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This project provides information and standards for the formation of a mutual Axios-Vardar river basin’s action plan under the EC Water Framework Directive 2000/60.

The present report focuses on the strategy for coordination in the abovementioned international river basin.


Home Activities Members Courses Research Links Contact	Research Development of an Axios-Vardar River Basin Management Plan The Axios-Vardar River constitutes the most significant source of water for the greater region of Central Macedonia (Greece) and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Greece and FYROM share this transboundary river; however, a common river basin’s action plan has not yet been inducted by the two neighbouring countries. This project provides information and standards for the formation of a mutual Axios-Vardar river basin’s action plan under the EC Water Framework Directive 2000/60. The present report focuses on the strategy for coordination in the abovementioned international river basin. The project was conducted under contract to the non-profit organization Aristotelis, Greece, a founding organisation of the Euroregion Belasica. Management Plan (Download) Environmental State (Download) Mediterranean Islands Sustainability ISO-BASED Action Plan “2006-2015” MED- ISOLAE delivers ISO: 9001 procedures, the structure of an island SDI (Spatial Database Infrastructure), a pilot and a series of dissemination sessions assisting Mediterranean islands to implementing their step-by-step ISO based sustainable management plans for the islands development and environment sectors in the period 2006-2016. Promoting a sounder & more sustainable evolution (environmental, social, economic & administrative) for Med- Islands is of paramount importance to the EU. The planning and maintenance of sustainability is not an easy task, and there are no true methodologies on how to achieve sustainability and its related indicators for the sustainability pillars, themes, sub-themes and parameters. The state-of-approach is to keep the indicators related to the sustainability matrix in balance via standardized procedures and methods, aiming at safeguarding the balance. Such procedures must have standardized ISO based rationale. In addition, any ISO implementation has to be supported by data and a spatial data infrastructure. Participating countries and regions: Greece (Attica, Chios, Corfu, Crete, Cyclades Region, Evia, Kithara, Patmos, Santorini/ Thira, Syros), Cyprus, Italy (Calabria), Malta. Project Duration: 19 months Project Cost: € 1.696.444 For more info: http://www.medisolae.eu/ ECOlogical NETwork for the promotion of convergent conservation strategies in coastal hAbitats of Community significance Coastal zones in the Mediterranean region display a high diversity of habitats, such as sandy beaches, salt marshes, coastal plains. Despite the designation of many of these habitats in the Natura 2000 network their long-term conservation effectiveness is questioned. This is because coastal zones are influenced by inland processes, often at the scale of the river catchment and thus subject to an increased degree of threat. Therefore biodiversity conservation success in those habitats depends on understanding landscape processes of both natural and socio-economic origin.Recent policy developments, such as Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), account for changes at a broader spatial scale. However, in practice there is no real integration of ideas between ICZM and biodiversity conservation. Therefore there is a need to establish and adopt common tools and methodologies in ARCHIMED region to assess landscape scale processes and deliver guidelines for conservation management of coastal habitats in the long term. Objectives: Establish a network of research institutes and local authorities involved in coastal habitats management. Establish a common knowledge base on Environmental Impact Assessment and Decision Support for coastal habitats. Training of researchers and professionals on best practices for coastal habitats management. Support the planning process for Natura 2000 management. Establish a portal service for the post-project period that will provide information to stakeholders and the public. For more info: http://www.econet-coast.eu/ NTUA Theses dissertations (In Greek) Γκιόκας Α. (2008): Επιχειρησιακός Προγραμματισμός Συστημάτων Διαχείρισης Αστικών Αποβλήτων. Ανάπτυξη Μαθηματικού Μοντέλου και Εφαρμογή στη Νήσο Κέρκυρα. Περίληψη Παρουσίαση (pdf) Λειβαδάρου Ε. (2007): Βελτιστοποίηση Επιχειρησιακών Αποφάσεων. Ανάπτυξη Μοντέλου και Εφαρμογή στη Λεκάνη του Αξιού - Βαρδάρη. Περίληψη Παρουσίαση (pdf) Αβρααμίδης Γ. και Λειβαδάρου Ε. (2005): Επιχειρησιακή Ανάλυση Ρίσκου Συστήματος Ύδρευσης. Ανάπτυξη Μοντέλου και Εφαρμογή στην Ε.Υ.Δ.Α.Π. Περίληψη Παρουσίαση (pdf) Οικονόμου Δ. (1998): Κατανομή Πόρων στην Κατάσβεση Δασικών Πυρκαγιών Περίληψη ----------------------------------------------------------- © 2010 All rights reserved.

MED- ISOLAE delivers ISO: 9001 procedures, the structure of an island SDI (Spatial Database Infrastructure), a pilot and a series of dissemination sessions assisting Mediterranean islands to implementing their step-by-step ISO based sustainable management plans for the islands development and environment sectors in the period 2006-2016. Promoting a sounder & more sustainable evolution (environmental, social, economic & administrative) for Med- Islands is of paramount importance to the EU. The planning and maintenance of sustainability is not an easy task, and there are no true methodologies on how to achieve sustainability and its related indicators for the sustainability pillars, themes, sub-themes and parameters.
The state-of-approach is to keep the indicators related to the sustainability matrix in balance via standardized procedures and methods, aiming at safeguarding the balance. Such procedures must have standardized ISO based rationale. In addition, any ISO implementation has to be supported by data and a spatial data infrastructure.

Coastal zones in the Mediterranean region display a high diversity of habitats, such as sandy beaches, salt marshes, coastal plains. Despite the designation of many of these habitats in the Natura 2000 network their long-term conservation effectiveness is questioned.
This is because coastal zones are influenced by inland processes, often at the scale of the river catchment and thus subject to an increased degree of threat. Therefore biodiversity conservation success in those habitats depends on understanding landscape processes of both natural and socio-economic origin.Recent policy developments, such as Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), account for changes at a broader spatial scale. However, in practice there is no real integration of ideas between ICZM and biodiversity conservation. Therefore there is a need to establish and adopt common tools and methodologies in ARCHIMED region to assess landscape scale processes and deliver guidelines for conservation management of coastal habitats in the long term.

Objectives:

Establish a network of research institutes and local authorities involved in coastal habitats management.
Establish a common knowledge base on Environmental Impact Assessment and Decision Support for coastal habitats.
Training of researchers and professionals on best practices for coastal habitats management.
Support the planning process for Natura 2000 management.
Establish a portal service for the post-project period that will provide information to stakeholders and the public.