Background

The MedPartnership is a continuation of the previous GEF Project run by UNEP/MAP (2002-2006). This project reviewed and updated the existing Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis for the Mediterranean (TDA-MED) and designed/elaborated two Strategic Action Programs (SAPs):

FRAMEWORK OF ACTIVITIES

The MedPartnership focuses on priority actions identified by the signatory countries to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention) in two Strategic Action Programmes (SAPs). These respectively aim to

(a) reduce land-based sources of marine pollution > SAP-MED

(b) protect biodiversity, living resources and their habitats > SAP-BIO