{"id":8139,"date":"2026-03-31T07:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/projects\/gef-adriatic\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:54:48","slug":"gef-adriatic","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/projekti\/gef-adriatic\/","title":{"rendered":"GEF Adriatic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Partnership:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Nations Environment Programme\/Mediterranean Action Plan\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priority Actions Programme\/Regional Activity Centre,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specially Protected Areas\/Regional Activity Centre<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Tourism and Environment, Albania<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism, Montenegro<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Agency for Protected Areas, Albania<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Geographic scope<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albania and Montenegro (Adriatic Sea sub-region)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key objectives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strengthen knowledge and capacities for integrated assessment and sustainable use of marine areas\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support the implementation of the ecosystem approach through IMAP\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advance MSP as a tool for improving environmental status\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promote stakeholder engagement and knowledge sharing at the sub-regional level<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Main results<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project contributed to strengthening the scientific and policy basis for marine management in the Adriatic:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">integrated national monitoring programmes were developed for Albania and Montenegro, covering biodiversity, fisheries, hydrography, coastal ecosystems, eutrophication, contaminants and marine litter\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assessment processes were initiated to evaluate the state of the marine environment and support progress towards Good Environmental Status (GES)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">field surveys were carried out to address key data gaps, including in Montenegro and subsequently in Albania\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a first Marine Spatial Plan was developed in Montenegro as a demonstration for the wider Adriatic region\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">national consultations in Albania supported the understanding of legal, institutional and planning requirements for MSP\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">capacity-building activities, including trainings and workshops, strengthened national and sub-regional expertise\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stakeholder engagement processes were implemented, increasing awareness and supporting participatory decision-making<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A key outcome of the project was the development and successful application of a methodology integrating MSP and the ecosystem approach, aligned with IMAP, and applicable across the Adriatic context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Role of PAP\/RAC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAP\/RAC contributed to the implementation of the project by supporting the integration of MSP and ICZM approaches, facilitating national processes and stakeholder engagement, and contributing to the development and testing of integrated methodologies for ecosystem-based marine 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