Littoral 2008 is a EUCC-The Coastal Union and EUROCOAST event, organised by CORILA in cooperation with University Ca' Foscari, CNR- National Research Council of Italy, LaguNet- The Italian network of research on lagoons, and the support of two relevant EU projects of 6th FP, ENCORA and SPICOSA.

The Italian research network on the lagoons, LaguNet participated, too

Second Seminar for Young Scientists
in framework of EU Frame Program 6 Project
«European Network for Coastal Research – ENCORA»
Laspi – Katsiveli (Crimea), September 15-19, 2008

The ENCORA Coordination Action is a bottom-up initiative for creating greater synergy in coastal and marine management in Europe. It facilitates sharing of knowledge and experience and contributes to strengthening the interaction between science, policy and practice. Therefore national and thematic networks have been established, which develop and operate together a programme of networking services, such as Contact Search, Contact Database, Coastal Wiki, Coastweb Archive, Websearch, Coastal Forum and the Young Professionals Exchange Programme.