S. Stefano d’Aveto within the Coalition of Mayors

The Mayor and the Municipal Council of Santo Stefano d’Aveto fully share the objectives and approach of the EU Mission Restore our Oceans and Waters. 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 S. Stefano d’Aveto Strategic Mission Deployment Agenda called “Mission S. Stefano d’Aveto”.
The rationale of Mission S. Stefano d’Aveto 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 S. Stefano d’Aveto 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 Action Plan
4. deploy the Action Plan
5. keep the Mission periodically informed via the Coalition spokeperson and through the BlueMissionMed CSA.
It is noted that Mission S. Stefano d’Aveto is already focusing and carrying out one urgent action among those included in the plan: the continuous monitoring of surface waters in the whole municipality area aiming at preventing/mitigating extreme water-related events. The action is the first step in the, wider, modernisation project of the water management system of the area which is leading to better use (including saving of) the water as well as in reducing the frequency and the impact of floodings.