The center was co- funded by the IPA Adriatic 2007-2013 CBC Programme and Herpetofauna Albanian Society through the NETCET Project. It is located in Patoku lagoon and its main objectives are: providing first aid to the sea turtles found stranded or injured along the Albanian coast, organizing research activities for the sea turtles and awareness raising campaigns for the conservation of such charismatic animals as Sea Turtles are.
The center has a recovery room with 2 tanks with all the necessary equipments for the first aid and research activities, and a meeting room for the awareness raising. It will be opened not only to sea turtles and tourist, but also to Universities, Schools or other state and private institutions interested on the research activities, capacity building and awareness raise for the sea turtles.