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24 | CURBING PLASTIC POLLUTION

© M. Dagnino

BEMED
Launch of a community

of practice

The members of the Beyond Plastic Med (BeMed) network have laid the foundations

for a Community of Practice (CoP) to combat plastic pollution in the Mediterranean.

The 23 March 2022 was a day that offered the 12 pro- How can the results and key moments of each project
ject initiators having received the support of BeMed in be shared so that the activities of other organisations
2021, as well as a few awardees from previous years can be enhanced? How can we cooperate more effec-
(photo previous page), the opportunity to share their tively and create greater impact at Mediterranean level
experience within the BeMed network, as explained by drawing on the expertise of the BeMed commu-
by Lucile Courtial, BeMed’s Executive Secretary. By nity? Pooling data and mapping knowledge, harmo-
means of this meeting, the association was keen to fa- nising communication, strengthening the implementa-
cilitate and intensify the projects underway and enable tion of the European Union’s policy and the Barcelona
the stakeholders involved in plastic pollution in the Me- Convention, fostering cooperation… The workshop
diterranean to gain access to a common toolkit, needs addressed all of these issues from a synergistic point
expressed at last year’s meeting. The challenge was of view, with the objective of structuring the newly es-
to structure, with the awardees, the foundations for a tablished BeMed network CoP. The first webinars and
CoP in order to capitalise on the network’s experience workshops will be in operation in the summer 2022,
more effectively and to reap the benefits of the projects making the network more active than ever.
receiving support.