{"id":8177,"date":"2026-03-31T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/projects\/medigreen\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:23:17","slug":"medigreen","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/projekti\/medigreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Medigreen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key objectives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support Mediterranean countries in integrating EGD priorities into MSP plans and processes;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analyse the role of MSP in promoting sustainable sectoral practices and blue economy transitions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify sector-specific and cross-sectoral pathways toward EGD-aligned maritime governance;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">engage stakeholders and regional networks to enhance collaboration and knowledge exchange;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contribute to basin-wide dialogue on MSP as an enabler for sustainable marine uses and protection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Main results<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medigreen\u2019s work focuses on four main thematic areas relevant to Mediterranean MSP and sustainable development:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE): assessing how MSP can support environmentally sound deployment of clean energy at sea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fisheries and Aquaculture: exploring planning approaches that balance economic viability with marine ecosystem sustainability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature Protection: strengthening MSP\u2019s capacity to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional MSP Cooperation: fostering cross-border collaboration and shared pathways toward EGD objectives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project activities include national assessments of EGD-MSP integration, multi-level dialogues with stakeholders, workshops and contributions to the Mediterranean MSP Community of Practice (MED-MSP-CoP). Results will support improved planning frameworks and provide insights for next MSP cycles, while promoting a basin-wide transition toward a sustainable blue economy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Role of PAP\/RAC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAP\/RAC is a partner in all of the project WPs. It is directly responsible for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementation of pilot project activities in Albania, dealing with the assessment and development of proposals for the transformation of the small-scale fisheries sector, in line with EGD, through MSP.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support EGD-related assessment of MSPs in Malta and Croatia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordination of preparation of a technical paper on the role of Marine Spatial Planning in supporting the European Green Deal-driven development and transition of fisheries in the Mediterranean<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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;\">Spanish National Research Council \u2013 Institute of Oceanography (IEO, CSIC) (Spain)<\/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;\">Consorzio per il Coordinamento delle Ricerche Inerenti al Sistema Lagunare di Venezia \u2013 CORILA (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universit\u00e0 IUAV di Venezia (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche \u2013 ISMAR (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service Hydrographique et Oc\u00e9anographique de la Marine \u2013 SHOM (France)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centre d\u2019\u00c9tudes et d\u2019Expertise sur les Risques, l\u2019Environnement, la Mobilit\u00e9 et l\u2019Am\u00e9nagement \u2013 CEREMA (France)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aristotle University of Thessaloniki \u2013 AUTh (Greece)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centre National de Recherche et de D\u00e9veloppement de la P\u00eache et de l\u2019Aquaculture \u2013 CNRDPA (Algeria)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre \u2013 PAP\/RAC (Croatia)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associated partners:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning Authority (Malta)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sfax University (Tunisia)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9156,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"project-category":[206],"project-status":[196],"class_list":["post-8177","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-category-other","project-status-ongoing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/8177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-category?post=8177"},{"taxonomy":"project-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.paprac.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-status?post=8177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}