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The Adriatic Sea is exposed to numerous pressures of human activities with a prevailing linear economic approach that causes poor condition of marine ecosystems. Despite the efforts, environmental NGOs (ENGOs) don’t have sufficiently strong impact on policymaking and legislation to steer marine environment management towards sustainability. The strengthened participation of the ENGOs will improve content and quality of implementation of policies and acts related to sustainable marine env. management (specific goal:SG1). With the same aim, the project will promote the importance of civic engagement in protecting marine env. To ensure that public policy advocacy and the conduct of strategic litigation for sustainable marine env. management are knowledge-based, in cooperation with business and academic sector partners, analyses and thematic researches will be carried out and databases (SG2) will be established. Analysis of the effectiveness of the use of public participation right (PP) and access to justice will be used in the positioning of ENGOs in creation of env. policies. Conduct of strategic litigations for infringements of legislation that impede sustainable marine env. management will improve quality of the implementation of legislative acts and strengthen case law (SG3). Public communication of project activities and results towards target groups (ENGOs, decision-making bodies, judicial bodies, professional and academia sector, media and citizens) will ensure visibility of work of ENGOs and solutions they offer to preserve sea. GI will contribute with expertise in field of PP and will provide support to smaller ENGOs and civic initiatives in procedures for approving projects in marine env. WWF Adria will contribute with expertise and experience in field of sustainable blue economy principles and by organising relevant expert conferences.