The Pelagos Agreement is pleased to publish 4 Calls for consultancy for the implementation of the 2022-2023 Pelagos Work Plan. 

The Permanent Secretariat is looking for:
- a consultant for the implementation of the activities on international cooperation, please  pdf click here  to download the Call in French and pdf here in Italian;
- a consultant for the implementation of the Pelagos Partnership Charter, please  pdf click here  to download the Call in French and pdf here in Italian;
- a consultant for the implementation of the communication activities of the Pelagos Agreement, please  pdf click here  to download the Call in French and pdf here in Italian;
- two consultants for the support to the technical and administrative activities of the Permanent Secretariat, please  pdf click here  to download the Call in French and pdf here in Italian. 

Applications can be sent to the Permanent Secretariat of the Pelagos Agreement by March 6^th, 2023. 

Last year, the Pelagos Agreement established the "Pelagos Voluntary Fund", thus adding a necessary instrument to financially support the ambitious new Pelagos Action Plan (2022-2027). In particular, the fund will support tripartite initiatives within the priorities set by the new Management Plan, both through additional funding from the Countries and donations from individuals and citizens.

Thanks to the generous contributions of France (Ministry of Ecological Transition), Italy (Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security) and Monaco (Department of Foreign Relations and Cooperation) and the Association "Nage Libre France", the Pelagos Voluntary Fund has already received half a million euros in its first year.

Anyone who cares about the preservation of whales, dolphins and monk seals and their precious environment can make a donation to the Pelagos Sanctuary by contacting the Permanent Secretariat directly at: secretariat@pelagossanctuary.org 

Now you can participate in the conservation of the marine biodiversity of the Pelagos Sanctuary! 

The Italian delegation to the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Pelagos Agreement is renewed.

The composition of this delegation is set out below: 

• Dr Caterina Maria Fortuna, Senior Researcher at ISPRA, is also appointed as Head of delegation;
• Dr Giuseppina Corrente, representative of the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security;
• Dr Arianna Azzellino, Associate Professor at the Politecnico of Milan;
• Dr Cristina Panti, Researcher at the University of Siena;
• Dr Paola Tepsich, Researcher at CIMA Foundation.

The first two members were appointed respectively by the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) and the General Directorate for Natural Heritage and the Sea of the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security; the other members were selected through a call for expression of interest addressed to experts from the public and private sectors and NGOs.

The new delegation will take office on February 15th 2023.

We thank Dr Giancarlo Lauriano, Professor Maria-Cristina Fossi and Dr Simone Panigada for their scientific and technical support to the Agreement over the past years.

The authorities of the Agreement and the Permanent Secretariat wish the new delegation all the best in its work.

In the framework of the Marine Educational Area (AME) project, the Permanent Secretariat of the Pelagos Agreement participated in a workshop on cetaceans and their social behaviour at the Saint-Charles School in Monaco, in collaboration with ACCOBAMS

Photo Credit AMPN

In the framework of the cooperation between the Permanent Secretariat of the Pelagos Agreement and the Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community (MBPC) projects, we are pleased to invite you to our online technical workshop on "Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community (MBPC) in action: supporting cetacean conservation in the Pelagos Sanctuary".

The workshop will be held in English on November 18th 2022 from 9.00 to 13.00 . 

***REGISTER HERE***