{"id":8113,"date":"2026-03-31T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/projects\/desir-med\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:18:46","slug":"desir-med","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/projekti\/desir-med\/","title":{"rendered":"Desir-MED"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key objectives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrate and upscale nature-based solutions for climate resilience in Mediterranean regions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strengthen regional governance frameworks for systemic climate adaptation;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">improve financing mechanisms and investment strategies for NbS deployment;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enhance stakeholder engagement and co-creation processes in regional adaptation planning;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">facilitate knowledge transfer and replication across Mediterranean territories<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Main results<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DesirMED implements and scales up nature-based solutions across several Mediterranean demonstration sites, addressing key climate risks such as drought, heatwaves, flooding, coastal erosion and biodiversity loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through integrated technical, governance and financial approaches, the project will:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deploy and monitor large-scale NbS in participating regions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">develop regional transformation roadmaps for mainstreaming NbS into policy and planning instruments;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create innovative financing models and investment plans to support long-term NbS uptake<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">establish a Mediterranean Community of Practice to foster knowledge exchange and peer learning;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produce practical guidelines, policy recommendations and replication tools for other Mediterranean regions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By combining demonstration activities with systemic policy integration, DesirMED ensures that tested solutions move beyond pilot scale and become embedded in regional development strategies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Role of PAP\/RAC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In DesirMED, PAP\/RAC is participating as a part of the Split-Dalmatia cluster, and leads the work package related to upscaling NbS and fostering their mainstreaming across the Mediterranean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAP\/RAC contributes to strengthening the policy dimension and Mediterranean-wide transfer of DesirMED results. Building on its mandate under the Barcelona Convention, we support the integration of NbS into coastal management and climate adaptation frameworks, ensuring alignment with ICZM principles and regional governance processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Partnership<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lead partner:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMCC \u2013 Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (Italy)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partners:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundaci\u00f3n Tecnalia Research &amp; Innovation (Tecnalia), Spain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inova+ &#8211; Innovation Services, Sa (Inova+), Portugal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimokritio Panepistimio Thrakis (DUTH), Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate-Kic Holding Bv (C-Kic), Netherlands<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stichting Deltares (Deltares), Netherlands,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stichting Wageningen Research (WR), Netherlands<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynamic Vision P C (Dyn-V), Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bwb Connect Clg (Bwb), Ireland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regione Autonoma della Sardegna*Ras (RAS), Italy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Split-Dalmatia County (SDC), Croatia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (Pap\/Rac), Croatia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Municipio Do Fundao (Fund\u00e3o), Portugal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia), Spain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaersa Valenciana De Aprovechamiento Energ\u00e9tico De Residuos Sa (VAERSA), Spain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medi Xxi Gabinet De Solucions Ambientals S.L. 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