Webport

WEBPORT is the digital port of the Mediterranean, inhabited and animated by the Coastal Communities of Tricase in Italy, Tyre in Lebanon, Marsa Matrouh in Egypt, Zarzis in Tunisia, Algiers in Algeria, Nador in Morocco and Porto Palermo in Albania. It has its organizational and coordination unit in the MARE Outpost, a branch of CIHEAM Bari, in the Port Museum of Tricase.
It was designed by CIHEAM Bari, in the framework of NEMO Programme and it is supported by the General Directorate for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.

WEBPORT facilitates dialogue and promotes the exchange of experiences between the coastal communities committed to building a more stable and secure Mediterranean of peace and ensuring the sustainable development of territories, with due respect for human rights and the environment. It provides a forum for listening to the needs of communities and identifying concrete actions, fostering collaboration and encouraging development cooperation projects.

WEBPORT was also created in response to migratory trends in the Mediterranean, being aware that migrations are not a temporary emergency but rather a structured phenomenon that requires concrete responses and action for development.

WEBPORT serves as the gateway to the international community and the entities actively involved in development cooperation projects in the Mediterranean region, ranging from small and medium enterprises to the third sector. It is a digital reception tool and a good practice for the defense and enhancement of regional identities and their mutual integration in order to achieve a common Mediterranean identity.