Regional COmmon Action STrategy Against Coastal Erosion and climate change effects for a sustainable coastal planning in the Mediterranean basin

Programme 2007 - 2013 Programme MED

Date of latest update: 2021-12-25

Description

Description (EN):

Coastal erosion and flooding represents a major threat for the well-being and prosperity of the 70mi Europeans living within 500m from the coastline and their assets of 500- 1000bi€. Lost or seriously impacted area by erosion is estimated to be 15 km2/year. The Nobel Prize laureate UN-IPCC estimates that by 2020 due to Climate Change victims of coastal erosion or flooding will reach 158,000/year, 50% of Europe’s coastal wetlands is expected to disappear as a result of sea level rise at a cost of 5,400mi€/year. According to the EC EUROSION project, the regulatory EIA framework, knowledge base, and traditional measures for erosion control have been weak or inappropriate. COASTANCE will use innovative techniques for mid-long term ICZM Master Plans capitalizing on the Good Practices developed under several European projects (INTERREGIIIB & IIIC-RFO). Its innovation is that it focuses on those practices that resulted from thorough scientific study and understanding of coastal erosion phenomena obtained by previous experience. The concrete results -Realistic Submersion Risk Forecast Systems, Specific EIA/SEA Procedures, Concrete ICZM Master Plans and Officials’ Training- will be used as Governance and Public Policy Tools for erosion control by regional, national and EU administrations. To ensure the project‘s durability, partners will form a Structural Data Infrastructure Community (SDIC) based on the INSPIRE directive and a European Group according to the EU Regulation 1082/2006.

Achievements (EN):

State of the art of project implementation since the project start COASTANCE partnership comprises diverse levels of territorial government according to local organisation of competences for coastal area management. It developed networking, cooperation and exchange of experience between regions and other administrative levels, relevant social economic and environmental actors. The final concrete and transferable results (Apr -09 - Mar -12)are: 1)a model and tool for forecasting submersion risk along the coast, based on a number of simple parameters, that is to be made available and usable by a wide public through the web (user friendly web interface) 2)a model to formulate coastal protection action plans and sediment management plans, including examples of plans formulated, during the project, by partner regions, together with a data model and tool for coastal sediment management based on littoral cells (SICELL) 3)guidelines for environmental assessment of coastal protection works, programme and management plans, based on EIA and SEA procedures. Latest project activities and outputs During the reporting period the COASTANCE partnership completed all technical deliverables concerning a) a model and tool for forecasting submersion risk, b) a model to formulate coastal protection action plans and sediment management plans, c) guidelines for environmental assessment of coastal protection works, programme and management plans, based on EIA and SEA procedures. The final conference of the project was successfully organised in Komotini, Greece. The conference was attended by 150 stakeholders and presented not only the main outputs but also the future synergies of COASTANCE with other EU projects and clusters. A booklet with the project achievements and a concrete DVD were disseminated within the occasion of the conference. All material is available on COASTANCE website, www.costance.eu. A final conference was also organised by the Croatian partner in Dubrovnik in the framework of the completion of IPA activities as well. Next key steps for the project COASTANCE partnership started the formation of a cluster, named FACECOAST - -Face the challenge of climate change in the Med coastal zones- - presented officially within the MED Capitalisation Day in Marseille. Today the cluster is composed, following the signature of a specific Memorandum of Understanding, by 8 projects from different EU programmes. The aim of the cluster is to develop integrated actions at the Mediterranean scale inscribed in a wider Macro-project for the 2014-2020 period.

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Climate change and biodiversity

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ

Address: 7, D. Tsetine str., 69100 Komotini, Greece, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Departement of Hérault

Name: Departement of Hérault

Address: 1000 rue d'Alco, 34087 Montpellier Cedex 4, France

Legal status: n/a

Ministry of Communications and Works of Cyprus – Department of Public Works

Name: Ministry of Communications and Works of Cyprus – Department of Public Works

Address: 165, Stovolos avenue, 2048 Nicosia, Cyprus

Legal status: n/a

Regional Ministry for the Environment of Andalusia (CMA), General Direction of Environmental Participation and Information, Junta de Andalucía

Name: Regional Ministry for the Environment of Andalusia (CMA), General Direction of Environmental Participation and Information, Junta de Andalucía

Address: Avda. Manuel Siurot 50, 41071 Seville, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Dubrovnik Neretva County Regional Development Agency DUNEA

Name: Dubrovnik Neretva County Regional Development Agency DUNEA

Address: Branitelja Dubrovnika 41, 20 000 Dubrovnik, Croatia

Legal status: n/a

Region of Latium – Territory Department, Environment and People Cooperation Directorate

Name: Region of Latium – Territory Department, Environment and People Cooperation Directorate

Address: Viale del Tintoretto, 432, 142 Roma, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Περιφέρεια Κρήτης

Name: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης

Address: Ikarou & Stergiou Spanaki 2, 71202 Heraklion, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Region of Emilia-Romagna - Directotare of General Environment Soil and Coast Protection

Name: Region of Emilia-Romagna - Directotare of General Environment Soil and Coast Protection

Address: 21, via dei Mille, 40121 Bologna, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): Regional COmmon Action STrategy Against Coastal Erosion and climate change effects for a sustainable coastal planning in the Mediterranean basin

Project acronym: COASTANCE

Project start date: 2009-04-01

Project end date: 2012-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 795 900.61

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 425 415.00

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2007 - 2013 Programme MED

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2015-12-01

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159 / 159 (100%)

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1 395 / 1 395 (100%)

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Regional COmmon Action STrategy Against Coastal Erosion and climate change effects for a sustainable coastal planning in the Mediterranean basin

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