MAMA Work package 7 MAMAAWARE MAMA Final Meeting

MAMA Work package 7 MAMA-AWARE MAMA Final Meeting Tunis 7 -8 March 2005

WP 7. MAMA-AWARE Calendar of National Awareness Meetings 12/2002 -03/2005 December 2002: Greece (3 rd – 6 th) March 2003: Yugoslavia May 2003: France (21 st) June 2003: Italy (3 rd), Turkey (13 th) September 2003: Israel (10 th) October 2003: Bosnia & Herzegovina (13 th), Egypt (20 -21 st) December 2003: Egypt (12 th-13 th) January 2004: Malta (27 th-30 th), Slovenia (23 rd) March 2004: Spain (9 th) April 2004: Croatia (29 th) May 2004: Cyprus, Lebanon (18 th), Syria November 2004: Libya June 2004: Albania (28 th) January: Tunisia (26 th) February 2005: Palestine March 2005: Morocco, Algeria last updated March 2005)

Successful MAMA National Awareness Meetings: Weight given to discussion on how ocean and coastal observing and forecasting systems address country -specific needs

Addressing country specific needs in MAMA National Awareness Meetings: Egypt: shore protection , fisheries management, offshore industry , recreation and safety at sea Bosnia & Herzegovina: national tourism and leisure activities Slovenia: high quality data on the marine environment for environmental studies of national coastal development projects Croatia: environmental protection of the Adriatic re. maritime transport (oil spills, untreated ballast water) Malta: water based tourism and marine leisure activities, fisheries observation, coastal development, dredging and coastal erosion Israel: operation and development of Haifa Carmel port, safe mariculture development

CROATIA NAM ARTICLES IN THE PRESS Slobodna Dalmacija, 30. 04. 2004 Slobodna Dalmacija, 29. 04. 2004