Progress of the LLI-525 Estimation, monitoring and reduction of plastic pollutants in Latvian-Lithuanian coastal area via innovative tools and awareness raising (ESMIC) project was presented by dr. Arūnas Balčiūnas on the final conference of the South Baltic Programmes project Inland Blue Transport Connector E60 (INCONE60) “FINAL PROJECT CONFERENCE „PROSPECTS FOR SMALL SOUTH BALTIC PORTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BLUE ECONOMY“.