MED QSR 2023 WEB SITE INDEX

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Regional cooperation

185. Promoting partnership and cooperation with relevant regional and global institutions and actors is among the key guiding principles followed by the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) Coordinating Unit and the Regional Activity Centres. Over the years, they have sought to foster existing partnerships and to enter into new ones in line with the priorities set by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its In this context, the UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit has a long-standing cooperation with a number of key regional and international organizations, and with many of them put in place Memoranda of Understanding and/or follows other cooperation modalities:

  • Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black, Mediterranean Sea Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS)
  • Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)
  • Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions
  • European Environment Agency (EEA)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  • London Convention and Protocol
  • London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
  • OSPAR Commission
  • Permanent Secretariat of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (BSC PS)
  • UNEP Regional Seas programme
  • Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
  • United National Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • World Bank

186. During the period between the 2017 and 2023 Med QSRs a clear improvement is recorded in the coordination between regional organizations operating in the Mediterranean in relation to the preservation of the marine environment and the sustainable use of its biodiversity and living Within this framework, memoranda of collaboration have been established between organizations with a view to promoting consultation and harmonization of activities to avoid duplication and to increase the complementarity of their intervention. In addition, projects involving several regional organizations have been implemented thanks to financial support provided by intergovernmental donors and private foundations. Such projects concerned various important issues for the marine environment of the Mediterranean such as marine litter, marine underwater noise, incidental catches of vulnerable species, habitat preservation and endangered species.

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