Partnership
UNEP/MAP Barcelona Convention system
Participating countries : Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkiye
Key objectives
MedPartnership aimed to strengthen environmental governance and support coordinated implementation of regional commitments across the Mediterranean.
In particular, it sought to:
- support implementation of SAP-MED and SAP-BIO priorities
- advance the implementation of the ICZM Protocol
- strengthen national legal, policy and institutional frameworks
- promote integrated approaches to coastal and marine management
- support development and implementation of National Action Plans
- test and replicate practical solutions through demonstration projects
Main results
MedPartnership generated a comprehensive set of policy, methodological and practical outputs supporting integrated coastal and marine management.
The main results include:
- implementation of 78 demonstration projects addressing key environmental challenges
- strengthened legal and institutional frameworks supporting ICZM implementation
- development and application of integrated management approaches across sectors and scales
- enhanced capacity building and knowledge transfer across participating countries
- improved alignment of national actions with regional priorities under the Barcelona Convention
Role of PAP/RAC
Within the MedPartnership project, PAP/RAC played a central role in advancing ICZM policy, methodology and implementation across the Mediterranean.
In particular, PAP/RAC contributed to strengthening national legal and institutional frameworks for ICZM, including support for harmonisation with the ICZM Protocol through analytical work, case studies and regional workshops. It developed key methodological outputs, including the Integrated Methodological Framework (IMF) for coastal, river basin and aquifer management, and the Guidelines for the preparation of National ICZM Strategies.
PAP/RAC also led several demonstration activities, including the preparation of National ICZM Strategies for Algeria, Croatia and Montenegro, and coastal plans in Reghaia (Algeria) and Šibenik-Knin County (Croatia), including a focus on climate variability and change. In addition, it contributed to transboundary planning through the development of the Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP) for the Buna/Bojana area.
Through these contributions, PAP/RAC established a strong technical and policy basis for implementing ICZM across the region, supporting both national processes and regional coherence under the Barcelona Convention framework.
