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MSA members renewed their engagement for Mediterranean Monk Seal Protection

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On March 22nd 2022, during the occasion of the Monaco Ocean Week, MSA members signed a 3-year extension of the Memorandum of Understanding formalizing their partnership.

Members who were able to travel to Monaco signed the document in the presence of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Copyright Michel Dagnino, MOM

(from left to right) Olivier Wenden, Vice-President of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Vera Alexandropoulou, Vice-President of the Thalassa Foundation, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Paule Gros Director of the Mediterranean Program at the MAVA Foundation , Auriane Pertuisot, Coordinator of the Monk Seal Alliance

A steering committee meeting was also held in hybrid format for members to further refine the MSA's action plan for the years to come. A focus was placed on the mobilization of the actors of the monk seal community through the organization of workshops planned for the beginning of 2023 and the themes of the next Alliance call for projects.