ENSERES

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ENhancing Socio-Ecological RESilience in Mediterranean coastal areas

About the project

The cumulative impacts of overexploitation, population, governance and climate change exerted pressures on Mediterranean coastal and marine areas are leading to undermine biodiversity, ecosystem integrity and threatening the Mediterranean lifestyle. To ensure sustainability, and at the same time, increased blue economy plans demands to protect vulnerable areas and the local economy, the use of ecosystem-based management (EBM) approaches is becoming crucial to address such impacts based on strengthening social and ecological resilience. The heart of the solution would be to set transformative governance mechanisms, building capacities, ensuring sustainable financial and community engagement for bringing improvements to people’s lives and nature. To deal with these global challenges and support the implementation of transformative changes in the Mediterranean region, ENSERES capitalizes on existing transferable models and tools to promote the application of integrated governance and management approaches across administrative boundaries, and sustainable financing instruments across scales and users.

Key information

Acronym:

ENSERES

Full title:

ENhancing Socio-Ecological RESilience in Mediterranean coastal areas

Thematic objective:

B.4 Environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation

Priority:

B.4.4 Integrated coastal zone management

Countries:

Spain, France, Lebanon, Tunisia, Italy

Financial data

1 million

Total budget

0.9 million

EU contribution

10%

Project co-financing

Highlights

Project in numbers

Partners

Countries

Technical outputs

Project duration

Start date

01 October 2021

End date

30 November 2023

Partnership

News

Events

Library

Deliverables

Documents

Videos

Objective

To mainstream available EBM tools in ICZM processes for preserving coastal and marine ecosystems as sustainable livelihoods for coastal urban communities through integrated management of human activities

What will be improved?

The main positive effects expected in the mid- and long-term, include: improvement of biodiversity management and restoration; reconciling the urban with natural surroundings areas; reduction of pressures (pollution, tourism, climate change); recycling and reusing wastes; building awareness and trainings stakeholders. Furthermore, based on the multilevel cooperation, the existing ICZM processes, restoration approaches and natural resource management will be advanced and the capacities and collaboration among private and public stakeholders expected to be heightened.

Who will benefit?

National and local public authorities (municipalities, etc.)
Marine Protected Areas (MPA) stakeholders
Civil society organizations and small-scale local companies
National and sub-regional thematic MPA networks
EU & Mediterranean authorities & agencies
Environmental NGOs

Expected achievements

9 sub-grants to involve local civil society organisations in the management and sustainable development in and around Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMIs)
1 toolkit systematizing information from transferable tools, used at different sites and developed in previous and ongoing projects, focusing on the EBM and ICZM tools (including co-management and restoration)
200 staff involved in up-scaling processes and transfer initiatives
1 Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Knowledge Platform expanded and enhanced to include information from Mediterranean Partner Countries

Contribution to policy-making

About the project

Acronym

ENSERES

Title

ENhancing Socio-Ecological RESilience in Mediterranean coastal areas

Description

Human activities in Mediterranean coastal and marine areas are intensifying and pressures coming from blue economy plans are requiring new areas to develop. The environmental degradation and cumulative impacts on ecosystems and the services they provide, especially in and around critical areas for biodiversity and regions depending on their natural capital, are threatening the Mediterranean way of living. Improving the socio-ecological resilience of vulnerable areas and local economies is a solution critically needed for long-term sustainability. Setting transformative governance mechanisms, building capacities, ensuring sustainable financial and community engagement for bringing improvements to people’s lives and nature form the core of the solution. ENSERES seeks transformative changes by bending the environmental degradation curve with an integrated solution approach at transboundary level, both in and outside areas under legal protection, and involving public authorities, socio-economic actors and civil society organisations. It focuses on transferring and mainstreaming ecosystem-based management (EBM) basics to implement ICZM processes in multi-level conservation and territorial practices leading to better prepared communities and natural goods. ENSERES builds capacities to set common goals for public authorities and natural resource users, boosts sustainable financing mechanisms for co-management, and acts for the operative territorialisation of actions at various scales: Applying integrated management approaches to planning Spreading sustainable income-generation models for local communities ENSERES aids policy-practice-science interface actions to embrace sustainable development. Bottom-up capitalization approaches to empower local implementers will influence regional and global processes to feed EU, UNEP/MAP Barcelona Convention, CBD and SDG policies for the benefit of more resilient Mediterranean peoples and nature.

Role

Name of the organisation

Country

Region

Contact

Lead beneficiary

University of Malaga

Spain

Andalucía

Partner 1

Medcities Asociation

Spain

Cataluña

Partner 2

Mediterranean Protected Areas Network

France

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Partner 3

Tyre Coast Nature Reserve

Lebanon

Partner 4

Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre

Tunisia

Tunis

Partner 5

Municipality of Sfax

Tunisia

Sfax

Partner 6

Mediterranean Sea and Coast Foundation

Italy

Sardegna

Associates

Role

Name of the organisation

Country

Associate 1

Parc Natural del Montgrí, les Illes Medes i el Baix Ter

Spain

Associate 2

Tyre Municipality

Lebanon

Associate 3

Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative

France

Associate 4

Conservatoire du Littoral

France

Associate 5

Région Sud-Provences Alpes-Cote d'Azur

France

Associate 6

Parc National des Calanques

France

Associate 7

Mediterranean Experience of Ecotourism Network

Spain

Associate 8

Responsible Mobilities

Lebanon

Associate 9

Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAC/RAC)

Other

Associate 10

Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

Lebanon

Associate 11

Office français de la biodiversité

France

Associate 12

Agència de Residus de Catalunya - ARC

Spain

Associate 13

Agence de Protection et d'Amenagement du Littoral (APAL)

Tunisia

Associate 14

Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE)

Egypt

TAPARURA

Tunisia

National School of Engineers (University of Sfax)

Tunisia

Municipality of Thyna

Tunisia

Municipality of Kerkennah

Tunisia

Municipality of El Graiba

Tunisia

Plan Bleu Regional Activity Centre (Plan Bleu RAC)

France

Parc marin de la Côte Bleue

France

Blueseeds

France

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas

Other

Project news

25 October 2023

ENSERES brings coastal conservation agents to discuss tools on coastal conservation

The University of Malaga joined efforts with other institutions dealing with architecture, territorial planning, environmental data, tourism and digitalization. The panel disc…

Sustainable tourism

Technology transfer

Elderly care

Water efficiency

About the project

Key information

Financial data

Highlights

Project in numbers

Project duration

Partnership

News

Events

Library

Deliverables

Documents

Videos

Objective

What will be improved?

Who will benefit?

Expected achievements

Contribution to policy-making

About the project

Associates

ENSERES brings coastal conservation agents to discuss tools on coastal conservation

ENSERES imprints collaborative conservation tools between cities and marine protected areas

ENSERES meets in Lebanon to reflect on knowledge, eco-tourism and environmental protection solutions to increase resilience

ENSERES organizes visits so Spanish and Tunisian ports exchange on their waste management practices

ENSERES final event in Tunis to celebrate sustainable solutions with cities and protected areas

ENSERES project and local partners celebrate achievements and plan follow up actions for better coastal zone management

Education, cleaning campaigns and new local partnerships: here are the spring news from ENSERES!

Tyre in Lebanon supports eco-tourism through ENSERES subgrant

Kids, fishermen and stakeholders work together in Tunisia to create with ENSERES a path to sustainable development

New young volunteer joins the ENSERES team in Malaga, Spain

ENSERES project is looking for staff

ENSERES partners discuss 4 priority initiatives for Mediterranean biodiversity

Cooperation with young people to better communicate ENSERES

Youth volunteering opportunity in Malaga with ENSERES

A recap of all what we've done in 2022 in the 2nd ENSERES newsletter

Protecting the integrity of the marine-coastal ecosystem: Saving Thyna in Tunisia wins grant by ENSERES

ENSERES offers new action funding opportunity in Tyre, Lebanon

A new model to deal with pollution: the Regional Ecological Observatory of the city of Sfax (ORES) uses the ENSERES subgrant to clean up the port

Hands-on workshop in Oristano brings ENSERES partners together for better wetland management

Ras al-Ain in Tyre to become a model of sustainable tourism thanks to ENSERES

In Lebanon ENSERES supports the Lebanese Committee for the Safeguard of Tyre and its project focused on the young generations

The Association for the Continuity of Generations uses the ENSERES subgrants to preserve the marine life and fishing activities in the Kneiss Islands

“Kneiss Shining” project: in the Tunisian Gulf of Gabes, ENSERES supports a bottom-up path to eco-tourism

ENSERES moves forward collaboration in Sfax to enhance coastal area protection

A step forward for Tyre: ENSERES steers discussions on biodiversity conservation tools

Conservation, culture, well-being, civil and economic rights: with its subgrants ENSERES will trigger the transition to sustainability in Sfax and Tyre

ENSERES actions in Sfax can be the beginning of a new harmony between environment and economy

Are you interested in connecting coastal cities and marine protected areas in the Mediterranean with ENSERES?

ENSERES partner SPA RAC promotes active exchanges among important biodiversity areas in the Mediterranean

A seed for the future: the Tyre Coast Nature Reserve hosts the ENSERES twinning programme for Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance

Marine turtle conservation programme supported by ENSERES ends successfully in Zakynthos, Greece

The SPAMI twinning programme supported by ENSERES finds new strength in Monaco

Join ENSERES partners to celebrate the importance of Mediterranean specially protected areas

ENSERES call for sub-grants to involve Civil Society Organizations in the sustainable development of the Tyre Coast Nature Reserve

MedPAN, a fundamental partner of ENSERES: with the network of Mediterranean MPA managers, it can rely on a solid background of knowledge and experience

The environmental and cultural jewel of Lebanon in ENSERES: Tyre Coast Nature Reserve benefits from innovative management tools

MedCities to upscale cities' capacity to use best practices and tools through ENSERES

A new vacancy is announced for the Sfax Municipality partner in ENSERES project

About University of Málaga, the Spanish analysis centre leading ENSERES

ENSERES: the MEDSEA Foundation will bring its experience in transferring new models of Integrated Coastal Zones Management

ENSERES and MED4EBM to work together a more integrated coastal zone management

Mediterranean coasts have a new project: ENSERES

Projects view

Reversing biodiversity loss in urban environments: ENSERES partners MedCities and MedPAN consolidate work together in Sarajevo

SAVE THE DATE !! ENSERES to showcase improvements to people’s lives and nature during its FINAL EVENT in Tunis

SAVE the DATE !! ENSERES community engagement for sustainability in the spotlight at capitalization event in Tunisia

ENSERES leads a training workshop on participatory governance in Marine Protected Areas

SAVE the DATE !! Transformative changes by ENSERES for a blue economy discussed at national event in Lebanon

ENSERES organizes exchange visits to improve waste management in Mediterranean ports

ENSERES meets subgrantees in Tunisia to celebrate achievements

ENSERES invites you to the training "Developing and Implementing a Financing Strategy for Marine Protected Areas"

SAVE the DATE to celebrate marine conservation with ENSERES partner SPA RAC

ENSERES' Donor Conference for Biodiversity and Area-based Conservation in the Mediterranean

ENSERES' workshop on participatory governance and artisanal fisheries in Sfax

ENSERES project presents their actions to preserve biodiversty and fight against marine litter at the Mediterranean Pavillion at COP27 in Egypt

ENSERES' solutions to climate change adaptation to be featured in "The Mediterranean leading the way" event in Brussels