{"id":8103,"date":"2026-04-08T12:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/projects\/croatia-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T07:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:23:47","slug":"croatia","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/projekti\/croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Project overview<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CAMP Croatia &#8211; Ka\u0161tela Bay was one of the first area-specific projects implemented under the UNEP\/MAP framework. Initially launched as a Country Pilot Project (CPP), it was later integrated into the Coastal Area Management Programme (CAMP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Located near Split, Ka\u0161tela Bay was at the time heavily impacted by urban and industrial pressures. Untreated wastewater discharges and intensive coastal development led to significant marine pollution and ecosystem degradation. The project was designed to improve knowledge of the marine environment and provide a scientific and technical basis for priority actions and long-term management strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key objectives<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building on the initial pilot phase, the project enabled an in-depth analysis of key environmental issues:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conduct studies on pollution dynamics and the impacts of wastewater discharges<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">establish monitoring systems to improve knowledge of environmental conditions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">develop a pollutant cadastre, including an assessment of mercury levels in the seabed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">analyse climate change impacts on coastal infrastructure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">determine optimal levels of urban wastewater treatment for the bay<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">develop development scenarios to support future spatial planning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Main results<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>policy support<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: generated data on major pollution problems and ecosystem functioning to guide technical solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>infrastructure planning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: developed a feasibility study for an integrated wastewater system, supported by the World Bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>governance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> proposed institutional arrangements to ensure follow-up implementation of coastal measures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>stakeholder engagement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: increased public awareness and support for environmental investment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Follow-up<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the project concluded, local and national authorities established a dedicated implementing body (\u201cEco Agency\u201d) to carry forward the wastewater management system. A loan from the World Bank was secured to support its implementation. Although the project was temporarily delayed due to the 1991\u20131995 war in Croatia, it ultimately laid the foundation for long-term improvements in environmental management and infrastructure in the Ka\u0161tela Bay area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Partnership<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries, Split<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Split<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UNEP\/MAP \u2013 Barcelona Convention system:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PAP\/RAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MEDPOL<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plan Bleu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11838,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"project-category":[204],"project-status":[194],"class_list":["post-8103","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-category-camp","project-status-completed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/8103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-category?post=8103"},{"taxonomy":"project-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-status?post=8103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}