1. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Derelict Fishing Gear management system in the Adriatic Region Project presentation WP3 SHM Split 25.3.15 Andrej Kržan

2. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Basic information Full project name: Derelict Fishing Gear Management System in the Adriatic Region Acronym: DeFishGear Frame: IPA Adriatic CBC Programme, L’Aquila, Italy IPA: Instrument for pre-accession assistance Knowledge transfer, harmonization CBC: Cross border cooperation Regional – Adriatic sea Strategic project Final outcome: strategic proposal

3. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Motivation

4. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Project focus DeFishGear focuses on: The problem of polluting the sea with marine litter and the economic impact on coastal communities The monitoring and reduction of the quantity of marine litter in the marine environment and their effects on marine organisms (fish) Setting up a system for collection and recycling of derelict fishing gear, including the so called ghost nets, and collection of floating litter and litter from the sea bottom, caught in the nets while fishing.

5. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Expected outcomes Strategy for reducing marine litter pollution in the Adriatic Sea First assessment of marine litter pollution in the Adriatic Sea – Georeferenced data – Regional database in line with MSDF and INSPIRE – Socio-economic analysis on ML and pilot projects Pilot actions Regional network of experts Three Regional conferences Common protocols and new knowledge – Better knowledge on marine litter pollution

6. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Partnership: LB, FB, AP

7. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Content WPs Thomais VLACHOGIANNI Andreja PALATINUS Paolo PELUSI

8. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Strong Communication National info days, 11x 1000+ participants Cleanup events, 9x Stakeholder meetings 3x Public presentations, 22x Event co-organization, 7x Conference Combating Marine Litter in the Adriatic MacroRegion, 12-13 May 2014, Athens 150-180 participants, auspices of Greek Presidency of EU Upcoming -Summer school, June 2015, Nova Gorica, (BL2 credits) -MICRO 2015, Seminar on microplastics May 4-6 Piran -ML15 Conference Venice, Oct. 2015

9. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Posters, leaflets, brochures guidelines…

10. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Monitoring Guidepack

11. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) WP3 Building on other/past activities/projects NETWORKING! Stakeholder analysis (by country) Ensuring continuation after project end – ownership of results Strategy handover Stakeholder meetings Vis 23-24.10.14, Strunjan 4.2.15, Split 25.3.15 Gorana BANIČEVIĆ

12. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Program Start-up Capacity buildup Monitoring Communication Strategy Here now

13. The Project is co-founded by the European Union, Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Let’s cooperate! www.defishgear.net andrej.krzan@ki.si