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"Determination of priority actions for..."
  • Determination of priority actions for the elaboration and implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Mediterranean Sea (2001-2005)
  •  First GEF regional Project in the Mediterranean
  • Francesco Saverio Civili
  • MED POL Programme Coordinator
  • UNEP/MAP
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Success keys
  • -The Project relied and stood on a well established coordinating structure (the Secretariat of the Barcelona Convention), and on a long-standing system of cooperation between countries (the Mediterranean Action Plan), which made it politically well accepted and easier to manage;


  • -The objectives of the Project were very well integrated in the objectives of the Mediterranean Action Plan and of the LBS Protocol in particular, which enabled the Project to facilitate the implementation of MAP and MAP to be a fertile ground for the Project;


  • -The Project had the full support and participation of the non-eligible countries of the region and of external donors
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Innovative aspects (1)
  • -The Project was coordinated by a very small team as it was integrated in the Mediterranean Action Plan structure and used its services;


  • -The Project required the establishment of Inter-Ministry Committees to ensure ownership and consensus among all national stakeholders;


  • -The activities were carried out only by Government-designated national experts/authorities (learning-by-doing approach) with technical assistance from regional experts and supervision from the Secretariat;
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Innovative aspects (2)
  • -The project conceptually linked marine pollution and biodiversity;


  • -Training was basically organized as training for trainers to maximize the results of the capacity building activities;


  • -Funds were released to national authorities in small tranches only, on the basis of the achievements made;


  • -Some activities (e.g. the preparation of pre-investment studies for pollution reduction) resulted in an upgrading of capacities at the local level
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Lessons learned
  • -The major responsibility given to the national authorities/experts for the implementation of the activities resulted in some cases in delays caused by the lengthy and cumbersome administrative procedures existing in the countries;


  • -Countries did not always establish Inter-Ministry Committees thus limiting the participation of the country to the Ministry of Environment;


  • -The Project showed the need to foresee a system to follow up the implementation of the Strategic Action Programme