👁️‍🗨️ Engaging exchanges and vibrant dialogues at PAP/RAC's Round Table on #ICZM during the GEF MedProgramme's Annual Stocktaking Meeting in #Montenegro !
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🟢 Working together for #sustainable coastal development 🌿
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#Act4Med

🌟 Excited to share updates from #Mediterranean Green Week!
Our Senior Programme Officer, Daria Povh Škugor, showcased impactful Climate Change Adaptation initiatives led by PAP/RAC, Plan Bleu and GWP-Med
under Global Environment Facility (GEF) MedProgramme's SCCF project 🌿
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The freshly published “Parliamentarian’s guide to protecting the Mediterranean Sea and coast” is the product of a collaboration between Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) #BarcelonaConvention and Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.
Download link: wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.… #Act4Med

Join us at the 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on the Ecology and Conservation of Marine and Coastal #Bird Species, set to take place in Djerba, Tunisia, from February 13 to 15, 2024🌊You can now register and submit your abstract through our website: act4med-marinebirds.org
#Act4Med

📢 Mark your calendar! Join us for a side event on 'The future of a long-lasting partnership in the Mediterranean for achieving global ocean targets.' #SaveTheDate #Act4Med #OurOcean #BarcelonaConvention

Today, we convened the 5th SAPBIO Advisory meeting. The primary focus was on the Post-2020 SAPBIO Mid-term Assessment, covering its timeline and the proposed draft approach. We are grateful to all participants for their valuable and constructive discussions and inputs. #Act4Med

At #COP23Med , experts working with Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Plan Bleu and @Med_ECC spoke to Earth Negotiations Bulletin about the importance of science as a foundation for sound decision-making.

#Act4Med #BarcelonaConvention

🔖 From POLICY to ACTION ➡️ linking the #ICZM Protocol and Conceptual Framework for #MSP with Community of Practice and Working Group 🤝
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This key message was shared by PAP/RAC's Programme Officer, Marina Marković, during #Mediterranean Green Week 🟢
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🔴Soon at #INC2 📍Room 4⃣

↪️Side-event 'Enabling change at local, national & regional levels'

📜The Plan of Action for a Model #Mediterranean Sea #PAMEx presents its position for a global #PlasticsTreaty ❗️

👉tinyurl.com/58vnda9u

#BeatPlasticPollution #Act4Med

Rejoignez-nous au 3ème Symposium méditerranéen sur l'écologie et la conservation des espèces d' #oiseaux marins et côtiers, prévu à Djerba, en Tunisie, du 13 au 15 février 2024 🌊Pour vous inscrire et soumettre votre résumé :
act4med-marinebirds.org

👥Today ! #PAMEx is at #SAPBIO donors' conference. Its actions sustain all 3 #SAPBIO goals for the #GBF implementation in the Med :

♾ an effective network of MCPAs & OECMs
⛴️mainstreaming of #biodiversity across sectors
💪capacity building & resource mobilization

#Act4Med

In the midst of an unprecedented #marine 🪸 🔥 & #terrestrial 🌡️🥵heatwave in the #Mediterranean

the 2⃣nd Steering Committee of #PAMEx convenes online 🖥️ tomorrow to set up priority actions⏭️for #climate & #biodiversity 🌍🆘

👉tinyurl.com/mtupt8xc

#Act4Med

🌊At Our Ocean Greece in Athens today, we announced our commitment to contribute to achieving 15% protection through MCPAs and 2% No-Take-Zones coverage by 2026, aligning with the Post-2020 MCPA & OECM Strategy for the Mediterranean and the 30x30 target. #OceanProtection #Act4Med

🔊Live from the Our Ocean Greece conference in Athens, where PAP/RAC is participating in a side event to discuss long-lasting partnerships in the #Mediterranean to achieve global ocean targets 🌊🎯
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#Act4Med #BarcelonaConvention
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👀Look back at last week #Bonifacio 's mtgs outcome to scale up #wastewater re-use in the #Mediterranean 💦🔄

⏩a #PAMEx action bringing into force the #BarcelonaConvention Regional Plan on #Urban Wastewater Treatment⚙️

👉Check the Declaration : reuse-bonifacio.fr

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Today marks the start of the celebration of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance! Over the next four weeks, we'll be discussing effective #SPAMI management and marine conservation. Stay tuned! #SPAMI day2024 #Act4Med

🙌 A busy week for PAP/RAC! 🌍
Kicking off today - our workshop on #NBS guidelines in Rome, Italy.
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Let's pave the way for a #greener future. 🌿
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#Act4Med

The 20th Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development #MCSD2023 #BarcelonaConvention acknowledged progress and the need for #Act4Med partnerships to place the #Mediterranean on a path to sustainability and resilience: 🔗bit.ly/mcsd-2023-PR

📷: INFO/RAC

📌 This week MedWaves attended the 2nd Annual MedProgramme Stocktaking Meeting in Podgorica 🇲🇪 (April 22-24).

🗣 Our colleague Jordi Moles, Project Manager - Policy Area, led a roundtable discussion ‘Invisible Threat: New POPs in Water’ between water and POPs.

#Act4Med

'The #Mediterranean Sea covers ≥ 1⃣% of the world’s #oceans but holds up to 5⃣5⃣% of floating ocean plastic particles🌊.'

Petros Varelidis🇬🇷 Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας for #PAMEx at the opening #INC2 side event

#EndPlasticPollution #Act4Med