Category Archives: Actions – Project Management and Monitoring

An After-LIFE Conservation Plan contains a strategy on the objectives to be achieved once the project ends. The After-LIFE Conservation Plan details out what steps will be taken by the Competent Authority and by relevant stakeholders.

For more information see: After LIFE Conservation Plan

An independent auditor nominated by the Coordinating Beneficiary shall verify the financial statements provided to the European Commission in the final project report. This audit shall verify the respect of Maltese legislation and accounting rules and will also certify that all costs incurred respect the LIFE+ Common Provisions.

Updates

Contract awarded to Nexia BT in Q4 2016

Networking between projects having a similar goal (habitat mapping and designation of marine SCI at the Mediterranean and EU level) or a similar geographical focus (Maltese waters) is very important for the success of this project. Networking will be carried out through email, telephone, meetings and attendance of conferences and workshops where the LIFE BaĦAR for N2K will be presented and discussed.

Updates

Networking with relevant local and foreign projects

• Meetings held with Life+ Malta Seabird Project and LIFE Migrate Project (February 2015, October 2015, April 2016) to discuss progress and areas proposed for designation under said projects.
• Participation at LIFE+ Malta Seabird workshop (November 2015), LIFE Migrate closing conference (April 2016) and LIFE+ Malta Seabird closing conference (June 2016).
• 7^th April 2016  Presence at a meeting between ERA, Wild Birds Regulation Unit, MSDEC and BirdLife Malta

Conference and Event Participation

• Participation at the LIFE Kick Off Meeting held in Copenhagen, Denmark,  giving an introduction on the project (23 October 2013) – ERA
• Participation at the Life Platform Meeting in Madrid, Spain, to contribute to the discussions relating to the Biogeographic Seminar held in St Malo during May 2015 (26 – 27^th March 2015) – ERA
• Delivery of a presentation entitled ‘The deep sea around Malta: a biodiversity hotspot?’ at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation/ AgenceFrançaise des Aires Marines Protégées (AFAMP) meeting on ‘Mediterranean Deep-Sea Ecosystems’ on, which was held in Marseille, France (9 -10^th September 2015) – UoM-DoB
• Presentation of two posters at the 41st Congress of the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM), held in Kiel, Germany (12 – 16 September 2016) – UoM-DoB
  CIESM 2016  –  Biodiversity Hotspot Poster
  CIESM 2016  – Red Coral Poster
• Presentation of a poster on Maltese sandbanks at the thirteenth International MEDCOAST Congress on Coastal and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Management and Conservation, At Malta, 31 October – 4 November 2017 – UoM-DoB
• Participation by ERA at the workshop on ‘Marine Protected Areas: Initiatives and Opportunities’ organised by IUCN and ERA on 31^st May 2017,  the training workshop of the Interreg Med project MPA-Adapt “Guiding Mediterranean MPAs through the climate change era: Building resilience and adaptation” in Corsica between 13 and 15 June 2017, and the knowledge event “Bridging the Science-Practice-Policy Gap in the Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection”  organised by PANACeA in Barcelona between the 23 – 25^th October 2017.

This action deals with the monitoring of project progress to ensure that deliverables are achieved in a timely and efficient manner.
Keeping track of actions will also highlight any problems in execution possibly due to time restrictions, or else will allow for planning of future actions. Monitoring is also beneficial as a dynamic tool to adjust the Project Design should certain issues arise and also allows for evaluating the project and support lessons learnt.

Project management is an integral part of the project to ensure timely deliverables and to ensure efficiency of available resources. The project will be guided by the Management and Scientific Committee who will provide guidance with regards to project goals and deliverables and help in resolving issues.