UfM-labelled Plastic Busters/COMMON project Final Conference

7-8 February 2023, Tunis. The Final Conference, aiming to bring together key stakeholders and partners including the UfM to discuss the results of the project and next steps, will be organized by the Tunisian Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM) with the support of the Lead Beneficiary Legambiente Onlus and of the rest of the partnership of the COMMON project.

COMMON (COastal Management and MOnitoring Network for tackling marine litter in Mediterranean Sea) is funded by the ENI CBC Med Programme, under its objective on Environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation. Since 2019, the overarching goal of the project has been the application of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) principles to the challenge of marine litter in the Mediterranean, improving knowledge on this phenomenon; enhancing the environmetal performance of 5 pilot coastal areas in Italy, Tunisia and Lebanon; and engaging local stakeholders in marine litter management.