Malta Project Meeting

Our first in-person meeting of the ANDROMEDA project was held from the 30th - 31st May in Malta thanks to a collaborative effort between the Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie, and the University of Malta! Day 1 of our meeting gave our research partners an opportunity to update the consortium on individual work package progress, and plan for the year ahead.

On day two we had the pleasure of joining our consortium partners on Rinella Bay to launch the ANDROMEDA citizen science smartphone app! This day was attended by Minister for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise, Miriam Dalli, representatives from the Malta Tourism Authority, and a number of environmental NGOs, including Nature Trust (Malta), Zibel and Sharklab. The citizen science app was launched to participants from the St. Monica (B’kara) secondary school, with the students participating in the microplastics demonstrations and recording activities on the day!