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Fourth and final workshop of the 2025 MED-MSP-CoP series Date: November 27, 2025
Place: , Online & Tunis - Tunisia
Description of the event:
This is the fourth and final workshop of the 2025 MED-MSP-CoP series, organised in collaboration with the MEDIGREEN project1 . The first hybrid workshop, held in Madrid on 29 January 2025, finalised a recommendation paper based on the previous two years of activities, discussed the contents of the current MED-MSP-CoP Action Plan, and established the MED-MSP-CoP Working Groups (WGs): MSP and Fisheries, MSP and Aquaculture, MSP and Offshore Renewable Energy, and MSP and Nature Protection. The second workshop, held online on 26 May 2025, launched the activities of the four WGs and engaged experts in identifying and discussing key issues relevant to each group. These issues were subsequently prioritised through an online survey. The third workshop, held online on 7 October 2025, focused on the joint identification of knowledge sources—such as case studies, pilot projects, manuscripts, reports, information from formal MSP and other planning processes, handbooks, and guidelines—related to the WG topics and their prioritised issues. This workshop aims to build on the previous ones and further advance shared knowledge on the transboundary dimension of MSP, with a focus on the priority issues identified by the four WGs. Specific objectives include:
- Identify the main challenges for MSP in supporting the sustainable transition of fisheries, aquaculture, and offshore renewable energy in the Mediterranean.
- Identify the main challenges for MSP in strengthening nature protection in the Mediterranean.
- Prioritise identified challenges.
- Identify key action items – part of an ideal checklist - to be considered when tackling these challenges. These action items will inform the work on recommendations planned for 2026.
- Provide input useful for the MEDIGREEN technical studies on the role of MSP for the sustainable development of aquaculture, fisheries, and offshore renewable energyas well as for enhanced nature protection.
To foster the best possible shared knowledge, the workshop will be highly interactive, featuring extensive discussion sessions in a World Café format. Plenary sessions will be held in hybrid mode, while the participatory sessions will be held in person. People connected online will be able to contribute through an online web tool.
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