The coastal town of Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted the Final conference of the CAMP project and the celebration of the Coast Day on 13th September 2022.
These events come as the crown of the two-year activities on the implementation of this project important not only for the Municipality of Neum, being the only coastal region in B&H but for the whole country. Although the project themes were dedicated to solving concrete issues related to sustainable development of tourism, adaptation to climate change, monitoring of marine and coastal environment important for the local level, there were a number of activities relevant for other levels of authorities, such as the legal analysis with a view to support ratification of the ICZM Protocol, proposing the coordination mechanism for ICZM as well as the preparation of the Contingency plan. Participants representing all B&H levels of authorities, as well as the UNEP/MAP Coordinator, Ms. T. Hema, representatives of RACs involved, members of the project Steering Committee and public in general attended the conference. Specially the activity on the creation of a coordination mechanism for ICZM has been of great interest for the GEF Medprogramme. Therefore, close synergies have been established between the two projects.
The afternoon was reserved for the celebration of the Coast Day with the participation of schools from Neum, folk dancers, majorettes… Mr. Andrej A. Gajić was nominated Ambassador of the Mediterranean coast for 2022.
