Regional Stakeholders' Forum on ICAM Protocol

The Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention have, at the 13th Meeting in Catania (November 2003), adopted a recommendation to “…prepare a draft text of the regional protocol on integrated coastal management, on the basis of a broad process of consultation among experts and all other interested parties in view of its consideration by the CPs.” To that end, PAP/RAC is organising the Regional Stakeholders' Forum on ICAM Protocol to be the first step in the consultation process. It will take place on 28-29 May 2004 in Italy. The objectives of the Forum are the following:

* To present the Feasibility Study for the Protocol on ICAM in the Mediterranean;
* To open a wide debate among authorities and stakeholders in the region on the need for a new legal instrument for Integrated Coastal Management in the Mediterranean;
* To receive inputs for the drafting of the Protocol;
* To propose the consultation process for the drafting of the Protocol; and
* To propose the Protocol's “roadmap".

The Forum will be attended by the representatives of various stakeholder groups, including the Ministries for the Environment, Physical Planning, Tourism, Infrastructure, Public Works and/or Development; Coastal local and regional authorities; international organisations; scientific community; NGOs; professional associations; financial institutions; experts; and alike. The participants are expected to provide the meeting with valuable suggestions and recommendations on how to draft the Protocol. More information about the Forum.