2019

On December 17-18 a meeting was organised at PAP/RAC premises in Split to discuss and develop the structure of the web page dedicated to the CAMP network and make initial proposals...

Following the Cooperation Agreement between the UNEP/MAP and the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS), the final Sub-regional meeting for the Adriatic countries wa...

SPA/RAC, REMPEC and PAP/RAC together with the UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit organized the Mediterranean Seminar on Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs), on 10-13 December 2019 in ...

On 11 December, a national workshop of the “I-Storms” - Integrated Sea sTORm Management strategies” project was held in Zagreb, Croatia. At the workshop, the Croatian Hydrological ...

On 9 December, members of the ICZM County Committee met at the premises of the Šibenik-Knin County in Šibenik, Croatia. The meeting participants discussed the implementation of the...

The Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols concluded their twenty-first meeting (COP21) in Naples, Italy, on 5 December 2019. Ministers and senior offici...

The work of the 21^st Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Conven...

INFO/RAC is pleased to announce that the COP21 Trailer is from now on available online.

The direct link is: https://youtu.be/S7Af8CVnn1I

With yesterday’s 10^th workshop, the cycle “Embrace the Sea on Wednesday”, as a part of the Coast Day celebration, was closed. The workshops were held at the public library of Split...

In the frame of the GEF Adriatic Project, two meetings were held in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 25 and 26 November 2019, respectively. The objectives of the meetings were twofold: to...

Jointly organised by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, VASAB, Pan Baltic Scope and European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, ...

The Mediterranean coastal city of Ashdod (Israel) is the winner of the second edition of the Istanbul Environment Friendly City Award. The Jury – which is composed of the Members o...

In  the frame of the GEF Adriatic Project, and in collaboration with the Albanian Ministry of Tourism and Environment, a meeting between the Albanian national experts, PAP/RAC and ...

The COP21 website, developed by INFO/RAC, was officially launched on October 23 during the Towards COP21 Youth Event organized by IMELS. The website ( http://www.cop21med-italy.n...

The Coastal management plan for Kaštela was presented at the conference “Coastal management in the Adriatic Croatia”, which was held in Kaštel Lukšić on 22 October. This plan, prep...

The first training workshop of the Interreg ADRION PORTODIMARE project was held on 22 and 23 October 2019 at the premises of the Atrium Hotel, in Split, Croatia. The meeting was or...

On 9 October, PAP/RAC staff hosted two national representatives from Namibia and from Angola, parties to the Benguela Current Convention (BCC). In a friendly and informal atmospher...

In the morning of 2 October 2019, the final conference of the Co-Evolve project was held in Kavala, Greece. About sixty participants participated at the meeting, including represen...

The online MedOpen ICZM advanced, which has just started, is a twinning training course organized for students of two faculties, in Morocco and Tunisia. The students are attending ...

The 2nd meeting of the Adriadapt project partners was kindly hosted by the Municipality of Cervia, Italy, on 25 and 26 September 2019. This EU Interreg Italy - Croatia project, led...

On 25 - 26 September in Marseilles, France, PAP/RAC representative participated to LabexMed workshop: "The Mediterranean Sea and Climate Change: common challenges and shared soluti...

The 2019 edition of the Coast Day celebration was held in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, on 25 September 2019. PAP/RAC organized the event in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ru...

On 26 September 2019, a workshop entitled "Mediterranean islands: living laboratories for waste management? » was held in Šibenik as part of the "Franco-Croatian Dialogue". This wo...

On Wednesday, 25 September 2019, the first of a series of 10 workshops entitled “Embrace the Sea”, which will be organized  by the end of November 2019, took place at the City libr...

On the occasion of the Mediterranean Coast Day and in the framework of the GemWet project, a 24-hour event entitled “H²⁴O”  was organized by WWF NA in Ghar el Melh on 21 and 22 Sep...

The 2019 Coast Day celebration is approaching rapidly and all the parties involved have been busy to organise it as well as possible. The Cypriot hosts have booked the THALASSA Ayi...

It seems like yesterday that we celebrated the Mediterranean Coast Day in Split, yet a new celebration is almost here. This year the regional celebration will be held in Ayia Napa,...

• Representatives of Mediterranean States and the European Union discussed new measures aimed at curbing pollution, protecting biodiversity and stimulating blue growth in the Medi...

The GEMWET project for the conservation of Mediterranean coastal wetlands in Ghar El Melh, in Tunisia, sponsored by the MAVA Foundation, is entering its second year of implementati...

Montenegro has designated Ulcinj Salina as its third Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site No. 2399). The Site on the Adriatic coast, close to the border with Albania, i...

The Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA/RAC) launches a consultation to elaborate study on the assessment of the Ecological Status and an MSP preliminary initia...

MAP announces the 2nd Edition of the Istanbul Environment Friendly City Award open! The Mediterranean coastal cities active in the field of environmental protection and sustainable...

We have learned, with great pleasure, that the Ulcinj Salina has been declared a protected area (Nature Park) by the Parliament of the Municipality of Ulcinj. This marks a happy en...

In the framework of the Adriadapt project, on 12 and 13 June, PAP/RAC organized a meeting to harmonize its outputs with the similar outputs of its project partner IUAV. The meeting...

Parallel meetings of the OAP M3 Steering Committee and “Off your map” campaign supported by MAVA foundation were organised in Ulcinj, Montenegro on 4-6 June. The Steering Committee...

Šibenik-Knin County’s Coastal Plan got the “Mediterranean Climate Change Adaptation Award” as an exemplary action of adaptation to climate change! The Award was conferred at the Eu...

On 21 and 22 May 2019, PAP/RAC organized a meeting of the Ecosystem Approach Correspondence Group on Monitoring (CORMON) on Coast and Hydrography cluster in Rome, Italy. The meetin...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Spain, in its capacity of Depositary of the Treaty for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Mediterranean Seaside Re...

On 8 and 9 May a meeting of PAP/RAC Focal Points was organised at PAP/RAC premises in Split. It was attended by representatives of 17 Contracting Parties, four invited experts, the...

MAP announces the 2nd Edition of the Istanbul Environment Friendly City Award open! The Mediterranean coastal cities active in the field of environmental protection and sustainable...

PAP/RAC is going to participate at the celebration of the European Maritime Day to be organized in Lisbon, Portugal, on 16-17 May 2019. Particular focus of PAP/RAC interest will, a...

Partners of the PHAROS4MPAs gathered at the premises of CNR-ISMAR in Venice, Italy, on 2 – 3 May 2019 to exchange on the progress of the project’s action plan. First project produc...

We are pleased to inform you that a video on testing activities performed within the CO-EVOLVE project is now out and available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceUZ6K...

The first meeting of INFO/RAC Focal Points was held on 16-17 April 2019 at the INFO/RAC premises in Rome. It was attended by 17 FPs, UN Environment/MAP coordinator, members of the ...

On 8 and 9 April 2019, the Herault region hosted the 6th Co-Evolve project Steering committee. Six months after the end of the project, when the test phase is coming to an end, all...

A very successful training workshop “MSP as a tool for the implementation of the ICZM Protocol in the Mediterranean” was organised at the premises of the Croatian Journalists’ Asso...

On 4 - 5 April 2019, PAP/RAC took part at the PanoraMed transnational seminar and its first call for strategic projects on “Coastal and Maritime Tourism” and “Maritime Surveillance...

The finalization of the new Report on the State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean (SoED 2019) is now underway. The 3rd meeting of the SoED Steering Committee ...

The kick-off meeting of the Adriadapt project was held at Ca' Foscari Challenge School in Venice, Italy, on 18 and 19 March 2019. The project is a new EU Interreg Italy - Croatia p...

In the framework of the GEMWET project, PAP/RAC representatives met with the project partners in Tunisia from 11 to 15 March 2019. Two days of the meeting were dedicated to the “go...

In the frame of the Governance overarching project “Governance and stakeholders participation in coastal wetlands’ management”, the pilot site workshops on Buna Delta Protected Lan...

PAP/RAC has launched the initial activities in the framework of the new EU funded project “Adriadapt” – A resilience information platform for Adriatic cities and towns. This 2-year...

Can Kaštela become a good place to live even in the middle of the tourist season? How could this destination attract visitors throughout the year? These are only two of a number of...

On 5 February 2019, PAP/RAC hosted a meeting with the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region (EUSAIR) Facility Point and Thematic Steering Group (TSG) 3 Pillar Coor...

On 21 January 2019, PAP/RAC participated as a stakeholder in the Innovation Brokering Event of the ARIEL project, held in Split, Croatia. Being part of the INTERREG Adriatic-Ionian...

Whether you want to learn more on the CO-EVOLVE project, or you are more generally someone who cares about sustainable development of maritime and coastal tourism, then the CO-EVOL...