One national event was organised in each of the project target countries, aiming at analysing the currently proposed Emerald Network at national level and debating future work and action towards achieving the project objectives.

The Seminars offered an opportunity for a debate among the national Emerald teams, the scientific experts and representatives from key national Ministries on possible actions to be implemented in view of enlarging the currently proposed Emerald Network in each of the countries.

National Emerald teams will be busy during the summer and autumn period, working on ensuring that the already proposed Emerald sites in their respective countries are completed by more and smaller nature areas by the end of the year. This is a prerequisite for ensuring the coherence of the Bern Convention Emerald Network and its ecological connectivity, necessary for the long-term conservation of the threatened habitats and species of European importance listed in Resolutions No. 4 (1996) and Resolution No. 6 (1998).