Scientific Coordinator

Valentina Rossi

Objectives and contents

Principles of ‘good governance’ (WB, 1994) – such as transparency, public participation, accountability, equity, access to justice – are at the heart of current debate on sustainable development strategies. The crucial role played by these principles in fostering the achievement of sustainable development objectives has been recognized in Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals and is increasingly acknowledged in international policies and regulations concerning effective and equitable management of marine and coastal areas and protection of their natural resources.

The main aim of the Project AMARCOST is to analyze the role played by these principles of ‘good governance’ in shaping the regulatory framework, at the international, regional and national levels, and in promoting the attainment of environmental sustainability goals set by the international community. The project focuses on marine and coastal areas, with a view to examine if and to what extent such principles have resulted (are likely to result) in policies, regulations and specific instruments, adopted at the different levels of governance, and to investigate their ability to effectively influenceplanning and development processes. The final goal of the research project is to support the development and the implementation of innovative approaches and instruments for environmental governance in marine and coastal areas, in legal and institutional terms (capacity building for public authorities) and in social terms (awareness and empowerment of social actors).

Research Group IRISS

Giovanni Carlo Bruno Marco Fasciglione Natale Rampazzo

Collaborations

Azione COST Marcons (CA15121) – Advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas (WG 6); University of the Aegean – Department of Marine Sciences, University of Applied Sciences – Leeuwarden Netherlands; Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi – Istituto GREEN (Centre for Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy and Networks); Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”; Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli; ISGI – CNR.

Featured scientific publications

• Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas
  2020 - Stelios Katsanevakis, Marta Coll, Simonetta Fraschetti, Sylvaine Giakoumi, DavidGoldsborough,VesnaMac?ic ?,PeterMackelworth,GilRilov, Vanessa Stelzenmüller, Paolo G. Albano, Amanda E. Bates, Stanislao Bevilacqua, Elena Gissi, Virgilio Hermoso, Antonios D. Mazaris, Cristina Pita, Valentina Rossi, Yael Teff-Seker and Katherine Yates

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• Il riconoscimento del diritto universale a un ambiente sano: questioni aperte e percorsi evolutivi
  2019 - Valentina Rossi

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• Review Document of International Instruments for Conservation within the MarCons region". (Deliverable 5.1 of the COST Action CA15121)
  2018 - Mackelworth, P.; Portman, M., Technion; Fa, D.; Holcer, D.; Vega Fernández, T.; Augustowski, M.; Enemark, J.; Giovos, I.; Marques, M.; Chantal Ribeiro, M.; Goldsborough, D.; Rossi, V.; Rumes, B.; Kyriazi, Z..

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• Partecipazione ai processi decisionali e accesso alla giustizia delle associazioni ambientali a tutela degli habitat naturali di importanza europea
  2017 - Giorgia Bevilacqua

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Duration

Start 2017 | End 2023

Amount and source of financing

Finanziato con fondi interni

Administrative reference

DUS.AD013.040.003

Administrative manager

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