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UNEP(DEPI)/MED IG.20/8
Annex IV
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- the preparation of a strategy for the mobilization of resources;
- the drafting of a Communication Strategy for MAP/UNEP;
- the implementation of several projects, including MedPartnership, financed by the EGF,
activities conducted under the Horizon 2020 initiative, under Globallast, and under other
programmes.
In addition, the MCSD has completed the evaluation process of the Mediterranean Strategy for
Sustainable Development (MSSD) for the period 2005-2010, with the prospect of including
issues related to climate change through the implementation of the regional framework for
adaptation to climate change adopted in Marrakesh.
The progress made in the last two years reinforces our commitment to integrated and
sustainable development of the Mediterranean Sea. It also shows our commitment, as a
strategic area, to the global environment agenda, marked recently by the International Year of
Biodiversity in 2010 and the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity.
In this matter, our region confirmed its commitment to the preservation of marine and coastal
area biodiversity through an effective partnership with the other regional organizations in the
name of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention during the Nagoya Conference.
Ladies and gentlemen,
These significant advances must not lead us to forget the weaknesses MAP has encountered at
administrative and financial management level. The spectre of MAP's financial deficit hung over
our discussion throughout the Bureau’s meetings and over the work of the National Focal Points
Meeting. To make matters worse, these budget difficulties emerged in a context of acute
economic and financial crisis for many of our region's countries.
All this led to a substantive debate on the structures and running of the MAP system, on the
need to clarify its relations with UNEP and to review its governance model on the basis of the
decisions made in Almeria and Marrakesh. This situation also necessitated the finalization of the
strategy for the mobilization of resources which is submitted for adoption at the Meeting of the
Contracting Parties.