Interreg Balkan Med Project MoNa

Interreg Balkan Med Project MoNa

Monuments in Nature: A Creative Co-existence

Priority axis:

Environment

Lead Partner:

European Centre for Byzantine and Post Byzantine Monuments

Partners:

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (head scientist Dr. M. Salomidi)

Department of Forests of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment

Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades

Municipality of Nessebar

Municipality of Thira

Society of Cypriot Studies

Total Budget:     1.289.302,26

Start Date: 4 March 2019

Duration: 24 months

The MoNa project aims to record, analyse and evaluate the protection and promotion of natural resources and cultural heritage across the Balkan-Mediterranean territory choosing as a main subject the integrated planning and the common management strategies in environments of high interest and preservation value (Natura 2000, Ramsar areas etc.) in interdependence with regions with a high cultural importance (UNESCO protected areas etc.)

Its goal is to develop common tools and management practices; therefore, it is expected to add value to the participating regions which are considered at national level as places of high natural and cultural interest (Santorini/Greece, Nessebar/Bulgaria, Bultrint/Albania, Kykkos Forest/Cyprus) but also to other regions of natural and cultural heritage that are affected either by local/multi-level pressures or by climate change.