Funded by: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Funding Programme: Interreg MED
Programming Period: 2014-2020
Project Title: BLUEISLANDS – Seasonal variation of waste as effect of tourism
Duration: 11/2016– 10/2019
Total Budget: € 2.755.320
Partnership:
1. Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Department of Environment – Lead Partner (Cyprus)
2. Rhodes Municipality (Greece)
3. Region of Crete – Directorate of Environment and Spatial Planning (Greece)
4. Municipality of Mykonos (Greece)
5. Network of the Insular CCI of the European Union (Greece)
6. Primorje and Gorski Kotar County (Croatia)
7. Taormina Etna Consortium (Italy)
8. Sardinia Region – VET Department (Italy)
9. Wasteserv Malta Ltd (Malta)
10. EA ECO-ENTREPRISES (France)
11. Autonomous University of Barcelona – Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (Spain)
12. National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences (Italy)
13. Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management (Belgium)
14. Council of Mallorca – Environment Department (Spain)
15. Balearic Islands Government – Environment Department – associated partner (Spain)
The Interreg Med BlueIslands project is heading to the end of the 1st year of implementation. Project partners cooperate with a common objective – to develop effective ways for mitigating the adverse effects (environmental and socioeconomic) stemming from the significant variation in waste generation observed in MED islands over the tourist season.
For more information: www.blueislands.interreg-med.eu/