The Coordinating Unit acts as Secretariat for the MAP—Barcelona Convention system. It organizes the Conferences of Plenipotentiaries, Meetings of the Contracting Parties (COP), Meetings of the Bureau of the Contracting Parties, Meetings of MAP Focal Points, Meetings of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) and Meetings of the MCSD Steering Committee, MED POL Meetings, Compliance Committee Meetings and Meetings of ad hoc Working Groups mandated by the Contracting Parties to address specific matters.

Official documents and records pertaining to meetings organized by the Secretariat and the MAP Regional Activity Centres (RACs) since 1975 are accessible through the MAP document repository.

The MAP Repository provides the following types of documents that you can also access from the side-menu:

  • Meeting reports
  • Thematic decisions adopted by the Contracting Parties
  • Declarations adopted at the Meetings of the Contracting Parties

You may use criteria to refine your search through Search meeting documents.


Language availability of UNEP/MAP official meeting documents

  • Intergovernmental meetings  (IG. meeting codes):
    Reports and working documents are prepared in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. Information documents are made available in their original language.
  • Working group meetings  (WG. meeting codes):
    Reports and working documents are prepared in English and French. Information documents are made available in their original language.