The project recognized the need to implement public education and outreach activities to boost civil society participation, and local communities and local NGOs were involved through a small grants programme. The country is crossed by bird populations that mainly migrate through the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin - from Greece through the Bosphorus and on to the Nile Valley. The country’s main migratory flyway is located in the east, between the Carpathian Mountains and the Black Sea. This zone is used by the red-breasted goose, swans, black stork, great white and Dalmatian pelicans, and the glossy ibis.