Current Projects

Child Project 4.1 (GEF ID 9686) supports the GEF-funded UN MedProgramme, which is the first regional multi-focal area programme in the Mediterranean covering Chemicals and Waste (C&W), International Waters (IW), Biodiversity (BD) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), in terms of knowledge mana

Brief project description: The medium-sized project Strengthening the Blue Economy: the Economic Case, Science-Informed Policy, and Transparency, is designed to tackle the features underpinning the assumption that “one can either generate wealth from the ocean or have a healthy ocean, but not bot

The GEF project “Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach in the Adriatic Sea through Marine Spatial Planning” (GEF Adriatic Project) is a sub-regional project, implemented in Albania and Montenegro, which aims to restore the ecological balance of the Adriatic Sea through the implementation of th

The objective of the INMS project is to improve the understanding of the global nitrogen cycle towards the establishment of an International Nitrogen Management System using targeted research.

To reduce impacts from land-based sources and activities and sustainably manage critical coastal-riverine ecosystems through the implementation of the WIO-SAP priorities with the support of partnerships at national and regional levels

The objective of this project is to operate and expand the network of fisheries refugia in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand for the improved management of fisheries and critical marine habitats linkages to achieve the medium and longer-term goals of the fisheries component of the Stra

The Child Project 2.2 (GEF ID 9685) is promoting the Water, Energy, Food, and Ecosystems Nexus approach and is catalyzing action for its adoption and implementation in the Mediterranean area.  

Child Project 2.1 (GEF ID 9687) addresses Mediterranean coastal zones where the most pressing climate-related and sustainability concerns are concentrated, and where most marine degradation originates. It is aimed at achieving positive impacts in the following domains: 

Project Objective:

To enhance transboundary cooperation and SAP implementation through sustainable fisheries co-management, biodiversity conservation and restoration of degraded landscapes in selected key biodiversity areas of Lake Tanganyika.