• The establishment of an appropriate policy framework for coastal urban areas, determined by the coastal area's geographical size and physical and socio-economic conditions.
• The enhancement of the interdisciplinary research on common management problems and the development of standardized environmental quality and socio-economic monitoring objectives.
• The regeneration of declining urban coastal areas in each partner region.
• The establishment of an integrated and prototype system of EMAS application for urban coastal areas.
• The establishment and continuation of an extended and permanent network of urban coastal areas for sustainable management and access.

The partnership involves local authorities (Municipalities) of the four countries (GR, CY, It, Malta), who undertakes the support of the local actions in each partner area, as well as research institutes and universities in each of the four participating countries, that undertakes the policy framework development, EMAS application and planning for the local pilot actions.

The final beneficiaries of the project will be the local habitants of the partner places, the local authorities and institutes, gaining from the experience and the implementation of the local activities that will have a positive impact on the environment and the socio-economic situation of the areas. Furthermore, the project will have a positive impact on other local authorities, agencies and institutes, through the transfer of the project's techniques and the establishment of the permanent network.

The expected impacts are:

• Attractiveness of the urban coastal area
• Increase in the number of visitors and tourists in the areas
• New enterprises in the selected urban coastal area
• New full time jobs in the new enterprises