PAP/RAC attended the Eighth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment MEDCOAST 2007 that took place from 13 to 17 November in Alexandria, Egypt. PAP/RAC contributed with a couple of presentations, namely on "Landscape management in the Mediterranean", "Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean" and on SMAP III regional project focused on ICZM and, especially, the events related to the "Coast Day" initiative. All of these attracted a lot of attention from the participants in the discussions that followed. Many of them approached PAP/RAC representatives to support these new approaches and to congratulate PAP/RAC for the quality of the material produced in the frame of the Coast Day, including the short video spot presented in English and Arabic. The last day of the conference, a 1-hour documentary made by the Italian chain Rai 3 on the occasion of the "Coast Week" organised in Sardinia attracted the attention of an important number of participants.
In addition, PAP/RAC was invited to chair one of the conference sessions, and was involved in the panel discussion at the round table "Research Needs for ICM in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea". During the conference many new contacts were established and it can be concluded that PAP/RAC "coloured" all the conference with its active presence.
On the last day of the conference a technical trip to the Nile Delta was organised. Photo gallery.
