Archaeomap was a coordination action supported by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme. contributing to the implementation of the specific Priority Scientific Support to Policies within the thematic area Sustainable development. global change and ecosystems. Key Action The protection of cultura! heritage and associated conservation strategIes. Archaeomap project aimed at developing balanced, interrelated policies with an integrated coastal zone management focus. Through the analysis of ten Mediterranean archaeological pilot sites it proposed an interdisciplinary research aiming at improving a sustainable development methodology for coastal and underwater archaeological sites management. The project aimed at enabling managers and end-users of archaeological costai and underwater sites at improving the relationship with the marine environment. Archaeomap centred its interest in sustainable development, stressing importance of conservation and rational utilisation of coastal zone resources. also under the socio-economie aspect. The realized network of pilot sites will be a vehicle for knowledge-sharing. research and monitoring. education. training and participatory decision-making aiming at protecting environmental resources and cultura! diversity. The pilot sites also served as learning and demonstration sites in the framework of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014/DESD). Piloted by an International Committee. Archaeomap provided context-specific opportunities to combine scientific knowledge and forms of governance using an interdisciplinary methodology. The International Forum that has took piace in Paris in the spring 2009, has been the most important media window of the project to diffuse and disseminated the new methodology developed by the Archaeomap project.