Partnership
| Role | Name of the organisation | Country | Region | Contact |
| Lead beneficiary | Legambiente Onlus | Italy | Lazio | Stefano Ciafani General Director 06862681 progetti@legambiente.it |
| Partner 1 | National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies | Tunisia | Hechmi Missaoui General Manager +21671730420 Hechmi.missaoui@instm.rnrt.tn | |
| Partner 2 | International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari | Italy | Puglia | Maurizio Raeli Director 00390804606209 raeli@iamb.it |
| Partner 3 | Amwaj of the Environment | Lebanon | Malek Ghandour President +9613241451 amwajenvt@yahoo.com | |
| Partner 4 | University of Siena | Italy | Francesco Frati Rector 0577235515 rettore@unisi.it | |
| Partner 5 | Tyre Coast Nature Reserve | Lebanon | Nabigha Dakik Administrative Assistant 009613865231 tcnr98@hotmail.com | |
| Partner 6 | High Institute of Agronomy of Sousse University | Tunisia | Sousse | Chokri Thabet Head of the ISA-CM +21673327544 chokri.thabet@laposte.net |
Key information
| Acronym | COMMON |
| Full title | COastal Management and MOnitoring Network for tackling marine litter in Mediterranean sea |
| Thematic objective | B.4 Environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation |
| Priority | B.4.4 Integrated coastal zone management |
| Countries | Italy, Tunisia, Lebanon |
Financial data
2.2 million
Total budget
2 million
EU contribution
%
10%
Project co-financing
Highlights
- What will be improved?
The mid-term expected impact is the enhanced capacity of public authorities in monitoring and managing the waste chain with a focus on the land-sea relationship and improving the environmental performance in the concerned 5 coastal areas: Tyre (Lebanon), Maremma and Northern Puglia (Italy) and Kuriat Island and Monastir (Tunisia). The integrated and multi-stakeholders approach promoted by the project will boost citizens’ participation in marine litter removal activities, as well as the exchange of good practices and experiences among local institutions at Mediterranean level. The long-term impact of the project includes advancing towards the achievement of the Descriptor 10 of the Good Environmental Status (set by the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive) by 2020 in the pilot areas, meaning that “properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment.” - Who Will Benefit?
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- Policy-makers and environmental protection agencies
- 15 fishermen and their organisations
- 35 economic operators
- 30 Marine Protected Areas
- Local communities
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- Expected achievements
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- 10 studies on linkages between marine litter issue and land-based human activities
- 1 ICT platform for sharing methodologies and data on marine litter
- 250 people trained on marine litter management
- 30 municipalities involved in a network of coastal cities against marine litter
- 4 reports containing legal recommendations and best practices for improving the management of marine litter and governance issues
- 50 civil society organizations participating in beach cleanup campaigns
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Project in numbers
7
Partners
3
Countries
8
Technical outputs