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Focus group was held on island Korčula

Published on 13/10/2020 (last modified 13/10/2020)

As part of the Joint_SECAP project,  on10th of July 2020 the focus group was held via Zoom application. The main goal of the focus group was to discuss the status of each relevant sector on the island of Korčula as well as possible climate change adaptation measures.

Focus group was organized and implemented by the Vela Luka Municipality and the external consultant Sensum Ltd. Duška Šaša from Sensum Ltd was the lead moderator. Due to the specifics related to COVID situation, focus group was held online via zoom application, on 10th July 2020. 
The main goal of the focus group was to discuss the status of each relevant sector on the island of Korčula as well as possible climate change adaptation measures. Considering the comprehensive goal of this process and sectors included, diverse stakeholders were invited to join the focus group (from local to County representatives/experts covering different sectors).


The basis for the discussion was a set of proposed adaptation measures for eight sectors including agriculture, forestry, health, tourism, water supply, fishery, coastal management, spatial planning. The results of the “Risk and vulnerability assessment for the island of Korčula” were fundamental for the preparation of this proposal which consisted of 18 measures in total. The focus group agreed on the majority of these measures with few new ones brought into the mosaic (for water supply and tourism sector). The final result comprises of 22 adaptation measures with tourism, water supply and forestry sector leading in the number of recognized measures. 

 

Additional info in Croatian language can be found on the webpage of Vela Luka municipality.