POSOW (Preparedness for Oil-polluted Shoreline clean-up and Oiled Wildlife interventions)

The project for Preparedness for Oil-polluted Shoreline clean-up and Oiled Wildlife interventions – POSOW, coordinated by the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC), is a two year project funded by the European Commission under the Civil Protection Financial Instrument, to improve the preparedness and response in marine pollution in the Mediterranean region.

ISPRA participates as Italian representative with the Marine Environmental Emergency Service and support former INFS (National Institute for Wildlife), gathered together in Ispra.
The project POSOW aims at establishing a regional cooperation synergy through the enhancement of knowledge and capacities of operators (professionals and volunteers) in the field of marine pollution, in European coastal countries of the Mediterranean Sea namely Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Slovenia and Spain.
It is implemented by REMPEC and its partners, namely the Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (CEDRE), the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Sea Alarm Foundation, and the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR).
By providing training courses and material to civil protection professionals and volunteers, in cooperation with local competent authorities with the support of CPMR, the project aims at improving the effectiveness of emergency response to shoreline pollution following an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea

Further information:
http://www.posow.org/