SECUR MED PLUS is the new project focused on maritime safety and environmental protection that the Liguria Region wants to launch in the new European programme MED . The project promotes common strategic actions aimed at strengthening safety of the maritime cluster in the Mediterranean. The new project proposal is based on the implementation, development and prosecutions of positive experiences of other cooperation projects (SECURMED, just ended; and AEM MED. SECUR MED PLUS has the ambitious goal of strengthening the alliance between regional governments, ministries, Port Authorities and Research Centres initiated during previous projects in order to capitalize already obtained results. This goal will be obtained through: the development of the priority themes determined by the Centres Network created during the previous period (ReCRIS), the development of innovative systems able to increase the operational capacity of the Network (database, ICT for the integration of control navigation systems, common indicators for verifying environmental and social compatibility of harbour activities); the development of common policies and strategies, which according international, national and local legislation, are able to increase the decision making and operational capacity in the field of maritime and harbour safety