In a press conference attended by H.E. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta, at Verdala Palace on 29th March, IRMCo’s Managing Director, Anna Spiteri, presented MEPA Chairman, Perit Vincent Cassar with a letter – on behalf of all local participants in the Mare Nostrum project – which urges the Malta Environment and Planning Authority to adopt the principles and aims of the Local Communities Charter by recognizing the Open Spaces in the forthcoming Local Plans as Protected Spaces for the Well Being of Society.