The blue flag for beaches and marines is part of the international ecological program for protecting the environment, sea and seacoast whose initial plan is sustainable by managing the sea and seacoast. The blue flag is very respected in the world today and is a tourist mark which has oriented many tourists while they were choosing their destination. The blue flag which has oriented many tourists while they were choosing their destination. The blue flag today is the most acknowledged model of ecological upbringing and education and notifying the public when the sea and sea coast are concerned. This especially concerns the care for sea areas who suffer the strongest pressure and those are beaches and marines. The beaches and marines with standing water can also carry the international blue flag.

The intellectual owner of the blue flag and international manager of this program is the Foundation for Environmental Education – FEE (Scandiagade 13, DK-2450 Copenhagen, Denmark, coordination@blueflag.org), which was founded by the European Council in 1981.