MedPAN is the network of Marine Protected Areas managers in the Mediterranean. The mission of MedPAN network is to promote, through a partnership approach, the sustainability and operation of a network of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean, which are ecologically representative, connected and effectively managed to help reduce the current rate of marine biodiversity loss. The activities of the network revolve around 3 strategic components: be a network for knowledge, information, anticipation and synthesis; develop the life of the network, the exchanges between its members and their capacity to effectively manage their MPAs in link with the other players in their territories; reinforce the sustainability, prominence, governance and resources of the MedPAN network.