The Coastal Practice Network – CoPraNet – aimed to help the establishment of a practitioners network of coastal stakeholders to exchange information and best practice on coastal management.

CoPraNEt is an INTERREG IIIC network project, which has been developed for three years ending December 2006. The European Commission (EC) has made one million euros available for the exchange of best practices in coastal management. This work is being led by EUCC - The Coastal Union in partnership with 20 coastal councils and institutes from 11 countries.

The main purpose of the establishment of the network is to promote integrated approaches to coastal management and planning (ICZM) with special emphasis on sustainable coastal tourism and beach management.
After a series of international conferences and workshops which have bridge the gap between planners, managers and the research community throughout Europe, two main outcomes have been created: the development of a transparent international quality programme for sustainable coastal tourism destinations – QualityCoast - and of a multilingual guide on coastal erosion and beach management.

This network has been the origin of the QualityCoast programme.
Visit the project website to find more information about the network and its activities at www.coastalpractice.net