1. Work package 7 MAMA-AWARE MAMA Final Meeting Tunis 7-8 March 2005

2. WP 7 . MAMA-AWARE
Calendar of National Awareness Meetings 12/ /2005
December 2002: Greece (3rd – 6th)
March 2003: Yugoslavia
May 2003: France (21st)
June 2003: Italy (3rd), Turkey (13th)
September 2003: Israel (10th)
October 2003: Bosnia & Herzegovina (13th), Egypt (20-21st)
December 2003: Egypt (12th-13th)
January 2004: Malta (27th-30th), Slovenia (23rd)
March 2004: Spain (9th)
April 2004: Croatia (29th)
May 2004: Cyprus, Lebanon (18th), Syria
November 2004: Libya
June 2004: Albania (28th)
January: Tunisia (26th)
February 2005: Palestine
March 2005: Morocco, Algeria last updated March 2005)

3. Successful MAMA National Awareness Meetings:
Weight given to discussion on how ocean and coastal observing and forecasting systems address country-specific needs

4. Addressing country specific needs in MAMA National Awareness Meetings:
Egypt: shore protection , fisheries management, offshore industry , recreation and safety at sea
Bosnia & Herzegovina: national tourism and leisure activities
Slovenia: high quality data on the marine environment for environmental studies of national coastal development projects
Croatia: environmental protection of the Adriatic re. maritime transport (oil spills, untreated ballast water)
Malta: water based tourism and marine leisure activities, fisheries observation,coastal development, dredging and coastal erosion
Israel: operation and development of Haifa Carmel port, safe mariculture development

7. CROATIA NAM ARTICLES IN THE PRESS
Slobodna Dalmacija,
Slobodna Dalmacija,