An initial socio-economic characterisation will be carried out at the onset of the project with the aim of defining the socio-economic characteristics of the Maltese islands, focusing on profiling the aspects which are most likely to be impacted by the LIFE Integrated Project. This characterisation is expected to span economic considerations, including employment in various sectors of the economy, social considerations including poverty and the risk thereof, particularly from a resource perspective, vulnerability to climate effects as well as medium to long term risks to the sustainable use of water and related resources. This shall be followed by the development of a methodological framework including the setting up of project indicators to guide the collation of data and monitoring of the socio-economic impacts of the actions that will be implemented as part of the LIFE Integrated Project. In the final phase of the LIFE Integrated Project, a detailed and final socio-economic impact assessment shall be carried out at the River Basin scale based upon the initial socio-economic characterisation and results obtained from the monitoring programme. The impact assessment is also expected to present a case study approach to identify cases of best practice which can be shared in the context of similar projects, in terms of project formulation and design, implementation and evaluation.