Coastal INtegrated Governance for Sustainable Tourism
COASTING is a capitalisation project based on the ICZM principles application, aiming at enhancing the effectiveness of a multilevel governance tool like Coast Contract, fully framing coastal management and tourism sustainability issues._x000D_
COASTING transnational partnership will activate synergies and cooperation to share specific solutions for an integrated and responsible management of coastal areas, particularly invested by tourism criticalities._x000D_
The partnership will capitalise on previous experiences related sustainable development and landscape recovery so that a new shared methodology will be able to enhance the governance tool (i.e Marseille Bay Contract) with activities focused on tourism qualification and sustainability._x000D_
The improved governance tool is the common output of the project; during the capitalisation process the partnership will reach advanced results developing strategies or action plans in each specific regional context, while mainstreaming the defined methodology with local stakeholders._x000D_
The participative approach is the main project’s character both at transnational and local level. The transnational partnership will overcome common challenges related coastal areas while the stakeholders involvement will introduce specific contextual issues referred to tourism enhancement and sustainability at the regional/local level. The validated methodology will be useful for future transferring activity and institutional uptake in the Mediterranean area and EU.