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Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 and, more recently, the EU’s approach to
Agenda, the Objectives of the Mediter- a sustainable blue economy and the Euro-
ranean Strategy for Sustainable Develop- pean Commission’s Sustainable and Smart
ment 2016-2025 (MSSD) of the Barcelona Mobility Strategy.
Convention, the European Green Deal
Plan Bleu activities:
Development of guidelines for the
sustainability of cruises and recreational
boating in the Mediterranean
The recommendations of the Interreg munity, MED Sustainable Tourism Com-
MEDInnoBlueGrowth project (2016- munity and Mediterranean Community
2019), of which Plan Bleu was partner, for Biodiversity Conservation), the guide-
highlighted the lack of common rules in lines were based on the establishment of
the cruise and boating sector in the Med- a participatory process as well as on the
iterranean region, as well as the need to work carried out within the framework of
adopt environmentally sustainable prac- the BlueBoatsMed.
tices. Thus, as part of the 2nd phase of
the Blue Growth Community’s Interreg The guidelines should provide Mediter-
MED project,Plan Bleu set out to produce ranean decision-makers and stakehold-
guidelines for the sustainability of cruis- ers with an evidence-based sustainability
es and boating in the Mediterranean re- roadmap to exploit the opportunities of
gion. Capitalizing on the results produced both sectors while mitigating their nega-
by specific modular projects of the three tive effects on marine and coastal ecosys-
Interreg Med communities dealing with tems, associated biodiversity, climate, air
cruising and yachting (Blue Growth Com- quality and local communities.
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