Projects

The MEDOSMoSIS objective is the development of a number of modules/applications regarding Maritime Surveillance activities
and to facilitate information exchanges that will support the further development of a regional/local smart plug-in capability
supporting interoperable, transnational sectoral systems, ensuring their regional, deployable and mobile interface, in order to
Enhance in-situ Situational Awareness, wherever needed in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic approaches. It will explore the
application of the current guidelines and capabilities of the ongoing evolution of the CISE data exchange model.
It will carry pilot activities and capitalization actions to test,disseminate and distribute tools and protocols among partners
either as being potential users but also as intermediaries to reach no participant entities.

As the MED Program aims to benefit from appropriate tools and mechanism to ease the implementation of better governance
and thematic integration in the Mediterranean and contribute to shared operational plans on the overall area in key sectors of
maritime surveillance, it is an enormous and challenging opportunity to seek for the demands among the National authorities
carrying out Maritime Surveillance functions in the needs of operational infrastructure that cover marine spatial information
obligations stemming from European Directives, initiatives and policies, in terms of maritime surveillance and safety.

Climate change is dramatically affecting the Mediterranean Sea, which is warming at a rate 20% faster than the world’s average. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), despite the nature-based solution they offer to support efforts towards climate change adaptation and mitigation, are the first ones to feel the climate change effects. Several Mediterranean MPAs are already facing major biodiversity and functional alterations due to climate change, whereas others will likely face them in the next few decades. There is, therefore, an urgency to mitigate these risks and to consider adaptation options in partnership with local communities, decision-makers, civil society organizations, research bodies, and other socio-economic actors at local, national and regional level. 

MPA-ENGAGE aims primarily to support Mediterranean MPAs to adapt to and mitigate the ongoing climate change effects in the Mediterranean Sea. Through a participatory approach, MPA-Engage will monitor in a harmonized way the climate change impacts, will elaborate vulnerability assessments and will develop climate change adaptation action plans in 7 Marine Protected Areas located in 6 Mediterranean countries, namely Albania, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Spain.