The challenges the project aims to address are concerning about:
• partnership’s joint actions implementation in order to mitigate the climate change in the management sector of protected and unspoiled natural environment areas;
• biodiversity’s and green and blue infrastructures improvement’s implementation for reducing air pollution and CO2 emissions;
• protection of biodiversity in order to encourage the diversity of landscapes, including agricultural ones.
In addition, a better waste management governance will be developed through awareness and cleaning campaigns on both sides of the border.
The cooperation between territories involved in the project is a meeting and discussion opportunity about common issues.
Innovation in the workflow will be supported in order to obtain common solutions about institutional technic capacity strengthening and the transfer of knowledge with the aim of finding a management strategy of natural and protected areas that are sustainable and innovative.
The main outputs that the project wants to obtain are:
1. joint cross-border actions: high training days on the Goletta Verde boat along the Northern Adriatic Sea coast (area of project) about new technologies for offshore monitoring and in addition data collection for WP1 related monitoring activities; set up of a shared calendar between the Italian and Slovenian partners on the main actions of outreach and cleaning of the sea, the coast, rivers and natural areas with the involvement of local populations (D.2.1.2 & D.2.1.3) (RCO81);
2. drawing up a cross-border strategy for the identification and creation of new protected areas, with the aim of developing a cross-border vision (methods and criteria) in order to identify measures that stop, slow down or reverse the loss of biodiversity and, at the same time, n order to mitigate the impacts generated by climate change with the aim of increasing the protection of high value habitats and species populations (D 1.4) (RCO83);
3. set up of experimental pilot actions of floating platforms for stopping seabirds, restoration activities across flat islands and conservation of native plant varieties (D.2.3.4, D.3.3.1) (RCO84).
The project will contribute to the sustainable development of the territory on a macro-regional crossborder scale, promoting the defense of biodiversity in natural and protected areas.
The main results of the project will be the improvement of biodiversity along the Northern Adriatic Sea coast. This will be possible through:
• the implementation and protection of green and blue infrastructure
• the implementation of tools for sustainable tourism planning;
• the promotion and enhancement of the territories
• the protection of the natural and agricultural landscape.
The partners’ cross-border cooperation approach will be based on mutual collaboration on dealing with the common challenges and on defining the long-term goals, starting from the capitalization of the previous experiences.
The effectiveness of cross-border cooperation approach, which enriches the cognitive and experiential path, is linked to: Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia ITA-SI0400091 – POSEIDONE Versione 1.0, 2023-02-235
• the greater effectiveness and stability of the outputs produced by the project,
• the implementation of protected areas and
• the exchange of good practices applied in the various areas involved.

12 are the project PARTNERS: VeGAL, the Local Action Group of Eastern Venice with the role of leader, Tourism Directorate – Regional Strategy of Biodiversity and Parks of the Veneto Region, Eastern Veneto Reclamation Consortium, CORILA-Consortium for coordination of research relating to the Venice lagoon system, Municipality of Staranzano, WWF Italy Foundation, Miramare Marine Protected Area, Koper Regional Development Centre, Public Institute Strunjano Natural Park − DOPPS, BirdLife Slovenia (Val Stagnon Nature Reserve), Municipality of Ancarano (Punta Grossa Nature Park), Koper Scientific Research Center, Chamber of Forestry and Agriculture of Slovenia.

The duration of the project is 36 months and is co-financed with contributions from the European Regional Development Fund – ERDF, for a total budget amount of Euro 3,500,000.00 to be implemented over three years. The TOTAL BUDGET amounts to €4,375,000.00