1. The Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (MedPartnership) Zagreb, Croatia Regional Workshop on harmonizing the national legal and institutional framework with ICZM Protocol Daria Povh Škugor PAP/RAC Programme Officer

2. Main objective is to assist countries in the implementation of the priority regional and national actions agreed in two Strategic Action Programmes (SAPs) for the reduction of pollution from land-based sources (SAP-Med) and the conservation of biological diversity (SAP-BIO) and the implementation of the ICZM Protocol; Financing: Regional Component: 12.9 M US$ (GEF funds) plus 36.5 M US$ co-financing Investment Fund: 75 M US$ (GEF funds) plus over 700M co- financing 5 year duration (2009 to 2014) What is the MedPartnership?

3. Executing Agencies: Coordinating Unit of the UNEP/MAP and its RACs: CP/RAC; SPA/RAC; PAP/RAC; and INFO/RAC; General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM); FAO, UNESCO/IHP; WWF; GWP-Med; MIO-ECSDE; MEDPOL and the World Bank Implementing Agency: UNEP Countries of implementation: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

4. Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean LME “MedPartnership” History for the agreement on priorities. Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis Adopted 1997 Regional Component SAP-MED Adop. 1997 NAPs for countries Adopted 2005 SAP-BIO Adopted 2003 Including NAPs Investments Fund ICZM Protocol for the Mediterranean First supra-national legislation related to the coasts in the world Preparation started in 2001, signed in 2008, entered into force in 2011 By today 9 ratifications CAMPs launched in 1989 MAP founded in 1975 PAP/RAC founded in 1977

5. Protocol entered into force 24 th March 2011 Lybia ATLANTIC OCEAN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Spain Greece Italy Turkey Slovenia Bosnia/ Herze- govina Albania Malta Egypt Algeria Tunisia Morocco Syria Israel Lebanon Cyprus BLACK SEA France Croatia Montenegro Littoral 2012 Oostende 27-29 November 2012

6. The UNEP/MAP led Component Component 1 Integrated approaches for the implementation of the SAPs and NAPs 1.1 Management of Coastal Aquifer and Groundwater 1.2 Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) 1.3 Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Component 2. Pollution from land based activities, including Persistent Organic Pollutants 2.1 Facilitation of policy and legislation reforms for pollution control (a) Industrial pollution pilot projects 2.2 Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technology (TEST) 2.3 Environmentally Sound Management of equipment, stocks and wastes containing or contaminated by PCBs in national electricity companies Component 3. Conservation of biological diversity: implementation of SAP BIO and related NAPs 3.1 Conservation of Coastal and Marine Diversity through Development of a Mediterranean MPA Network 3.2 Promotion of the sustainable use of fisheries resources through the application of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Component 4. 4.1 Project Co- ordination, NGO Involvement, Management and M&E 4.2 Information and Communication strategies 4.3 Replication Strategy Includes 78 demonstration projects in the 12 participating countries

7. PAP/RAC activities in MedPartnership  Integrated Coastal Zone management:  Harmonisation of national legislation with the ICZM Protocol;  Integrative Methodological Framework for water, aquifer and coastal management  Guidelines on national ICZM Strategies  National ICZM Strategies in Algeria and Montenegro  ICZM Plan in Reghaia, Algeria  Joint aquifer, water and coastal transboundary plan for the Buna/Bojana (Albania and Montenegro)

8. Harmonisation of national legislation with the ICZM Protocol.  Protogizc project: IDDRI, PAP/RAC 2009-2011  Impacts of the ICZM Protocol ratification on Croatia, GTZ project, PAP/RAC, 2010  Analysis of impacts of the ratification of the ICZM Protocol on national legal and institutional framework in Montenegro, PAP/RAC, 2008/2010  MedPartnership contribution in upgrading results, summing up & organisation of the Regional Workshop

9. Final remarks  The MedPartnership project is in its 3 rd year of implementation and initial results are visible  Critical time for the development of plans, strategies and policy reforms  New sister project: Integration of Climatic Variability and Change into Coastal Plans and National ICZM Strategies  Need to ensure inter-ministerial coordination on all activities

10. Thank you for your attention. www.themedpartnership.org Newsletter Annual Report iPad application