COASTING Project Final Conference and steering committee will be held on 6th - 7th - 8th November 2019 in Ragusa (ITALY).
During the event, one representative for each partner will sign the MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT “Coastal Integrated Governance for Sustainable Tourism”.
7th November 2019, Thursday:
COASTING PROJECT. A NEW MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE TOOL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL AREAS AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM.
09:00-09:30
Registration
9:30-10:00
Welcome by
- Giuseppe Cassì – Mayor of Ragusa
- Giorgio Battaglia – Director of Ragusa Superintendence of Cultural Heritage
- Valeria Li Vigni - Director of Soprintendenza del Mare
- Teresa Muela Tudela - General Secretary of Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FAMP)
10:00-10:20
Presentation of the Coasting Project Final Conference
Teresa Muela Tudela - General Secretary of Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FAMP)
10:20-10:40
“An Integrated Governance for Sustainable Tourism in coastal areas based on the Aix Marseille Provence Bay Contract”
Jennifer MICHELANGELI and Luc BONNARD, Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropole
10:40-11:00
“Main Conclusions from the Good Practices in Coastal Governance linked to coastal recovery and management, in relation with Coast Contract Methodology”
Saverio Santangelo and Carolina Pozzi - Sapienza University PDTA
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-13:00
Round Table 1: Debate for sharing strategies for the application of the Coastal Contract governance tool in Mediterranean areas.
Moderator: Emilia Arrabito - SVIMED
Speakers:
- The experience of Algeciras and Motril - Josefina López Galdeano, U-SPACE, COASTING technical assistance of FAMP
- The experience of Gozo - Gozo Representative
- The experience of Agro Pontine coast - Roberta Pascolini-Lazio Region - Directorate for housing policies and territorial, landscape and urban planning
- Bess as a prototype of coastal monitoring – Giovanni Randazzo - University of Messina, Sicily
13:00-14:15
Lunch Break
14:15-15:30
Round Table 2: Debate for sharing strategies for the application of the Coastal Contract governance tool in Mediterranean areas.
Moderator: Saverio Santangelo - Sapienza University PDTA
Speakers:
- The experience of Ragusa – Giuseppe Avenia - Department of Cultural Heritage - Sicilian Region, Sicily
- The experience of the Peljesac peninsula – Antonija Aodak DUNEA Representative, Croatia
- The Experience of Thesprotia - Nikos Vasileiadis, Technical Consultant of the Region of Epirus - Regional Unit of Thesprotia
15:30-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-16:45
Round Table 3: Debate for networking and sharing strategies for future applications in the Mediterranean wide area.
Moderator: Giuseppe Avenia – Department of Cultural Heritage, Sicilian Region, Sicily
Speakers:
- Valeria Li Vigni - Soprintendenza del Mare
- Project CREW Coordinated Wetland management in Italy-Croatia cross border region - Stefano Mugnoz – University of Camerino
- Co-Evolve project: Emanuel Maniscalco, Senior EU programmes officer – Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)
Free Debate on the theme of next Steps for the implementation of Coastal Contract and the improvement of institutional actions towards sustainable tourism.
Moderator: Giuseppe Avenia – Department of Cultural Heritage, Sicilian Region, Sicily
16:45-17:00
Conclusion by Sicilian Region
8th November 2019, Friday
OFFICIAL CEREMONY AND SIGNATURE OF MOU
9:30-10:00
Registration and welcome coffee
10:00-10:30
Welcome by
- Giorgio Battaglia – Director of Ragusa Superintendence of Cultural Heritage
- Maurizio Croce – Head in charge for implementing action against the hydrogeological instability in the Sicilian Region
- Salvatore Piazza - Special Commissioner Free Municipal Consortium of Ragusa
10:30-11:30
Round table: the strategic role of the spatial planning and tourism strategy for the development of a territory
Moderator: Patrizia Biagi - Journalist
Speakers:
- Maurizio Croce - Office for implementing action against the hydrogeological instability in the Sicilian Region
- Vera Greco - Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity - Landscape planning service
- Emanuel Maniscalco – Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)
- Roberto Grassi - BleuTourMed project (Interreg MED horizontal project on Sustainable Tourism)
11:30-12:00
Presentation and objectives of the MoU in Coastal Governance
Teresa Muela Tudela, General Secretary of FAMP
12:00-12:30
Signature of the MoU
The formal document for improving institutional actions towards sustainable tourism will be signed by a high-level legal representative of each partners’ organizations:
- FAMP
- Lazio Region
- Gozo Region
- Sapienza University
- Aix Marseille Provence Metropolis
- DUNEA
- Epirus Region
- Sicily Region
12:30-13:15
Signature of the “Agreement for the coastal sustainable development in the province of Ragusa ”resulting by Coasting project in Ragusa pilot area
Document presented by: Superintendence of Ragusa, Free Municipal Consortium of Ragusa and SVIMED
The signature of the document by each mayor of the 9 municipalities: Ragusa – Modica – Scicli – Vittoria – Acate – Ispica – Santa Croce Camerina – Pozzallo.
13:15 – 13:30
Conclusion by the President of the Sicilian Region (to be confirmed)