Promoting shared stewardship for Mediterranean Coasts
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B EURO Mediterranean (EURO MED)Description
N/A(FR)
COASTRUST local strategies for coastal stewardship(EN)
N/A(FR)
COASTRUST METHODOLOGY 2.0(EN)
N/A(FR)
Website: https://interreg-euro-med.eu/en/
Thematic information
Priority: (VI-B_EM_2) Greener MED
Priority specific objective: RSO2.7. Enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution
Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility
Type of intervention: 079 Nature and biodiversity protection, natural heritage and resources, green and blue infrastructure
Partners (9)
Lead Partner: ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΔΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 992665991
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 997824337 | EL263000001 | - (FR), - (EN)
Department: -
Address: New National Road Patron-Athinon , 26441 Patras, Greece
Department address: N/A, N/A N/A, Greece
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Website: https://www.pde.gov.gr/gr/index.php
Total budget: EUR 307 040.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 245 632.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 61 408.00
- Nature Trust Malta
-
Name: Nature Trust Malta
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 945784630
Partner’s ID if not PIC: MT15835909 | MT220000002 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: Wied Ghollieqa Environment Centre,Malta University, N/A Msida, Malta
Department address: Malta
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: https://naturetrustmalta.org/
Total budget: EUR 264 930.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 211 944.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 52 986.00
- SUBMON
-
Name: SUBMON
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 938480918
Partner’s ID if not PIC: G64393853 | ES2G0000072 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: Ortigosa, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Department address: Spain
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: http://www.submon.org
Total budget: EUR 186 320.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 149 056.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 37 264.00
Contractors:
-
Name: Key Soluciones de Negocio, SL
VAT registration or tax identification number: B14713200 -
Name: Jordi Pietx Colom
VAT registration or tax identification number: 33935365S
-
Name: Key Soluciones de Negocio, SL
- Fondazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
-
Name: Fondazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 892052547
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT10226731007 | IT220000019 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: Via Garigliano, 00198 Rome, Italy
Department address: Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: http://www.fondazionesvilupposostenibile.it
Total budget: EUR 346 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 276 800.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 69 200.00
Contractors:
-
Name: Flaminia Squitieri
VAT registration or tax identification number: 1674491003 -
Name: Giuseppe Dodaro
VAT registration or tax identification number: 02416810790 -
Name: MEDSEA Foundation
VAT registration or tax identification number: 03702320
-
Name: Flaminia Squitieri
- Ured Predsjednika Vlade Hercegovačko-Neretvanske Županije-Kantona
-
Name: Ured Predsjednika Vlade Hercegovačko-Neretvanske Županije-Kantona
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 4227310410003 | BA120000010 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: Stjepana Radića, 88000 Monstar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Department address: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Website: http://vlada-hnz-k.ba
Total budget: EUR 180 640.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 144 512.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 36 128.00
- Instituti per Ruajtjen e Natyres ne Shqiperi
-
Name: Instituti per Ruajtjen e Natyres ne Shqiperi
Department: Projects Unit
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 933006917
Partner’s ID if not PIC: K52904010O | AL220000005 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: Rruga “Islam Alla”, pallati IVEA, Kati I pare , 1001 Tirana, Albania
Department address: Rruga “Islam Alla”, pallati IVEA, Kati I pare , 1001 Tirana, Albania
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs
Website: http://www.inca-al.org
Total budget: EUR 222 203.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 177 762.40
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 44 440.60
Contractors:
-
Name: Genci Kacori
VAT registration or tax identification number: F10202146F -
Name: Thanas Goga
VAT registration or tax identification number: H30227062C
-
Name: Genci Kacori
- Federación Andaluza de Municipios y Provincias
-
Name: Federación Andaluza de Municipios y Provincias
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 951120794
Partner’s ID if not PIC: G41192097 | ES405000001 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: Avenida San Francisco Javier, 41018 Sevilla, Spain
Department address: Avenida San Francisco Javier, 41018 Sevilla, Spain
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website: https://www.famp.es/es/
Total budget: EUR 328 320.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 262 656.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 65 664.00
Contractors:
-
Name: LA QUINTA BRASERIA, S.L.
VAT registration or tax identification number: B16421034 -
Name: VIVIEN CORAINI
VAT registration or tax identification number: X7038911Z -
Name: Key Soluciones de Negocio, S L
VAT registration or tax identification number: B14713200
-
Name: LA QUINTA BRASERIA, S.L.
- Università degli Studi Roma Tre - Dipartimento di Architettura
-
Name: Università degli Studi Roma Tre - Dipartimento di Architettura
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999866107
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 04400441004 | IT120000031 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: LARGO GIOVANNI BATTISTA MARZI, 00153 Rome, Italy
Department address: LARGO GIOVANNI BATTISTA MARZI, 00153 Rome, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.architettura.uniroma3.it
Total budget: EUR 365 250.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 292 200.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 73 050.00
- REGIONALNA RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA DUBROVAČKO-NERETVANSKE ŽUPANIJE - DUNEA
-
Name: REGIONALNA RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA DUBROVAČKO-NERETVANSKE ŽUPANIJE - DUNEA
Department: Department for preparation and implementation of EU projects
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 900218007
Partner’s ID if not PIC: HR59914845989 | HR120000003 | - (FR), - (EN)
Address: Ulica branitelja Dubrovnika , 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Department address: Ulica branitelja Dubrovnika , 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Sectoral agency
Website: https://www.dunea.hr/
Total budget: EUR 219 800.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 175 840.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 43 960.00
Partners map
Lead partner
Project partner
Summary
Project acronym: COASTRUST
Project ID: Euro-MED0200720
Project start date: 2024-01-01
Project end date: 2026-09-30
Project status: ongoing
Relevant linked projects:
- LIFE ENPLC
- European Networks for Private Land Conservation
- (EN), N/A (FR) | LIFE ENPLC intends to build a community of European land conservation practitioners who work together on testing and upscaling the most promising tools for private land conservation, advocating for better financial incentives, engaging citizens, and raising public awareness. To this aim the project focuses on the different instruments that are available in Europe (land stewardship agreements, conservation leases, conservation easements, save harbour / temporary nature agreements, privately protected areas and Result Based Schemes) and on practical examples to show different ways of how private landowners, conservation NGOs and the administration can work together to promote nature conservation/restoration on private land.
- The two projects will be able to create synergies to exchange practices and methodologies of multi-actor collaboration, awareness raising and capacity building activities. Furthermore, while the ENPLC project focuses on private land, COASTRUST will focus on a wider areas and will benefit from ENPLC collected experience.
- (EN), N/A (FR), LIFE GREENCHANGE
- GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES FOR INCREASING BIODIVERSITY
- IN AGRO PONTINO AND MALTESE RURAL AREAS
- (LIFE17 NAT/IT/000619)
- (EN), N/A (FR) | LIFE GREENCHANGE aimed to enhance the ecological value of the agricultural systems of the Agro Pontino and of the northern region of Malta, by planning and implementing green infrastructure and by setting a governance system based on land stewardship. COASTRUST will make use the models of agreements developed by Greenchange (in Italy) and will apply the stewardship in coastal and marine areas, where stewardship experiences are very limited. Unlike Greenchange which was implemented in only two areas (Italy and Malta), COASTRUST will have more case studies at EuroMED level in order to build a large network that applies coastal stewardship. COASTRUST networking activities can be carried out with the contribution of the Life Greenchange partners. (EN), N/A (FR), Interreg MED FishMPABlue2
- IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SMALL SCALE FISHERIES IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS OF MEDITERRANEAN
- (EN), N/A (FR) | N/A (FR), The FishMPABlue2 project is the follow-up of the FishMPABlue project (July 2014-June 2015). The projects analysed the management of small-scale fishery within and around protected areas and identified improvements to be implemented through an innovative governance toolkit. They also focused on the social acceptance of such new management measures by stakeholders.
- Unlike FishMPABlue1-2, COASTRUST not target only MPAs and fishery. COASTRUST could benefit from an exchange with FishMPABlue1-2 in terms of consideration of fisherman and small scale fishery management in the processes of cooperation among stakeholders. To this purpose, the partners of this project will be invited to COASTRUST’s capacity building activities.
- (EN), Interreg MED TUNE UP
- Promoting multilevel governance for tuning up biodiversity protection in marine areas
- (EN), N/A (FR) | UNIROMA3 and FAMP, partners of COASTRUST, were partners of TUNE UP, a project tackling the need for a strategic and collaborative approach to Med MPAs management and biodiversity protection, by testing and capitalizing the multi-stakeholder/multi-level governance tool of Environmental Contracts. They could exchange within COASTRUST their know-how in building collaborative processes in marine areas, and the methods for developing the stakeholder mapping and local focus groups. Unlike COASTRUST that is focuses on the coast-sea interface, TUNE UP targeted marine protected areas. Since both projects are concerned with the improved quality of marine and coastal resources, TUNE UP partners can be invited to the capacity building or networking activities and to the COASTRUST final conference. (EN), N/A (FR), Interreg MED WETNET (EN), N/A (FR) | FAMP, partner of COASTRUST, was also involved in the WETNET project which developed environmental contracts in wetlands pilots (Tune UP predecessor). As for TUNE UP, the participatory process developed could be used within COASTRUST and WETNET partners can be invited to the capacity building activities and to the COASTRUST final conference. (EN), N/A (FR), N/A (FR), H2020 COASTAL
- Co-creating evidence-based business roadmaps and policy solutions for enhancing coastal-rural collaboration and synergies
- (EN) | COASTAL intends to develop synergies between coastal and rural areas mainly devoted to define business road maps and policy guidelines. Business action plans, quantitative data and scientific models are not addressed by COASTRUST, although multi-actor analysis and integrated coastal-rural planning and coastal-rural synergy will be at the core of COASTRUST’s local strategies. Both projects are concerned with building alliances between land and sea therefore COASTRUST will benefit from the dynamics model developed by COASTAL. Interesting interactions between the two projects can be built during the capacity building sessions and the development of the strategies. (EN), N/A (FR), N/A (FR), Baltic Stewardship Initiative (EN) | The Baltic Stewardship Initiative brings together actors from the entire food chain, from farmers, to the retail trade, to work together to reduce nutrient leakage to our waterways, lakes and seas and increase the circulation of plant nutrients. The two projects start from the same principle of stewardship but the first is implemented only in Sweden and in the Baltic Sea, COASTRUST intends to apply the coastal stewardship tool at the Euro-Mediterranean level, so there is no geographical overlap between the two projects. The two projects could mutually benefit each other as they can exchange feedback, methods, criticalities and best practices (EN), N/A (FR), LIFE TERRACESCAPE - Employing Land Stewardship to transform terraced landscapes into green infrastructures to better adapt to climate change
- (EN), N/A (FR) | N/A (FR), The LIFE TERRACESCAPE project aims to demonstrate, on the Aegean island of Andros, the use of drystone terraces as green infrastructure resilient to climate change impacts. The project will promote climatic adaptation by mobilising scientific knowledge, traditional farming and land stewardship (LS) practices for a large-scale revitalisation of island terrace farming. Unlike TERRASCAPES that apply the land stewardship on a specific island, COASTRUST will apply the stewardship in different contexts. The two projects have different application contexts, TERRACESCAPE deals with agricultural areas while COASTRUST with coastal and marine areas. However, the two projects, both having an application in areas bordering the Mediterranean Sea, will be able to exchange practices and discuss together the criticalities and opportunities in applying the stewardship tool. (EN)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 420 503.00
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 936 402.40
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%
Co-financing sources:
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
(bullets are inserted automatically and may be incorrectly placed)
Deliverables:
- N/A
- Description of territorial opportunities/assets and EU strategies to address through selected goals
- Collective training report
- N/A
- N/A
- COASTRUST strategies on coastal stewardship
- N/A
- Report of coastal stewardship agreements
- COASTRUST Methodology 2.0
- N/A
- Policy paper
- N/A
- Joint report of networking activities
- N/A
Contribution to wider strategies and policies:
- EuropeanGreenDeal Within the Green Deal, COASTRUST will especially contribute to the Biodiversity Strategy, contributing to point 2.2.6. “Restoring the good environmental status of marine ecosystems” in its requirement to set area-based conservation-management measures, especially through its approach based on environmental collaboration that has the aim to find a balance between nature protection and local development.
- COASTRUST will contribute to the Horizon Europe’s Missions “Healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters” which recommends to propose new governance models and to build partnerships with governments, businesses, universities and civil society. Specifically, coastal stewardship represents a collaborative governance model to better manage coastal areas through the involvement of public and private local stakeholders.
- TerritorialAgenda2030 In its intent to set place-based collaborative governance processes, COASTRUST is consistent with the principle of territorial cohesion, where it aims at helping “to encourage decision makers at all governance levels to unleash the unique potential of territories with specific geographies and adequately address the constraints of these areas through integrated and cooperative approaches” (48) and by “improving the integration of terrestrial and maritime spatial planning” (55).
- Specifically, the aim to test in different contexts coastal stewardship concurs to the points of the T.A. (15) “to implement multi-level governance and place‐based approach to policy making” and (59) for “creating resilient local economies and benefits for the environment”.
- Finally, COASTRUST with its aim to implement agreements and local action plans in different pilots and define a joint methodology concur to the T.A. aim to “enhance participatory implementation of the strategies” (22).
- EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion Some of the COASTRUST partners belong to countries participating in the EUSAIR (Croatia, Italy, Albania and Greece). By promoting environmental collaborative governance approach, COASTRUST can contribute to the Environmental quality pillar of the EUSAIR and to the following objective:
- - contributing to the goal of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the EU by 2020, and restore them in so far as feasible, by addressing threats to marine and terrestrial biodiversity.
- Other COASTRUST, thanks to its participatory and place-based approach for the development of stewardship processes, allows to target the 6 objectives of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development. Especially, by framing a collaboration between different stakeholders to balance nature conservation and local development, COASTRUST will help to fulfil the objective 1. "Ensuring sustainable development in marine and coastal areas" and 6. "Improving governance in support of sustainable development".
- Other COASTRUST fulfils the principle of cooperation among Member States and at sea basin level of the EU Maritime Spatial Planning Strategy. The development of a new methodology for coastal stewardship at Med level contributes to the achievement of the goal of reducing conflicts and creating synergies between different activities. Furthermore, the project, working on the relationship between land and sea helps the achievement also of the Land-sea interaction (LSI) that is also highly related to the economic benefits of MSP and the importance of given maritime uses covered by the MSP for the economic development.
- Other
- At the European level, given the worrying impacts of climate change on the coasts, the possibility of activating agreements between stakeholders to better perform local strategies and plans would make it possible to achieve the priority 2.2.1. "Improving adaptation strategies and plans" of the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change. Furthermore, the stewardship processes will allow the implementation of NBS at coastal and marine level and therefore also target the priority 2.2.4. "Promoting nature-based solutions for adaptation".
- Other According to the objectives to protect natural resources of the EU Marine Strategy Framework directive, Water Framework Directive and European Habitats Directive, COASTRUST promotes motivations and enable the direct actions of actors to protect, restore or sustainably use the environment.
- Other
- The participative processes and the collaborative governance approach introduced by COSTRUST at Euro-med level allow to target the objectives of the Barcelona Convention, especially to ensure sustainable management of natural marine and coastal resources; to integrate the environment in social and economic development; to protect the natural and cultural heritage; to strengthen solidarity among Mediterranean coastal States.
Deliverable (other than infrastructural investment) areas:
- Elláda (EL)
Programme Common Output Indicator:
-
RCO 001 - Enterprises supported (of which: micro, small, medium, large), Measurement unit:
-
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
-
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
-
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
-
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
-
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:
Programme Result Indicator:
-
RCR90N Long-term cross-border innovation networks, Measurement unit: Number of networks
-
PSI1 - Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across borders, Measurement unit: organisations
Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR
EUSAIR Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:
EUSAIR Degree of compliance:
Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B EURO Mediterranean (EURO MED)
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2025-05-27
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
64 / 64 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
608 / 608 (100%)
Notes on the data