1. The UNEP GEF “Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem” Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey, The Palestinian Authority UNEP-MAP, INFO-RAC, SPA/RAC, PAP/RAC, CP/RAC, World Bank, UNESCO, UNIDO, FAO, WWF, GWP-MED, MIO-ECSDE, Mediterranean Strategic Partnership

2. Background/Context Follow up to the GEF UNEP project: Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis prepared in 1997 The Strategic Action Programme to Address Pollution from Land-Based Activities (SAP- MED); and The Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity (SAP-BIO). National Action Plans (NAPs) ICZM Protocol to the Barcelona Convention Mediterranean Strategic Partnership

3. The objective of the Mediterranean Sea LME Strategic Partnership is to leverage reforms and catalyze investments that address transboundary pollution reduction and marine and coastal biodiversity conservation priorities identified in the SAPs for the Mediterranean basin. Mediterranean Strategic Partnership

4. The Partnership would achieve its objectives through the implementation of two Components: Regional Component: Implementation of Regional Activities for the Protection of the Environmental Resources of the Mediterranean and its Coastal Areas (implemented by UNEP and partners and UNIDO) 12.9 M US$ plus 36.5 M US$ co-financing 5 years Investment Fund for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Partnership (implemented by World Bank). 30 M plus 90 M US$ co- financing 10 years Mediterranean Strategic Partnership

6. The objective of the proposed Regional Component is to promote and induce harmonized policy, legal and institutional reforms and fill the knowledge gap aimed at reversing marine and coastal degradation trends and living resources depletion, in accordance with priorities agreed by the countries in the SAP MED and SAP BIO, and to prepare the ground for the future implementation of the ICZM Protocol. Mediterranean Strategic Partnership

7. SAPMED 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 pf coastal Aquifers 1.2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management 1.3. Integrated Water resource Management SAPBIO 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

8. Mediterranean Strategic Partnership 1.National & Regional Policy, legal & institutional reforms adopted and ready for implementation in minimum of 6 countries; 2.Hotspots and sensitive areas of national priority previously identified in NAPs and SAPs with improved environmental conditions (15% of major hotspots/sensitive areas identified in TDA); 3.Replication/Scaling – Up strategy adopted and successful investments being replicated in 5 countries; 4.Leveraged financing for multiple investments and policy measures. Strategy developed for links with private sector; 5.Long-term Barcelona Convention and MAP based framework in place and operational ensuring the sustainability of the SP beyond the life-span of the project. Outcomes

9. Mediterranean Strategic Partnership [1] [1] To be implemented by UNESCO, PAP/RAC and contribution of GWP-Med [2] [2] To be implemented by GWP-Med and contribution of PAP/RAC [3] [3] To be implemented by UNESCO, PAP/RAC and contribution of GWP-Med [4] [4] To be implemented by GWP-Med [5] [5] Under the assumption that 2 demonstration enterprises will be selected per country Thank you! UNEP DGEF: alexander.juras@unep.org http://www.unepmap.orgalexander.juras@unep.org