For some time now, PAP/RAC has been involved in activities dealing with beach management. The need was felt for appropriate guidelines to assist the relevant national authorities in implementing this sensitive task. Therefore, PAP/RAC has organised the preparation of the Beach Management Guidelines, and the document is now in the final phase of preparation. In order to discuss the text before its finalisation, a workshop is being organised to be attended by national experts in the beach management field from the Mediterranean coastal states. The Workshop will be held in Malta on July 2-3, 2007, at the premises of the Foundation for International Studies in Valletta. Participation of 16 participants from 10 countries is expected, along with a number of observers.
Prior to this workshop, PAP/RAC is participating to the Beachmed-e conference to be held in Barcelona from 28-30 June. PAP/RAC was invited to assist project partners in integrating results and ensuring the liaison with MAP and with other Mediterranean countries in this field. Through participating to this project, PAP/RAC is actually connecting the Beachmed-e prevalently engineering approach to beach management with the social one. Namely, the above mentioned beach management guidelines are dealing mostly with landscape and social issues. Through connecting these two important projects, PAP/RAC is building an integrated framework for the beach management and developing beach management as an important aspect of the ICZM.
