group report: Methodologies to support implementation of the water framework directive.- The EU Water Framework Directive: Challenges for institutional implementation.- Inclusive and community participation in the coastal zone: Opportunities and dangers.- Group report: Institutional and capacity requirements for implementation of the Water Framework Directory.- Climate change and coastal management on Europe's coast.- Assessment and monitoring requirements for the adaptive management of Europe's regional seas.- Group report: Global change and the European coast - climate change and economic development.- Integrated environmental assessment and coastal futures.- Group report: Integrated assessment and future scenarios for the coast.- Tourism development in the Costa Brava (Girona, Spain) - how integrated coastal zone management may rejuvenate its lifecycle.- Management of contaminated dredged material in the port of Rotterdam.- Integrated assessment for catchment and coastal zone management: The case of the Humber.- The impact of subsidence and sea level rise in the Wadden Sea: Prediction and field verification.- The need for integrated assessment of large-scale offshore wind farm development.- Group report: Reflections on the application of integrated assessment