Objectives:

To test and validate, in an iterative and collaborative way, the tools developed in WP4 in several pilot sites (Collaborative Application Sites CASES) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basin basins to facilitate their use by stakeholders.

To contribute to the identification of the coastal and marine main common threats (past, present and future) concerning the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, by integrating results from WP4 and T5.1 (CASES), reviewed, prioritized and agreed by WP2.

To prepare an integrated regional assessment and outlook for the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins based on different conceptual frameworks and approaches developed in WP2 and WP4 and possible new governance models that rely on strong linkages between science and policy.

To formulate policy response options at different scales, and to evaluate trade-offs among them.

Participants:

UAB, PLAN BLEU, IFREMER, ACRI EC, PAP RAC, IUCN, UNOTT, VLIZ, UNIV CA´ FOSCARI, JRC, UNIGE, HCMR, MEDCOAST, DDNI, UM5a, AREA ED, NIOF, UOB, MHI, TDV, NARSS, BSC PS 

Description of work:

Task 5.1. Application in CASES.

Task 5.2. Regional Assessment for the Mediterranean and Black Sea.