Monday, 13 May 2019
F-IEA JOINED THE CONFERENCE: INNOVATIVE PRACTICES IN COASTAL TOURISM CONFERENCE
The IEA Foundation has been invited to participate in the Third-Party Event of Interact Programme Med Lab Group: Innovative Practices in coastal Tourism, celebrated last 13 May 2019, in Palermo (Italy) as representative of CASTWATER Project.Once a year the Southern Europe and the Mediterranean programmes meet to discuss about those topics that are of their interest. This year the meeting was focused on the thematic priority of coastal tourism, dealt under the objectives of innovation and environment, being these the most common for the cooperation programmes operating in Southern Europe and Mediterranean area.
The proposed meeting brought together the most innovative experiences in coastal tourism, tackling its main threats but also its opportunities as an attractive economic sector in the Mediterranean area. Focused on discussions with the main actors, audience and EU Commission, the aim of the meeting was to exchange and break silos on the different funding opportunities (Interreg, ENI and H2020, others) looking for a more effective and efficient results in sustainable coastal tourism.
At the meeting Antonio Martínez-Nieto, the local coordinator of the Project CASTWATER, has promoted the outcomes and experience of CASTWATER and especially its On-line tool in order to cover one of the main topics “Threats of sustainable tourism model, discussing seasonality & mass tourism, lack of resources and the effects of marine litter”.
