015 SUMMARY ACTIVITY REPORT 2009-2015 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM (MEDPARTNERSHIP) www.themedpartnership.org INTEGRATION OF CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGE INTO NATIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT THE ICZM PROTOCOL Summary Activity Report 2009-2 (CLIMVAR & ICZM) TEM SYS RGE MARINE ECO RGE LA RTNERSHIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA RTNERSHIP Together for the Mediterranean PA Printed on recycled paper with environment friendly inks STRATEGIC STRATEGIC SUMMARY ACTIVITY REPORT 2009-2015 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM (MEDPARTNERSHIP) INTEGRATION OF CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGE INTO NATIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT THE ICZM PROTOCOL (CLIMVAR & ICZM) Together for the Mediterranean Legal Notice Copyright The designations employed and the presentation This publication may be reproduced in whole or in of the material in this document do not imply the part and in any form for educational or non-profit expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part purposes without special permission from the of UNEP/MAP concerning the legal status of any copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or the source is made. 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Box 18019, Athens, Greece 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements 5 Executing Partners 6 Donors and Countries 7 Foreword 8 Introduction 9 What is the MedPartnership? 10 What is the ClimVar & ICZM project? 14 Executive Summary 17 Regional results & achievements 19 Institutional, policy and legislative reforms and plans 20 Capacity building and training 28 New tools and guidelines 36 Fact sheets 46 Albania 45 Algeria 47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49 Croatia 50 Egypt 56 Lebanon 58 Libya 60 Montenegro 63 Morocco 65 Palestine 68 Syria 69 Tunisia 70 Turkey 75 Annex 1. Abbreviations and Acronyms 78 Annex 2. Final results and reports (MedPartnership) 79 Annex 3. Final results and reports (ClimVar & ICZM ) 97 3 Photo Credit : RACSPA, Yassine Ramzi SGHAIER 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was prepared by UNEP/MAP in the framework of the Strategic Partnership for the Mediterra- nean Large Marine Ecosystem (MedPartnership) and the Integration of Climatic Variability and Change into National Strategies to Implement the ICZM Protocol (ClimVar & ICZM) projects. The chief editors were Lorenzo Galbiati, Hoda El-Turk (UNEP/MAP) and Anastasia Roniotes (MIO-ECSDE). The main contributors were, Raya Marina Stephan, Mathew Lagod (UNESCO-IHP), Pedro de Barros (FAO), Pascal Peduzzi (UNEP/ Grid – Geneva), Vangelis Constantianos and Anthi Brouma (GWP-Med), Anastasia Roniotes and Thomais Vlachogianni (MIO-ECSDE), Mauro Randone (WWF-MedPO). From UNEP/MAP and its regional activity centres the main contributors were Virginie Hart and Anastasios Krommydas (UNEP/MAP), Tatjana Hema (MEDPOL), S ouha El Asmi and Atef Limam (SPA/RAC), Daria Povh Škugor (PAP/RAC), Antoine Lafitte (Plan Bleu), and Manolo Clar Massanet (SCP/RAC). Final page layout and cover page were prepared by Paul Davies 5 Executing Partners United Nations Educational, Scientific and UNEP/MAP’s Priority Actions Cultural Organization, International Hydrological Programme Regional Activity Programme (UNESCO/IHP) Centre (PAP/RAC) Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean UNEP/MAP’s Mediterranean Pollution (GWP-Med) Monitoring and Research Programme (MEDPOL) United Nations Industrial Development UNEP/MAP’s Regional Activity Center for Organization (UNIDO) Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC) UNEP/MAP’s Regional Activity Centre for World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF Specially Protected Areas (SPA/RAC) Mediterranean Environment Office (WWF-MedPO) Food and Agricultural Organization of the UNEP/MAP United Nations Environment United Nations (FAO) Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan Plan Bleu UNEP-Grid Geneva Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Cultureand Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) 6 Donors and Countries Global Environment Facility (GEF) European Commission (EC) Mediterranean Trust Fund (MTF) of the Barcelona Convention and its protocols. Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID) Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM) MAVA Foundation for Nature Italy - Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea Albania - Ministry Environment, Forestry and Water Administration Algeria - Ministry of Land-use Planning and Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ministry of Environment Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Croatia – Ministry of Environmental and Egypt – Ministry of State of Environmental Affairs Nature Protection Lebanon – Ministry of Environment Libya – Environment General Authority Montenegro – Ministry of Sustainable Morocco – Ministry of Energy, Mining, Development and Tourism Water and Environment Palestine – Environment Quality Authority Syria - Ministry of Local Administration and Environment Tunisia – Ministry of Environment and Turkey – Ministry of Environment and Urbanization Sustainable Development 7 Foreword The way we manage and use resources and ecosystems has a definite and obvious impact on the lives and livelihoods of present and future generations. This is a message of high relevance to our work related to pollution prevention and sustainable development in the Mediterranean. The Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (MedPartnership) and its sister project Integration of Climatic Variability and Change into National Strategies to Implement the ICZM Protocol (ClimVar & ICZM) were launched at a key moment for the future of the Mediterranean region, responding to a dire need to enhance efforts to protect environment and preserve resources, to amplify action to revive and boost stagnant economies, and to steadily transition towards a green economy. These projects have proposed a vision for the responsible use of the Mediterranean natural capital by supporting the interaction between development and the environment, promoting the preservation and enhancement of healthy and productive ecosystems that support human dignity through decent livelihoods for the people of the region. These two projects have achieved exemplary cooperation, partnership and involvement of stakeholders at all levels in the region. As we celebrate this year the 40th anniversary of the Mediterranean Action Plan and Barcelona Convention, we focus on new challenges, building on past experience and lessons learnt. The impact of the ambitious action and good practices taken under the MedPartnership and ClimVar & ICZM projects will continue beyond their lifespans, and deserve full support to remain sustainable and replicable. Gaetano Leone UNEP/MAP Coordinator Photo Credit : Trottoir à Vermets à Ain Al-Ghazala, Libye, RAC/SPA, Renaud DUPUY DE LA GRANDRIVE RAC/SPA, Al-Ghazala, à Ain Libye, Vermets à Trottoir : Credit Photo 8 Introduction Assessing the impacts of the MedPartnership and ClimVar & ICZM projects in the Mediterranean region, leads us back to the their initial definition and raison d’être: “a collective effort of leading organizations and countries sharing the Mediterranean Sea, towards the protection of the marine and coastal environment of the Mediterranean”. The main aim of these projects was to effectively contribute to the implementation of the Strategic Action Programme to Address Pollution from Land-Based Activities (SAP/MED), the Strategic Action Programme for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean Region (SAP/BIO), the Action Plan for the implementation of the ICZM Protocol and the integration of climatic variability and change into national strategies for ICZM. It is obvious that the MedPartnership and ClimVar & ICZM have met their objectives. They have been an outstanding experience, in the sense that they provided a platform for getting hundreds of persons together including experts, beneficiaries, decision makers, stakeholders, local authorities and international organizations, united “Together for the Mediterranean”, contributing towards one ultimate goal: a better and more sustainable marine and coastal environment in the Mediterranean. The results achieved by the MedPartnership and ClimVar & ICZM projects are not only considerable in terms of quantity but also in terms of quality. With more than 150 activities carried out and 80 demonstration projects implemented, they left long term impacts on the sustainability of the region. They facilitated or organized more than 500 meetings, workshops, and trainings, reaching out to thousands of stakeholders and getting together local actors and regional experts and international institutions. The projects produced over 300 documents including technical reports, guidelines