The steps to be applied during the project are:
• The recording of the current situation concerning the activities of the ports of Corfu, Igoumenitsa and Sarande,
• The adoption of common environmental practices,
• Control, monitoring and management of solid - liquid waste and air emissions-noise in port area,
• Energy management and monitoring and control of natural resources in port facilities,
• Improve efficient energy consumption sytems,
• Implementation, installation of common environmental management system and EMAS registration,
• The design and develop environmental management information system
• The Centre for Environmental Information and Education.
The methodology of the project will initially start with project meetings that will help in reporting the current environmental situation, risk analysis of the area and waste of natural resources. Then,the partners will come to the conclusion with adopting common environmental practices,to help protect the environment and prevent waste of natural resources of the cross -broader border region. After having formed joint approaches in dealing with common or not environmental problems, necessary actions before obtaining the EMS (or related) and its certification should take place. Such necessary actions are the equipment supplies (fire engines, depollution float dam, water flow meters etc),the external expert hire for making environmental measurements, planting, painting & marine road works etc. All previous activities, will on one hand, effectively support the requirements for EMAS (or related) certification and registration, for the ports of Saranda and Igoumenitsa and on the other hand help ports to take all necessary preventive actions for improving environmental performance.The information system will be used as a joint platform for intra-port monitoring, control and management of environmental indicators for each port providing an electronic data logger as well as a preventive & precautional role.The information system will also be available through the website-forum through authorized access covering the environmental effects of ports and communication of environmental policies. The Project management, progress of the meetings, staff training, publicity and awareness supports all the steps for implementing the project as valuable tools. The Environmental Information and Education Centre helps to highlight the environmental actions of the three partners, the communication of environmental policies and practices in a practical way and educate the population (schools, residents from wider border area) to sound environmental practices.
