The Second PEGASO Virtual Conference took place from 8th to 19th October to discuss the approach for Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) indicators and the links between indicators and the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).

The Pegaso project has organized a regional workshop in Arles (Tour du Valat, France) from 13-15 November oriented to explore future visions for the coastal zones of the Mediterranean, based on tools that support an integrated assessment. Experts, decision-makers, planners, ICZM practitioners as well as members of PEGASO and of the "End Users Committee" who work on coastal zone issues at different scales have been invited to discuss the types of IZCM policies and management activities that can achieve the goals of the Barcelona Convention and its additional Protocols.

During the meeting with the Priority Action Programme/Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC), the results of the PEGASO ICZM stock-take for the Mediterranean were presented in a draft version, including the background, the scope and results. Some information was provided in terms of implementation of the questionnaire as well.

The stocktake offers a wealth of data and information on the current state of ICZM in the Mediterranean and the implementation of the ICZM Protocol. The broad pattern that emerges is that there is a substantial level of activity overall, but that the distribution is uneven both thematically and geographically.

The Pegaso SDI is designed to support the Pegaso shared Governance Platform for the delivery of integrated Coastal Zone Management, and the integrated assessments for the coastal zones of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The construction of the SDI involves a collaborative process, to define common objectives, targets and actions.

This Capacity Building within the Pegaso SDI, consists of an e-learning platform. A �hands-on� training session was organised last October in Oostende (Belgium) by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ, Marine &Coastal Research & Management in Flanders), the Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and a guideline on how to harmonise and share spatial data is underway.

Several initiatives by the participating organisations are reaching out to communicate the project activities and achievements, and results.

PEGASO at the inception meeting of the SPINCAM (South-east Pacific data and information network in support to integrated coastal area management).

This year the Mediterranean Coast Day Week was celebrated in Split (Croatia) from 24th September to 26th September and organized by PAP/RAC in collaboration with UNDP's "Coast" programme within the IPA Adriatic SHAPE project. Under this celebration, a Technical Meeting with PAP/RAC and 9 National Focal Points (NFP) took place and where representatives of PEGASO and SHAPE projects provided the participants with the basic information on the progress made by these two projects. Also, a joint Meeting of the PEGASO, SHAPE, MAREMED and PERSEUS projects was organised to share results related to the implementation of the ICZM Protocol.