Emilia Battaglini, World Bank Presentation on the new GEF SP given at the 6th Regional Nutrient Reduction Conference in the Black Sea - Danube Basin in Ankara, Turkey.

1. The GEF Strategic Partnership for the
Mediterranean LME
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Regional Conference on Integrated
Nutrient Reduction in the
Danube/Black Sea
Ankara, October 22-24, 2007

2. The GEF Mediterranean
Partnership
UNEP-MAP
World Bank
UNESCO
UNIDO
FAO
WWF
GWP
EU
Italy
France
Greece
Spain
Malta
Cyprus
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt
Gaza
Lebanon
Syria
Turkey
Albania
Croatia
Montenegro
Bosnia
Slovenia
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3. where is the action needed?

4. International Waters
•SAP MED Implementation
•Coastal Aquifers TDA and
pilot demos
•Adoption of IWRM in basins
draining to the Mediterranean
•Implementation of ICM
Protocol
•Protection of fisheries
Persistent
Organic
Pollutants
•SAP MED
Implementation
•Disposal of obsolete
stockpiles
Biodiversity
•SAP BIO Implementation
•Protection of fisheries
•Protection of habitats and sensitive
areas
The GEF Strategic Partnership
for the Mediterranean LME:
An Integrated Program

5. Strategic Partnership
Investment Fund
Investment projects,
demonstrations
Regional Project
Reforms,
capacity building
Replication mechanisms
Sub - Projects

6. Regional Component
Implementation of Regional Activities for the Protection of
the Environmental Resources of the Mediterranean and
its Coastal Areas (implemented by UNEP and partners )
• Integrated approaches for the implementation of the
SAPs and NAPs
• Pollution from Land-based Activities, including Persistent
Organic Pollutants: implementation of SAP-MED and
related Naps Component
• Implementation of SAPBIO and related NAPs
• Coordination, Communication and Replication

7. The Investment Fund
alexandria$60-70m from IW
$3m+ from B
POPs ? LD ?
IF to provide grant co-
financing for projects
that address
transboundary pollution
and marine and coastal
degradation in hot spots
of the Mediterranean
basin that have been
identified in the SAP
MED and SAP BIO

8. Types of Projects eligible under
the Investment Fund
•domestic and industrial
wastewater treatment
•wetland restoration/construction
•management of watershed and
aquifers for habitat conservation
and pollution reduction
•protection of endangered natural
habitats
•integrated coastal zone
management. xios

9. World
Bank
UNEP MAP
FAO
UNESCO
UNIDO
ICS UNIDO
WWF
GWP
METAP
Sub-projects
National
execution
Steering
Committee
Executing Agencies
split
tartousInvestment fund
Regional project

10. Demonstration
Investment
Sub-Project
Investment Fund Regional Project
Definition of national
replication context
Definition of regional
replication context, and
of overall stress
reduction potential
Definition and
implementation of
replication strategy at
regional level
Annual
Replication
Workshop
Websites,
IW LEARN
Replication Mechanisms
implementation of
replication strategy at
national level