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UNEP-MAP
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MedMPAnet Project Officer
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Technical Backstopping Officer for MedMPAnet Project
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GC-25/GMEF (UNEP Governing Council) - Summary and Analysis
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MAP Meets Egyptian Authorities in Preparation of MCSD Meeting Next June
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Businessmed participation to the Horizon 2020 Capacity Building Sub-Group Meeting which took place in Rome on December 9th 2008
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B4E, the Business for Environment Global Summit
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UNEP-MAP: 2nd Meeting of the Compliance Committee
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The 13th Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD): “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation – Experience and Strategies in the Mediterranean”.
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Meeting of the Bureau of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols
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Mediterranean Civil Society Meeting on the occasion of the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water
Adopted in 1976 in Barcelona, MAP was the first UNEP's regional Sea Convention. This Barcelona convention and its 6 Protocols constitute legally binding instruments.
The MAP was originally a framework for common actions (preparation of regional and national policies, capacity building and technical assistance) needed by the Mediterranean Countries to combat the pollution of the Mediterranean Sea itself (see MAP Phase I).
In 1995, the Barcelona conventions was extensively ammended to give a sustainable development focus and to deal with costal area as well (see MAP Phase II). Indeed activities carried out between 1976 and 1995 confirmed that socio-economic trends, combined with inadequate development planning and management are the root of most environmental problems. Estimates showed that up to 80 per cent of marine pollution was originated by land-based activities.