The project's main objective is the sustainable development of urban coastal areas and the subobjectives are:

• To implement collective and integrated policies of urban coastal area management, with emphasis on access for all
• To support comparative advantages and utilise the available resources of target urban coastal zones.
• To safeguard the natural and cultural resources of urban coastal areas.
• To improve the knowledge and increase awareness of the public services and stakeholders involved in the management of coastal areas.
• To rehabilitate declining urban coastal areas.
• To establish a permanent network of authorities and agencies for sustainable urban coastal area management.

These objectives will be achieved through actions like the following:

• The development of a common approach and policy framework.
• The implementation of pilot actions in each partner area.
• Training and awareness raising actions.
• Pilot actions of EMAS (Eco Management and Audit System) application.
• Evaluation of the actions and transfer of the methods and techniques.
• Dissemination of the project results, publicity actions and legacy