Projects

The Mediterranean Sea Programme: Enhancing Environmental Security (MedProgramme)
2020-2024

The MedProgramme is a 43 million USD assortment of seven child projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with more than 100 coordinated actions at regional and national levels in the 2020-2024 period.

The MedProgramme child projects:

• MedProgramme Child Project 1.1 (GEF ID 9684): Reducing Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hotspots and Measuring Progress to Impacts.
• MedProgramme Child Project 1.2 (GEF ID 9717): Mediterranean Pollution Hot Spots Investment Project.
• MedProgramme Child Project 2.1 (GEF ID 9687): Mediterranean Coastal Zones: Water Security, Climate Resilience and Habitat Protection.
• MedProgramme Child Project 2.2 (GEF ID 9685): Mediterranean Coastal Zones: Managing the Water-Energy-Food and Ecosystems Nexus.
• MedProgramme SCCF Project (GEF ID 9670): Enhancing regional climate change adaptation in the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Areas.
• MedProgramme Child Project 3.1 (GEF ID 10158): Management Support and Expansion of Marine Protected Areas in Libya.
• MedProgramme Child Project 4.1 (GEF ID 9686): Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Environment and Climate Regional Support Project.

The MedProgramme is also supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The two International Financial Institutions will provide a co-financing of USD 700 million in the form of loans granted to the countries and to public and private actors to foster market creation and transformation, and to ensure sustainability through the private sector and municipal involvement.

The (10) beneficiary countries are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia and Turkey.

UNEP/MAP is the executing agency of the MedProgramme. Partners in execution include UNESCO/IHP, EIB, IUCN Med, GWP Med, WWF Mediterranean and the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centres Plan Bleu/RAC, PAP/RAC, SCP/RAC and SPA/RAC.

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Towards achieving the Good Environmental Status of the Mediterranean Sea and coast through an ecologically representative and efficiently managed and monitored network of Marine Protected Areas (IMAP-MPA)
2019-2022

The IMAP-MPA project, funded by the European Union (EU), contributes to the achievement of Good Environmental Status (GES) in the Mediterranean Sea and Coast in seven (7) beneficiary countries, namely Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.

The project is endowed with a budget of 4 million euros for a duration 42 months and will be executed by the UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit, the UNEP/MAP Programme for the Assessment and Control of Marine Pollution in the Mediterranean (MED POL) and SPA/RAC.

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Support to Efficient Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach-based Integrated Monitoring and Assessment of the Mediterranean Sea and Coasts and to delivery of data-based 2023 Quality Status Report in synergy with the EU MSFD” (EcAp MED III)
2020-2023

The EcAp MED III project is funded by the European Union (EU). Its overall aim is to further assist the Southern Mediterranean Contracting Parties to implement the Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme (IMAP), adopted in 2016, as part of the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach Roadmap and contribute to the delivery of the 2023 Quality Status Report of the Mediterranean (MED QSR). It builds on the successful implementation of the previous projects EcAp MED I (2012-2015) and EcAp MED II (2015-2019).

With an overall budget of USD 2,494,790 including an EU allocation of USD 2,200,000 and the co-financing from the Mediterranean Trust Fund (MTF) of USD 294,790, the national component of the EcAp MED III will be implemented in seven beneficiary countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.

The EcAp MED III project activities will be coordinated by the UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit and co-executed by MAP Components (INFO/RAC, MED POL, PAP/RAC, SPA/RAC and Plan Bleu), in line with their respective mandates and areas of expertise. The delivery of EcAp MED III project activities will be done in synergy with the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).

Objectives

The EcAp MED III project aims to achieve three main objectives:

• boost the effective implementation of the IMAP in the Mediterranean;
• contribute to the elaboration and implementation of appropriate scales of assessment and common integrated assessment methodologies harmonized at regional and sub regional levels, for the Mediterranean Sea and Coast;
• contribute to the delivery of a data-based 2023 MED Quality Status Report.

The project will expand the current IMAP Info System to cover all IMAP Common Indicators. The EcAp MED III project will also contribute to the strengthening of the Science-Policy interface (SPI) at national and regional levels for IMAP implementation and delivery of 2023 MED QSR.

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The Marine Litter MED II Project
2020-2023

The Marine Litter MED II project, funded by the European Union , further supports the implementation of the Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean at national, sub-regional and regional level with a particular focus on southern Mediterranean countries namely Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The project builds on the outcomes of the EU-funded Marine Litter MED project (2016-2019).

Marine Litter MED II is endowed with a budget of 1,28 million USD, including Mediterranean Trust Fund (MTF) in-kind contribution. It will be executed for a duration of 36 months by the UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention Secretariat and MAP Components, namely MED POL, SCP/RAC, SPA/RAC and REMPEC, in line with their respective mandates and areas of expertise.

The project provides an important contribution to the implementation of the UNEP/MAP 2016-2021 Mid-Term Strategy (MTS) and the 2020-2021 Programme of Work and of several other COP Decisions related to the implementation of the Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean, Ecosystem Approach and Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme (IMAP), with focus on supporting enhanced marine litter management and a litter-free Mediterranean.

The delivery of project activities will be conducted in accordance with EU MSFD and EU Single-Use Plastics Directives.

Marine Litter MED II project contributes to Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14): Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and several SDG indicators.

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GEF Adriatic is a 1,817,900 USD project funded by the GEF (International Water and Biodiversity focal areas - GEF 6 Strategy) and implemented by the UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit with PAP/RAC and SPA/RAC in Albania and Montenegro.

Beneficiaries and national coordinators of the activities are the Ministry of Tourism and Environment with National Agency for Protected Areas of Albania, and the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism of Montenegro.

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