Furci Siculo within the Coalition of Mayors for Mission Ocea

The Mayor and the Municipal Council of Furci Siculo 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 a Deployment Agenda called “Mission Furci Siculo”.
The rationale 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 Furci Siculo 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 LightMed CSA.

It should be noted that Mission Furci Siculo entails the modernization of the civic aqueduct network, a project that includes:
- refitting of existing and/or construction of new stations for the regulation and control of hydraulic parameters
- activities that will help ensure greater homogeneity, efficiency and continuity of service, while reducing water losses
- eliminate the risk of leaks by replacing currently obsolete pipes
- modernization of the water service management based on digitalization and
- the application of best practices from other municipalities as well as the compliance with relevant EU guidelines and in line with the principles and objectives of the national strategy for sustainable development and the National Plan for adaptation to climate change