The
GEF SP for the Mediterranean LME (SPMED) is a continuation of (and builds
upon) the previous GEF Project run by UNEPMAP. This project reviewed and
updated the existing TDA and designed/elaborated two SAPs namely the Strategic
Action Program to address pollution from land-based activities (SAP-MED) and
the Strategic Action Program for the Conservation of Mediterranean Marine and
Coastal Biological Diversity (SAP- MED).
The two SAPs have been formally adopted by the
Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention and are now ready for
implementation. This is the point where the new GEF project comes in. It will
assist the GEF eligible countries in implementing the two SAPs through a
series of activities and demonstration/pilot projects covering a large field
of domains such as legal and institutional reforms, pollution control, cleaner
production, ICM, IWRM, Aquifer management, PCBs phasing out, fisheries management, biodiversity
conservation etc.