L1 - NATURA 2000 NETWORK SITES MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

The line of action aims to improve Natura 2000 network sites' management by developing management and monitoring support tools, by disseminating good practices and by strengthening participatory processes.

The initiatives are organized both at national and European level, to encourage the exchange of experiences and good management practices, and to promote cooperation and synergies among Natura 2000 network's managing bodies.

The existing Natura 2000 network's national database for management has been ameliorated, to enable a more flexible archiviation method, including the standardization and sharing of information related to conservation measures in Natura 2000 sites. The database is also implemented in order to support the Environmental Impact Assessment (VIncA) procedures, in synergy with the intervention of “Strengthening administrative capacity for the correct application of art. 6, paragraphs 3 and 4, of Directive 92/43 / EEC "Habitat" in Italy (Environmental Assessment of Incidence VIncA) "proposed as part of the LQS2 Intervention Line of the CReIAMO PA Project of the MATTM.

Expected results:

• Strengthen the operators' administrative and technical capacity in the management process of Natura 2000 sites, in order to achieve a minimum European standard that is uniform throughout the Italian Natura 2000 network;
• Strengthen the functioning of the Italian Natura 2000 network, through good practices sharing and dissemination - also by fostering a more participative approach of sites' managers in specific European initiatives.