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April 2013

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3rd PEGASO General Meeting: the project gets more ambitious




Mohammed V University-Agdal hosted the 3rd PEGASO General Meeting in Rabat (Morocco) on 19-22 March 2013. More than 60 representatives from the PEGASO institutional partners and end users along with Moroccan experts, researchers and stakeholders attended the meeting.



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Spotlight

PEGASO is funded by the European Union within FP7- ENV.2009.2.2.1.4 Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Contract no. 244170
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Participatory workshop on a cross-cutting approach to coastal management

In the framework of the PEGASO collaborative project, Plan BleuIfremer,Tour du ValatRhône Mediterranean and Corsica Water Agency (as member of the PEGASO End User Committee), in collaboration with the Mohammed V-University Agdal Rabat organised a participatory workshop to share experiences and discuss the progress ahieved so far in the pilot CASE of Bouches du Rhône(France) and Al Hoceima Bay (Morocco).



More info: pierre.boissery@eaurmc.fr

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New information available in the PEGASO Wiki

Two wiki articles have recently been published in the PEGASO Wiki.


An article on the development and use of PEGASO project indicators for integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean and Black Seas has been produced by the partners at the Flanders Marine Institute (Belgium).



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PEGASO indicators factsheets

The PEGASO project has developed a core set of indicators that are instrumental in measuring the implementation of ICZM policies and programmes. This core set addresses the specific requirement of Article 27 of the ICZM Protocol to ‘define coastal management indicators´ and ‘establish and maintain up-to-date assessments of the use and management of coastal zones´ for the Mediterranean Sea.



More info: Annkatrien.lescrauwaet@vliz.be

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Indicator experience in PEGASO CASEs

Several PEGASO CASEs (pilot sites) are testing and validating the assessment tools developed during the project at different spatial scales. At the moment, all three CASEs in the Black Sea have started work on the methodological factsheets and indicators. The Guria Coastal region (Georgia) is adapting the ICZM progress indicator for use at national level, while the Sevastopol CASE (Ukraine) has gained useful experience with the water quality and pollution indicators in particular.  



More info: f.santoro@unesco.org

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Spatial Data Infrastructure Brochure for stakeholders

A major challenge in applying the recently adopted Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocol for the Mediterranean to help decision making is the integration of different types of data, together with the fragmentation of institutional responsibility for coastal areas at regional, national and local levels.



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Steering Committee Meeting in Lebanon

The last Steering Committee meeting for the PEGASO project was held at the University of Balamand in Lebanon on 28-29 January 2013. The purpose of the gathering was to report on the progress of the project, summarize the work done so far and prepare the programme for the upcoming 3rd PEGASO General Meeting. As the project is entering its final year, the participants carefully discussed and agreed on plans for developing the last stages of the work.



More info: francoise.breton@uab.cat

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Proposed directive on maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management

Maritime spatial planning is commonly understood as a public process for analysing and planning the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in sea areas to achieve economic, environmental and social objectives. The ultimate aim of maritime spatial planning is to draw up plans to identify the most efficient and sustainable use of maritime space. In 2008 the Commission published its ‘Roadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning: Achieving Common Principles in the EU´, followed up in 2010 with the Communication on ‘Maritime Spatial Planning in the EU-Achievements and Future Development´, which paved the way for the present proposal.



More info: francoise.breton@uab.cat

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Events

 Course on Geographic Informations Systems - Seville, Spain, 22 April-28 June 2013. Organized by the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.

 Satellite Technology for Maritime Security Conference - Venice, Italy 27-28 May 2013

 40th CIESM Congress - Marseille, France, 28 October-1 November 2013
The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM), with its headquarters in Monaco, involves researchers from all shores of the Basin in its activities, and will hold its 40th Congress at the end of October.

 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress - Marseille and Corsica, France, 21-27 October 2013.
After Australia in 2005 and the United States in 2009, France is hosting the 2013 International Marine Areas Congress, organized by the Agence des Aires Marines Protégées (French MPA Agency), together with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IMPAC3 welcomes all kinds of proposals, whatever their subject and format, as long as they have a connection to both the day-specific topics and the overarching themes of the congress.

 EMECS 10 - MEDCOAST 2013 Joint CONFERENCE - Global Congress on Integrated Coastal Management: Lessons Learned to Address New Challenges - Marmaris, Turkey, 30 October-3 November 2013.

A joint meeting of two major conference series, EMECS and MEDCOAST.


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