The kick off meeting of the project WELCOME WatEr LandsCapes sustainability thrOugh reuse of Marine littEr, cofunded under the Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme, was held on 10 and 11 April at the Monastero dei Teatini  in Lecce (Italy).

The project aims at improving  the management of the South Adriatic coasts of Italy, Albania and Montenegro, by adopting sustainable approaches in the resolution of issues related to marine litter and coastal erosion.

Lead partner: National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences CONISMA (IT). Project partners: Municipality of Lecce (IT); National Coastline Agency (AL); University of Tirana,  Faculty of Geology and Mining (AL); Public enterprise for coastal zone management of Montenegro (ME); University of Montenegro,  Institute of marine biology (ME).