The MedPartnership - News Archive

News Archive

PCBs Sound Management Workshop in Turkey

27/01/2015

The workshop aimed at training experts on the notification process, with regard to importing and exporting PCBs from and/or to Turkey

The National Action Plans update process advancing in the Mediterranean

23/01/2015

The majority of the Barcelona Convention Contracting Parties have reported progress in updating their National Action Plans.

National Training Workshop for Environmental Inspectorate and Marine Monitoring in Rabat, Morocco

16/01/2015

In addition to developing the technical capacities of the participants in environmental inspectorate by using up-to-date pollution control and monitoring tools, the 2-day workshop aimed at enhancing cooperation among inspectorate and marine pollution monitoring bodies at national and regional levels.

Training Workshop for Environmental Inspectorate and Marine Monitoring in Alexandria, Egypt.

16/01/2015

The 3-day workshop aimed at developing technical capacities of the environmental inspectorate in using up-to-date pollution control and monitoring tools, and enhancing cooperation among inspectorate and marine pollution monitoring bodies at national and regional levels.

Meeting of the advisory panel to the regional climate change adaptation framework in Athens, Greece

19/12/2014

UNEP/MAP, through the MedPartnership sister project on climate variability and change, has undertaken the development of the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Zones, which will be presented for adoption in its final form in the next Conference of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention.

Monitoring Mediterranean Lesser Crested Terns : Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus

02/12/2014

This practical guide attempted to gather recent experiences carried out under RAC-SPA umbrella and collaboration with the Environmental General Authority (EGA) in Libya and to produce available material for further sharing, which may ensure a correct continuation of activities in the future.

Regional workshop in Greece, to promote the use of updated modeling tools and inspection methods

28/11/2014

The regional capacity building workshop for effective monitoring, compliance/ inspection implementation and enforcement of environmental legislation organized by MED POL

Monitoring climate variability and change in Mediterranean coastal zones

27/11/2014

Regional workshop for identifying a core set of indicators to monitor climate variability and change in Mediterranean marine and coastal zones.

MedPartnership Coordination Group meeting held in Barcelona

12/11/2014

Coming to an end in December 2015, the project has implemented almost 80% of its foreseen activities.Participants to the meeting took also time to brainstorm on the future project’s activities. Meanwhile, the GEF 6 new strategy was presented to set a frame for the future project.

Key national institutions around the Mediterranean trained in spatial data infrastructure and coastal morphodynamics

15/10/2014

The training aimed at teaching how to configure, use and deploy a set of open source software to set up a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and also focused on calculating beach erosion in the face of increasing climate pressures.