Project CAMP Levante de Almería. Integrated Coastal Zone Management

The CAMP Levante de Almería is a project that, following a methodology established by the United Nations, seeks to promote in this section of the coast a change of the management model, putting into pioneering the Integrated Management of Coastal Zones. Its main result has been the elaboration of a strategic document, the Framework of Reference for the Sustainable Development of the Levante de Almería, with a ‘bottom-up’ methodology, that is, through processes of citizen participation and institutional coordination. To this end, the CAMP Levante de Almería has piloted two citizen participation bodies (Council of the Litoral and Forum of the Litoral) and an institutional coordination body (Litoral Commission), which through a participatory process known as ‘Imagine’ have discussed the sustainability problems of the Levante de Almería, the indicators needed to measure them, the desirable future scenarios and the necessary measures to achieve them. In order to achieve its final result, the CAMP Levante de Almería has been carrying out a series of horizontal activities in parallel, over more than two years: Training and training, awareness-raising for coastal sustainability, information and actions to promote institutional coordination and social participation; and six unique projects related to the key areas for the sustainability of this stretch of coastline, identified in the initial stages of the CAMP: Sustainable management of the water cycle, Sustainable use of the marine environment, dissemination of good practices in productive activities, Land valuation, conservation of cultural heritage and improvement of the public land and water domain. The tasks developed in the singular projects have been the responsibility of a consultant (Team Manager) hired for this purpose, which has been supported by a team of scientific and technical experts of recognised prestige in each subject. The results of each singular project and horizontal activities, together with the proposals arising from the Imagine Workshops, have been the subject of an integration work and analysis of the economic, social, environmental and technical viability that has resulted in the Sustainable Development Reference Framework, the project’s final integrated document. Website: http://www.camplevantedealmeria.com