Borzonasca with the Coalition of Mayors

The Mayor and the Municipal Council of Borzonasca fully share the objectives and approach of the EU Mission Restore our Oceans and Waters. In order to best contribute to it, the city's development plan of the years to come will be aligned with the Mission Implementation Plan resulting in a series of project and initiatives and in the Garlenda Strategic Mission Deployment Agenda called “Mission Borzonasca”.
The rationale of Mission Borzonasca is to contribute to the Strategic Mission Deployment Agenda of the “Coalition of Mayors for the Mission” aiming at establishing synergies with interested Municipalities with whom acting together leaving “no one behind”. More specifically it encompasses several actions to be carried out jointly with the Coalition (which SDG4MED is the secretariat of), as follows:
a) deploy solutions to protect, restore and depollute marine and freshwater ecosystems
b) promote development and sharing of knowledge and good practices on sustainable and carbon-neutral blue economy
c) involve citizens, students and private stakeholders.
From a practical viewpoint, the Municipality of Borzonasca will:
1. identify and map its territorial needs and opportunities
2. co-design, together with citizens and stakeholders, its local action plan
3. tune its action plan with that of the member municipalities of the Coalition resulting in the Coalition Shared Transition Plan
4. deploy the Transition Plan
5. keep the Mission periodically informed via the Coalition spokeperson and through the LightMed CSA.
It is noted that Mission Borzonasca will specially focus on the pristine area of Giacopiane lakes fostering its sustainable use by tourists thanks to suitably equipped areas enabling collection of waste (and plastics) to avoid their dispersion and eventually discharge at sea and reducing the risk of contamination and wild fires.
Similarly, special areas are planned along torrents Penna and Sturla: they will be devoted both to sustainable sport fishing and to fauna and flora scientific observation including citizen science.