Ecological foundations for the governance of the Adriatic coastal space: ecology, monitoring and management of transitional aquatic ecosystems” - ECOGovernance

The project proposes support actions for the management of lagoonal and transitional aquatic ecosystems of the coastal Adriatic space. Its primal goal is to overcome the current fragmentation of competences and knowledge, connecting within a common network the agencies appointed to monitoring the health state of aquatic ecosystems with academic/research institutions providing the eco-technological innovations and the professional training to human resources specialized in environmental monitoring. The project is fully consistent with the 1st Axis, 1.1 Measure, 1.1.1 Action (integrated management and development of coastal zones) of the INTERREG IIIA program. The project plan provides that the governance of the Adriatic coastal space will be supported by I) shortterm actions, represented by the exchange of know-how and best practice, sharing of methodological protocols for the management of transitional coastal ecosystems, identification of tools for performance assessment of ecosystem management procedures and II) long-term actions, represented by the individuation and promotion of joint training protocols co-managed by administrations, agencies and academic institutions, eventually culminating in the institution and activation of a two-year study course which will train specialized personnel in the application of monitoring and managing procedures standardized across the whole Adriatic basin.