MEDPARTNERSHIP: A NEW GEF PROJECT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Ivica TrumbicUnited Nations Environment Programme

Mediterranean Action Plan

REGIONAL SEAS AND CONVENTIONS

MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN

• Barcelona Convention and its Protocols

• Mediterranean Action Plan and Regional Activity Centres

• MAP established in 1975

• Barcelona Convention signed in 1976 and revised in 1995

• 6 Protocols + new one on Integrated Coastal Zone Management

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF)• Financial mechanism for a number of global environment

conventions like climate change and biodiversity signed at the Earth Summit in 1992

• 12 years old• GEF’s mandate: provide incremental cost finance to

address global environment issues like climate change, biodiversity, and international waters—which covers both transboundary freshwater and marine systems.

• Partnership among the UNDP, UNEP, the World Bank, FAO, UNIDO

• GEF allocation in its first dozen years: US$4.35 billion in grants supplemented by more than US$14 billion in additional financing

• 1350 projects in 150 developing countries and those in economic transition

GEF INTERNATIONAL WATERS

• For the international waters: 85 projects in 141 countries totaling $2.1 billion in total cost and $686 million in GEF grants

• In 1995, the GEF Council included the concept of LMEs in its operational strategy

WHAT IS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA LARGE MARINE

ECOSYSTEM (MEDPARTNERSHIP)?

• MedPartnership is a collective effort for the protection of the environmental resources of the Mediterranean

• It is led by UNEP/MAP and the World Bank, co-funded by GEF and involving other relevant international cooperation Agencies, International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and bilateral and

multilateral donors.

BACKGROUND AND HISTORY

• The MedPartnership is a continuation of (and builds upon) theprevious GEF Project run by UNEP/MAP. This project reviewedand updated the existing TDA and designed/elaborated twoSAPs– Strategic Action Program to address pollution from land-based activities (SAP-

MED) and

– Strategic Action Program for the Conservation of Mediterranean Marine andCoastal Biological Diversity (SAP- BIO).

• The two SAPs were formally adopted by the ContractingParties of the Barcelona Convention and were ready forimplementation through MedPartnership

PARTNERSHIP

• Relationship of two or more entities conducting business for mutual benefit

• Partnership is a voluntary collaborative agreement between two or more parties in which all participants agree to work together to achieve a common purpose or undertake a specific task and to share risks, resources, responsibilities, competencies, informationand benefits

MEDPARTNERSHIP’S GOVERNANCE

• Maintain the relationships between all internal and external groups involved in the Partnership

• Facilitate the proper flow of information regarding the Partnership to all stakeholders

• Ensure the appropriate review of issues encountered within the Partnership

• Ensure that required approvals and direction for the Partnership are obtained at each appropriate stage of the implementation

MEDPARTNERSHIP’S LONG-TERM GOALS

to assist countries in the implementation of the Strategic Action Programmes and National Action Plans to reduce pollution from land-based sources, and preserve the biodiversity and ecosystems of the Mediterranean from degradation;

to assist countries in the implementation of the ICZM Protocol;

to leverage long-term financing, and

to ensure through the Barcelona Convention and MAP systems the sustainability of activities initiated within the project beyond its specific lifetime.

ELEMENTS OF THE MEDPARTNERSHIP

• Levels:– Projects: Regional Project (led by UNEP) and Investment

Fund (led by the World Bank)– Components: Regional Project has 4 components– Sub-components: Regional Project has 11 sub-

components; Investment Fund has 11 projects identified

• Partners:– Executing agencies: UNEP/MAP and World Bank– Co-executing agencies: Regional Project has 11 partners

(UN agencies, programs, RACs, NGOs)– Financing: GEF, MTF (UNEP), multilateral donors (1),

bilateral donors (4), significant “in-kind” co-financing

World Bank

Investment FundInvestment projects

UNEP/MAP

Regional ProjectReforms, Capacity building, Demonstrations,

Replication mechanisms

With UNIDO, FAO, UNESCO/IHP, NGO’s

and other partners

Investment Fund Sub-ProjectsBosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia:

Neretva and Trebisnjica

Management Project;

Croatia: Croatia Coastal Cities

Pollution Control 2 (APL)

Egypt: Alexandria Integrated Coastal

Zone Management Project

Regional Project:

Component 1.Integrated Approaches for the

Implementation of SAPs and NAPs: ICZM,

IWRM and Management of Coastal Aquifers

Component 2.

Pollution from Land-based activities,

including POPs: Implementation of

SAPMED and related NAPs

Component 3.

Conservation of Biological Diversity:

Implementation of SAP-BIO and related

NAPs

Component 4.

Project Coordination, Communication and

Replication Strategies, Management, and

M&E

MedPartnership Project Management and

Co-ordination

Co-ordination Group and Steering Committee

Sustainable Med InvestmentsProvisional list to include:

Tunisia: Water Reuse, Optimization and

Implementation Program

Egypt: Improvement of Water Resources

Management

Syria: Coastal and Orontes River Basins

Water Resources Management

Implementation of

SAP/MED, SAP/BIO and ICZM Protocol

in participating countries

Partnership

Project

Component

Sub-component

LEVELS

MEDPARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

UNIT (UNEP/MAP)

STEERING COMMITTEE

COUNTRIES

1UNESCO IHP

PAP/RAC

GWP MED

MEDPOL

CP/RAC

UNIDO

SPA/RAC

WWF MedPO

FAO

INFO/RAC

MIO ECSDE

COORDINATION GROUP

WORLD BANK

MCMISUSTAINABLE MED

2

3

4

Northern Tunis Wastewater Project

Egypt Enhanced WRMgmt.

Syria Orontes River WR Mgmt.

Regional Coord. Nat.Res.Mgmt

MED Governance and Knowledge

Reg. Treated WW Reuse

Libya ICZM

Morocco ICZM

Climate variability

Neretva Trebisnjica

Croatia Coastal Cities 2

Alexandria ICZM

RESULTS

UNEP

WWF-

MedPo

MIO-

ECSDECP/RAC

SPA/

RAC

UNESCO

IHP

GWP-

Med

GEFFGEFMAVA AECID EUItalian

Ministry of

EnvironmentMTF

UNEP/MAP

MEDPOLINFO/

RAC

PAP/

RACFAO WB

FINANCING

Component 3

Conservation of

Biological Diversity:

Implementation of SAP-

BIO and related NAPs

3.1.Conservation of Coastal

Marine Diversity through

the development of a

Mediterranean MPA

Network

3.2. Promote the

sustainable use of fisheries

resources in the

Mediterranean through the

development and

application of Ecosystem-

based Management

Approaches

Component 2

Pollution from Land-

based activities including

POPs: Implementation of

SAPMED and related

NAPs

2.1 Facilitation of policy

and legislation reforms for

pollution control

2.2 Transfer of

Environmentally Sound

Technology (TEST-MED)

2.3. Environmentally sound

management of equipment,

stocks and wastes

containing or contaminated

by PCBs in national

electricity companies of

Mediterranean countries

Component 1

Integrated Approaches for the Implementation of the SAPs and NAPs:

ICZM, IWRM and Management of Coastal Aquifers

1.1 Management of coastal Aquifers

1.2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management

1.3. Integrated Water resource Management

Component 4

Project Coordination,

Replication and

Communication

strategies, and

Management and M&E

4.1. Project Coordination,

Management and M&E

(sus financing)

4.2 Information and

Communication Strategies

4.3. Replication Strategy

SAPMED SAPBIO

COMPONENTS AND SUB-COMPONENTS

OVERALL IMPACTS (REGIONAL PROJECT)

1. Legal, policy and institutional reforms, on a national and regional level: A minimum of 20 national/sub-regional policies, plans and programmes; Regional legislationsadopted; new tools, techniques and guidelines;

2. Demonstration/pilot projects will be implemented resulting in overall decrease in stress reduction to the Mediterranean LME: 32 demonstration projects resulting in a minimum of 15% of the 75 hotspots directly improved;

3. Stakeholder participation: NGO Involvement Plan, coordination amounst stakeholders, Country support programme;

4. Replication, communication and sustainable financing mechanism: 10% of the demonstration/pilot projects will be replicated during the life-span of the project.

Coastal zone, water and aquifer management

Sub-comp 1.1. Aquifers and groundwater:

1.1.1 Assessment of risk and uncertainty related to

Mediterranean coastal aquifers;

1.1.2. Regional Actions for Coastal Aquifer

Management

1.1.3.Legislative, institutional and policy reforms

for Coastal Aquifer Management;

Sub-com 1.2: Integrated Coastal Zone

Management (ICZM)

1.2.1. Support activities in preparation of

National ICZM Strategies and National

Action Plans;

1.2.2. Application of ICZM approach,

tools and techniques in demonstration

areas;

Sub-com 1.3: Integrated Water Resource Management

(IWRM):

1.3.1. Contribute to develop the Union for the

Mediterranean (UfM) Strategy for Water in the

Mediterranean

1.3.3. Catalyze Action and Build Capacity on National

IWRM Planning

1.3.3. Develop IRBM and dialogue in globally important

river basin(s) and adjacent coastal area

Pollution from land-based sources, & POPs

Sub-Comp 2.1. Facilitation of policy and legislative reforms for SAP MED2.1.1. Management of phosphogypsum wastes from phosphate fertilizer production - Lebanon2.1.2. Chromium, nutrients and BOD control in tanneries - Turkey2.1.3. Recycling and regeneration of used lubricating oils - Algeria2.1.4. Recycling of lead batteries -Syria2.1.5. Assessment of the magnitude of riverine inputs of nutrients into the Mediterranean sea 2.1.6. Setting Emission Limit Values (ELV) in industrial effluents and Environmental Quality Standards (EQS)2.1.7. to 2.1.9. Permit, Inspection and Compliance Systems

Sub-Comp 2.2. Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technology (Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt)Start-up of the project and capacity buildingIntroduction of the TEST integrated approach at the demonstration enterprisesDissemination of the results of the project

Sub-Comp 2.3. Environmentally Sound Management of equipment, stocks and wastes containing or contaminated by PCBs in national electricity companies of Mediterranean countries (Albania, Egypt, Libya and Syria)Demonstration projects to improve the management programme of PCBs and facilitate the implementation of NIPs and MED-SAP -

Conservation of biological diversity

Sub-comp 3.1: Development of a Mediterranean MPA Network3.1.1 Establishment of coordination mechanisms for regional MPA management3.1.2 Identification and planning new MPAs to extend the regional network and enhance its ecological representativeness3.1.3. Improved management of marine protected areas: 3.1.4 Ensuring financial Sustainability of regional and national MPA networks

Sub-comp 3.2: Promote the sustainable use of fisheries resources through the application of ecosystem-based management approaches3.2.1 Application of the Ecosystem approach to fisheries management3.2.2 Addressing bycatch of regionally important species3.2.3: Supporting fisher’s participation in monitoring and management of coastal MPA’s

1.1.1.2 Coastal

aquifer

vulnerability

mapping, Pula

coastal aquifer

(UNESCO IHP)

1.1.1.2 Coastal aquifer

vulnerability mapping,

Novljanska Žrnovnica

karstic spring

(UNESCO IHP)

1.1.2.5 Implementation of eco-

hydrogeology applications for

management and protection

of coastal wetlands (UNESCO

IHP)

1.2.1.3 Case study on implications

of ratification of ICM Protocol on

national legislation (PAP/RAC)

2.1.7. to 2.1.9.

Permit, Inspection

and Compliance

Systems (MEDPOL)

3.1.2.4 Inception, planning, zoning

and development of new MPAs – Vis

Island (RAC/SPA)

3.1.2.5 Identification of local

stakeholder participation mechanism

for the pilot MPAs

3.1.3.2 Organize specific technical

assistance and exchange/twining

programmes to provide on-site

assistance to new-MPAs managers,

practitioners and relevant authorities

3.1.3.7 Demonstration

Project in Croatia:

Management and M&E

plans for the existing

MPAs - Lastovo, Mijiet,

Telascica, Brijuni, Kornati

(WWF-MedPO)

3.1.4.4: Demonstration

Project on financial

sustainability

mechanisms for at

least three new

MPAs in different

areas (RAC/SPA) -

Montenegro,

Croatia, Albania

2.1.7. to 2.1.9. Permit,

Inspection and

Compliance Systems

(MEDPOL) - Bosnia-

Herzegovina,

3.1.2.1 Establish priority activities

needed to create MPAs in

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon,

Libya, Montenegro and Syria

(RAC/SPA)

3.1.2.3 Characterization of

priority marine sites suitable to

become MPAs - country coast

assessment in Montenegro,

Bosnia and Herzegovina and

Morocco (RAC/SPA)

1.1.2.2 Integration of groundwater

management in ICZM and IWRM

planning systems (UNESCO IHP)

Bojana Bay

1.2.2.1 ICZM Plan in demo area

of high environmental sensitivity

(PAP/RAC) Montenegro-Bojana

ICZM Plan and Albania - Buna

ICZM Plan

1.3.3. Develop IRBM and dialogue

in globally important river basin(s)

and adjacent coastal area (GWP-

Med) - Buna river as part of the

extended Drin river system

2.3. Environmentally Sound

Management of equipment,

stocks and wastes containing

or contaminated by PCBs in

national electricity companies

of Mediterranean countries

(MEDPOL) - Albania

3.1.4.4: Demonstration Project

on financial sustainability

mechanisms for at least three

new MPAs in different areas

(RAC/SPA) - Montenegro,

Croatia, Albania

1.2.1.2 Support to the

preparation of ICZM

NAPs (PAP/RAC) -

Albania

3.1.2.1 Establish priority activities needed to create MPAs in

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro and

Syria (RAC/SPA)

3.1.2.3 Characterization of priority marine sites suitable to

become MPAs - country coast assessment in Montenegro,

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Morocco (RAC/SPA)

2.1.7. to 2.1.9. Permit,

Inspection and Compliance

Systems (MEDPOL) - Albania,

1.3.3. Catalyze Action and

Build Capacity on National

IWRM Planning (GWP-

MED)

Sub-Component 2.2. Transfer

of Environmentally Sound

Technology (UNIDO)

2.3. Environmentally

Sound Management of

equipment, stocks and

wastes containing or

contaminated by PCBs in

national electricity

companies of

Mediterranean countries

(MEDPOL) - Egypt

REPLICATION STRATEGY

• Replication Strategy is an innovative element developed to amplify the results of the projects realized in the framework of MedPartnership.

• Main goal of the Replication Strategy is a widespread dissemination and sharing of the knowledge and practices, and learned lessons from pilots, demonstration and investment projects at regional and national scale.

• Replication Strategy will apply to the existing portfolio of Investment Fund and Sustainable MED sub-projects and to all activities and demonstration projects to be implemented as part of the various components of the Regional Project.

Component 3

Conservation of

Biological Diversity:

Implementation of SAP-

BIO and related NAPs

3.1.Conservation of Coastal

Marine Diversity through

the development of a

Mediterranean MPA

Network

3.2. Promote the

sustainable use of fisheries

resources in the

Mediterranean through the

development and

application of Ecosystem-

based Management

Approaches

Component 2

Pollution from Land-

based activities including

POPs: Implementation of

SAPMED and related

NAPs

2.1 Facilitation of policy

and legislation reforms for

pollution control

2.2 Transfer of

Environmentally Sound

Technology (TEST-MED)

2.3. Environmentally sound

management of equipment,

stocks and wastes

containing or contaminated

by PCBs in national

electricity companies of

Mediterranean countries

Component 1

Integrated Approaches for the Implementation of the SAPs and NAPs:

ICZM, IWRM and Management of Coastal Aquifers

1.1 Management of coastal Aquifers

1.2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management

1.3. Integrated Water resource Management

Component 4

Project Coordination,

Replication and

Communication

strategies, and

Management and M&E

4.1. Project Coordination,

Management and M&E

(sus financing)

4.2 Information and

Communication Strategies

4.3. Replication Strategy

SAPMED SAPBIO

ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR

Ivica TrumbićProject ManagerUNEP/MAP GEF

Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem

MedPartnershipAthens, GREECE

www.medpartnership.org

Thank you!