THE REPORT OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME ON

BEACH MANAGEMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA

27 June - 2 JULY 2000, MAMAIA, CONSTANZA, ROMANIA

Organizers

• MEDCOAST Secretariat  c/o Middle East Technical University
• International Ocean Institute Black Sea Operational Center
• Robens Center for Public and Environmental Health - University of Survey

Sponsors

• International Ocean Institute (IOI) Headquarters
• World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Pew Fellows Program In Marine Conservation

Background

To fully and competently address beach management issues, knowledge of the various factors impinging on this special area is required. A skilled beach manager should be conversant with topics such as coastal dynamics, coastal engineering, beach ecology, water quality, coastal tourism, patterns of beach use and users' perceptions, and environmental impacts.

The positive participant reaction to the First Training Programme on Beach Management organised in 1995 in Erice, Italy, has led to the launch of the series within which this current training course is the fifth. The other three events were held in Gozo, Malta (1996), Varna, Bulgaria (1997) and Valetta, Malta (1999). The objective of the intensive, but high calibre training series, is to disseminate knowledge and to provide training on coastal management needs specific to beaches. In this connection, coastal change issues will be addressed during the fifth training course in Mamaia, Romania, in particular, those processes influencing beach management and related policy making will be given priority attention.

The course also offers excellent opportunities for participants interested in beach and coastal management to initiate valuable contacts with fellow alumni and faculty working in a common area of interest within the MEDCOAST Family. The training series are designed to be highly interactive and to include discussion time in an informal and friendly atmosphere as well as to give a perspective to the region's beach management problems by drawing on the participants' presentations and experiences.
 

COURSE PROGRAMME

The Fifth International Training Programme on Beach Management in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea will be held in Mamaia, Constanza, Romania on 27 June-2 July 2000. The objective of the course is to disseminate knowledge and to provide training on issues related to beach management. Special reference will be made to:
 

•      Mediterranean and the Black Sea beaches
•      Beach dynamics
•      Beach and dune ecology
•      Coastal engineering aspects
•      Artificial beaches, beach nourishment
•      Environmental impacts
•      Water quality
•      Litter management
•      Touristic / recreational uses
•      Beach ratings and awards, implementation of the Blue Flag system
•      Beach management guidelines

Training program includes invited lectures, computer and audio-visual demos, presentations by participants, group discussions on selected topics, and field/observation trips to nearby beaches.

Faculty Members:

CHARLIER ROGER
Free University of Brussels (V.U.B.),
2 Avenue du Congo, Box 23, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
E-mail: roger.charlier@pophost.eunet.be

ÖZHAN ERDAL
Civil Engineering Department
Middle East Technical University
06531, Ankara,  Turkey
Tel: +90 312 210 5429/35
Fax: +90 312 210 1412
E-mail: medcoast@metu.edu.tr

PANIN NICOLAE
National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology,
GeoEcoMar Bucharest RO
70318 Street Dimitrie Onciul  No.23-25, Romania
Tel/fax: +40 1 2522594
E-mail: panin@geoecomar.ro

POND KATHY
Robens Centre for Public and Environment Health
University of Surrey, Guilford, Gul Sxh Surrey, UK
E-mail: k.pond@surrey.ac.uk

WILLIAMS ALLAN T.
Department of Science and Humanities
Bath College of Higher Education
Newton Park, Bath, UK
Tel: + 44 1 225 875875
Fax: + 44 1 225 874082
E-mail: allan.williams@virgin.net

Participants:

AKAY ASLI
University Of Ankara, Faculty of Agriculture,
Department Of Landscape Architecture,
Dışkapı 06110, Ankara, Turkey
Tel: 90 312 317 05 50/1778
Fax: 90 312 324 62 05
E- mail:  akay@agri.ankara.edu.tr

ADAMOVA MILENA
President of Bulgarian Coastal Association
63-a, VI. Varnenchik Str.
9000  Varna,  Bulgaria
Tel: 359 52 250058
Fax: 359 52 256701
E-mail: bcamil@mbox.digsys.bg

ANFUSO GIORGIO
University of Cadiz,Faculty of Marine Science, Research group of Littoral and Marine Geology,
Poligono Del Rio San Pero, Apto N? 40,
11510 Pueto Real (Cadiz),Spain
Tel: 34 956 016168
Fax: 34 956  016040
E- mail: giorgio.anfuso@uca.es

BENETTI SARA
Via Bonardi Lino 73
42044 Gualtieri (Re), Italy
Tel: 051 6098335
Fax: 051 6098131
E- mail: benetti@eudoramail.com

BOICENCO LAURA
National Institute for Marine Research
and Development 'Grigore Antipa',
300 Mamaia Blvd., 8700
Constanta, Romania
Tel: 40 41 540 870/40 41 543 288
Fax: 40 41 831274
E-mail: boicenco@alpha.rmri.ro

BUGA LUMINITA
National Institute for Marine
Research and Development,
300 Mamaia Blvd., 8700
Constanta ; Romania
Tel: 40 41 547644
Fax: 40 41 831274
E- mail: incdmct@datanet.ro

BURCA MIHAI
National Institute for Marine Research
and Development 'Grigore Antipa',
300 Mamaia Blvd., 8700 Constanta, Romania
TEL: 385 21 543288
Fax: 385 21 831274
E- mail: mburca@alpha.rmri.ro

ÇARDAK MİNE
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Univ., Fisheries
Faculty, Pk.56
Çanakkale, Turkey
Tel: 90 286 2135375
Fax: 90 286 2133660
E- mail: mine_bio98@hotmail.com

CHIRIAC ADRIAN
Water Quality Protection Str Mircea Cel Batran 127 Constanza-8700, Romania
Tel:40 41 673036
Fax:40 41 673025

COLOMBO DANIELA
Enel.Hydropolo Idraulico Ensrutturale Via G.Pozzobonelli, 6-20162 Milano, Italy
Tel:39 02 7224 3552
Fax:39 02 7224 3530
E-mail:colombo.dany@enel.it

DRABIH SAMI
Elthawra  St., Elsaner,Gaza,
Palestine
Tel: 972 7 2822000
Fax:972 7 2847198/2455055
E-mail:sdrabih@gov.ps

FRECUS ANA-MARIA
Enviromental Protection Agency, Aleea Lotus 6, Bl.12A,Ap.49,8700 Constanta, Romania
Tel:40 41 546696
Fax:40 41 831260
E-mail:anam_30@yahoo.com

GELMBOLDT MARIA
Odessa Branch Institute of Biology
of Southern Seas 37 Pushkinskaya st. 650011
Odessa, Ukraine
Tel:38 0182 250939
Fax: 38 0182 250939
E-mail:maria@helmboldt.zzn.com

GEORGESCU LUMINITA
NGO Mare Nostrum,Bd.Mamaia No.296
Constanta 8700, Romania
Tel:40 41 612422
Fax:40 41 612422
E-mail:mare-nostrum@impromex.ro

HAGI STELICA
The National Company 'Romanian Waters',
127, Mircea Cel Batran Str, Constanta 8700,
Romania
Tel:40 41 673025/673026
Fax:40 41 673 025
E-mail:waterct@tomis.roknet.ro

KERTESZ LAURENTIU
Romanian Waters District
Dobrogea-Litoral Brach
Mircea Cel Batrin 127,8700
Constanta, Romania
Tel:40 41 673036
Fax:40 41 673025

MALCIU VIOREL
National Inst. For Marine Research and Development
Bdvl.Mamaia, No.300 Constanta 8700,Romania
Tel:40 41 540870
Fax:40 41 831274
E-mail:malciuv@alpha.rmri.ro

MATEESCU RAZVAN-DORU
National Inst. For Marine Research and Development
Bdvl.Mamaia, No.300 Constanta 8700,Romania
Tel:40 41 540870
Fax:40 41 831274
E-mail:razvan_m@alpha.rmri.ro

MONACA ALDO
Via Roma N 217-96018, Pachino(SR) ,
Italy
Tel:39 0338 8671590/39 0931846701
E-mail:aldomonaca@hotmail.com

STOICA ELENA
National Institute for Marine
Research and Development'Grigore Antipa'
300 Mamaia Blvd., 8700
Constanta ; Romania
Tel: 40 41 54 32 88
Fax: 40 41 83 12 74
E- mail: estoica@alpha.rmri.ro