The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has signed an agreement with the universities of Murcia (UMU) and Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) to promote the independent monitoring and evaluation system of actions in the Mar Menor and its watershed, contemplated in line 8.5 (Independent monitoring and evaluation system of the progress of recovery of the socio-ecological system of the Mar Menor) of the Framework of Priority Actions to Recover the Mar Menor (MAPMM).