Key objectives
The SHAPE project aimed to support the sustainable development of the Adriatic Region by strengthening the protection and management of marine and coastal environments through an integrated governance approach.
Its objectives were to:
- Promote sustainable human activities in coastal and marine areas and manage conflicts among uses through improved decision-making.
- Strengthen and align ICZM and MSP across the Adriatic Region, ensuring coherence between coastal and maritime planning.
- Improve legal, institutional, and governance frameworks, enhancing coordination and capacity of authorities responsible for coastal and marine management.
- Increase stakeholder engagement, public participation, awareness, and information exchange.
- Facilitate data sharing and knowledge integration, contributing to EMODNET, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and broader European marine initiatives.
- Foster an Adriatic knowledge network to promote synergies and avoid duplication among projects.
Main results
The main results of the project include: an Outline of ICZM in the Adriatic Region; Thematic maps; a Common Methodology for planning in maritime space; Analytical Reports on legal aspects, current policy, and planning tools in the Adriatic Basin; a Common GIS Atlas of the Adriatic Sea; Scientific Reports; Training workshops; and transnational conferences.
SHAPE also promoted the strengthening of synergies and the exchange of results from various projects among a wide network of institutions, through the creation of the Adriatic Forum and the coordination with existing organisations, such as the Adriatic Euroregion, other regions in Europe, and European and International institutions.
Role of PAP/RAC
- To prepare a common outline for the preparation of the analysis on the current ICZM practice within each of the project countries and Italian regions
- To prepare an explanation of the provision of Article 8 of the ICZM Protocol
- To prepare a draft outline for the ICZM national Strategies for the Adriatic countries
- To organise the workshop to discuss the draft and to adopt the final version of the common outline
- To prepare an explanatory text of the provisions set in Article 7 of the ICZM Protocol on institutional coordination
- To draft the proposal for setting up a common general governance framework for ICZM
- To organise/implement the MedOpen course
- To participate in the capacity-building workshops for the effective implementation of the ICZM Protocol
Partnership
Lead partner:
Emilia Romagna Region– General Direction for Environment and for Soil and Coast Protection
Partners:
- Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Veneto Region – “Progetto Venezia” Department
- Marche Region – Coastal Defence Department
- Abruzzo Region – Maritime Works and Marine Water Service
- Molise Regional Agency for Environmental Protection
- Puglia Region – Mediterranean Department
- Koper Regional Development Centre
- Istria Institute for Physical Planning Region
- Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre
- Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of civil engineering and physical planning
- Montenegro Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management
- Environmental Centre for Administration and Technology in Tirana
