The main objective of the first training day ,within the frame of the project MEPM, a Capacity Building project financed by the Erasmus + programme, which took place on 28th and 30th of June 2021, was to provide teaching staff from Montenegro and Albania with additional knowledge with research activities on marine and coastal pollution and GHG emission issues. Specifically, the first training was entitled “Environmental Sensitivity Maps: a tool to limit beach oiling pollution” and was developed by Prof. Giorgio Anfuso Melfi from the University of Cadiz (Spain). The activity was attended by a total of 15 participants from the host universities.

The contents addressed in the training were related to the development and application of research methods for the knowledge and study of the impact of coastal pollution, mainly on beaches, although some case studies in the marine environment were also discussed.

The second training aimed at providing the teaching staff of Montenegro and Albania with additional knowledge with research activities on marine and coastal pollution and GHG emission issues. This second training was entitled “Marine pollution generated by the shipping industry: EU legal instruments to reduce and prevent it“. This training was developed by Prof. Emilio Rodríguez Díaz and was attended by a total of 16 participants from the host universities.

The training was of great interest to the participants as it addressed issues related to the EU legal framework on maritime pollution, so that researchers and professors from the universities of Montenegro and Albania will be able to deepen in these issues of regulation by the EU in the marine environment.