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26.12.2024

Join the #WomensWave: Share your success and inspire women across the Mediterranean!
Join the #WomensWave: Share your success and inspire women across the Mediterranean!
29.08.2024

Are you a woman or a group of women actively working on coastal and marine conservation, adaptation to climate change, or any other environmental issue in the Mediterranean coastal...

New Director Appointed to Lead PAP/RAC
New Director Appointed to Lead PAP/RAC
27.08.2024

PAP/RAC is pleased to announce the appointment of Daria Povh Škugor as its new Director.

Ms Povh Škugor has over two decades of experience in Integrated Coastal Zone Management ...

Editorial: Why we chose to dedicate this year’s Mediterranean Coast Day to women
Editorial: Why we chose to dedicate this year’s Mediterranean Coast Day to women
31.07.2024

By Daria Povh-Škugor (PAP/RAC Director) and Marko Prem (PAP/RAC Deputy Director)


We are delighted and proud to dedicate the 2024 edition of Mediterranean Coast Da...



New Lebanese Coastal Information Platform launched to support National ICZM Strategy
New Lebanese Coastal Information Platform launched to support National ICZM Strategy
30.07.2024

In the GEF MedProgramme Child Project 2.1 framework, PAP/RAC supports Lebanon in preparing the National ICZM Strategy and the Draft ICZM Law. This national strategy is an update on...

Exploring Land Cover Change: The Focus of the Upcoming MedOpen Training Course
Exploring Land Cover Change: The Focus of the Upcoming MedOpen Training Course
23.07.2024

The Mediterranean region has experienced an alarming 109% increase in land take due to rapid coastal urbanisation since 1975. The upcoming MedOpen training course, scheduled from 1...

Croatian DesirMED Project Partners Gather to Plan Future Steps
Croatian DesirMED Project Partners Gather to Plan Future Steps
09.07.2024

On July 5, 2024, Split-Dalmatia County hosted a meeting for the Croatian DesirMED project partners, including PAP/RAC, to discuss their upcoming collaborative efforts


Located...

Draft Coastal Management Plan for Boka Kotorska Bay presented to the National Working Group on ICZM
Draft Coastal Management Plan for Boka Kotorska Bay presented to the National Working Group on ICZM
05.07.2024

On July 4, 2024, an important meeting took place in Podgorica, Montenegro, where the draft Coastal Management Plan for Boka Kotorska Bay was showcased to the members of the Nationa...

Advancing MSP in Türkiye: New Training Course Held in Ankara
Advancing MSP in Türkiye: New Training Course Held in Ankara
02.07.2024

© Paul Gilliland

On June 12-13, 2024, a training course titled "Marine Spatial Planning in Türkiye: From Theory to Practice" was organized in Ankara, with the support of the Tur...

4th Steering Committee for the MedProgramme Child Project 2.1 successfully completed
4th Steering Committee for the MedProgramme Child Project 2.1 successfully completed
17.06.2024

On June 11, the partners of the GEF MedProgramme Child Project 2.1 (PAP/RAC, Blue Plan, GWP-Med, and UNESCO-IHP) were delighted to meet with country representatives to present and ...