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Mediterranean Coast Day <\/strong>(<\/a>25 September<\/a>) <\/a>is a UNEP\/MAP<\/strong><\/a> regional annual observance introduced under the\u00a0Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocol of the Barcelona Convention.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n T<\/a>he promoter of this important observance for the Mediterranean is<\/a> PAP\/RAC, <\/a>the\u00a0<\/a>Priority Actions Programme\/Regional Activity Centre<\/a>, <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/a>w<\/a>ith the\u00a0mission to support Mediterranean countries on their path towards sustainable coastal development<\/a>.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n PAP\/RAC <\/a><\/strong>was <\/a>established in 197<\/a>7 <\/a>as one of the Regional Activity Centres of th<\/a>e<\/a> Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)<\/strong><\/a>, itself part of the <\/a>United Nations Environment Programme<\/a> (UN Environment).<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The present website dedicated to Mediterranean Coast Day was developed by\u00a0INFO\/RAC<\/a>,<\/strong> the Regional Activity Centre for Information and Communication<\/strong> of UNEP\/MAP to support Mediterranean Countries in celebrating\u00a0\u00a0Mediterranean Coast Day also through outreach activities easy to replicate everywhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In this website you will find also information about the resilience of the Mediterranean coasts. <\/strong>More information on this activity are also made available on the other UNEP\/MAP-Barcelona Convention System\u2019s websites.<\/span><\/p>\n This year, as COVID-related restrictions have been reduced or eliminated in many Mediterranean countries, UNEP\/MAP, PAP\/RAC<\/strong> and INFO\/RAC,\u00a0<\/strong>with support of all the other UNEP\/MAP Barcelona Convention Regional Activity Centres (MED POL<\/strong>, Plan Bleu<\/strong><\/a>, SCP\/RAC<\/strong><\/a>, SPA\/RAC<\/strong><\/a> and REMPEC<\/strong><\/a>) \u00a0building on the\u00a0\u00a0digital campaign<\/strong><\/a> rolled out last year, intend to expand, to the extent possible, participation from all actors in the field of environment and sustainable development in the region also trough events in person.<\/span><\/p>\n Our aim remains unchanged: beating the drum for healthy Mediterranean marine and coastal ecosystems among policymakers, local authorities, members of academia and the media, civil society and the public at large.<\/span><\/p>\n In the meantime, we would like to invite you to help us to spread the word on social media by using the hashtags #MedCoastDay\u00a0 #Act4Med\u00a0 #BarcelonaConvention<\/em> in your posts and disseminate the slogan of the Mediterranean Coast Day:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”–et_global_heading_font|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”24px” text_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”-2px|0px|-2px|0px|true|true” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true” text_font_size_tablet=”35px” text_font_size_phone=”28px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” text_line_height_tablet=”” text_line_height_phone=”” text_line_height_last_edited=”on|desktop” text_orientation_tablet=”center” text_orientation_phone=”center” text_orientation_last_edited=”on|tablet” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n INSPIRING COASTAL COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-2px|||||” custom_padding=”34px||21px|||” top_divider_style=”wave” top_divider_color=”#1892D1″ bottom_divider_style=”wave” bottom_divider_color=”#0B4597″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” transform_scale=”70%|70%” width=”59%” custom_padding=”40px||63px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/coastday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/INFORAC-PAPRAC-LOGO-2.png” alt=”LOGO UNEP MAP” title_text=”INFORAC-PAPRAC-LOGO-2″ url=”https:\/\/www.unep.org\/unepmap\/” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” max_height=”1000px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mediterranean Coast Day (25 September) is a UNEP\/MAP regional annual observance introduced under the\u00a0Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocol of the Barcelona Convention. 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