Coastal Agencies exchanging experiences with adaptation to climate change

On 12 and 13 February, PAP/RAC participated at the meeting of the European and Mediterranean Coastal Agencies EMCA 2020 in Budva, Montenegro, organized by the French Conservatoire du littoral and the Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management of Montenegro. This was the second meeting of the network of Agencies established in 2015 during the Coast Day celebration in Antibes, this time dedicated to exchanging the experiences with adaptation to climate change, starting from the national strategies for coastal adaptation through different projects, approaches, practices and solutions. The meeting was attended by representatives of the institutions dealing with coastal management from Albania, Algeria, France, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Senegal, Spain, Tunisia and the UK. It was supported by the French Ambassador in Montenegro. In addition to PAP/RAC, international organization represented at the meeting was the Ocean & Climate Platform. One of the results of the meeting was the Memorandum of Understanding between the Montenegrin and French agencies aiming at enhancing collaboration of these two institutions devoted to management of coastal zones.