For a cleaner Mediterranean by the year 2020This initiative is funded by the European Commission through DG EuropeAid.
For a cleaner Mediterranean by the year 2020For a cleaner Mediterranean by the year 2020The UfM Environment Task Force that met in Jordan in January 2018 launched the preparations for the formulation of the UfM’s post-2020 environment agenda. The agreed conclusions were further discussed at the 2nd UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change that took place in Barcelona on 12-13 November 2018.
The close cooperation between the European Environmental Agency (EEA) and UN Environment/Mediterranean Action Plan (UN Environment/MAP) on making a common Environmental information system a reality in the Mediterranean region continues.
MeHSIP II has contributed in reducing the most significant sources of pollution in the Mediterranean by providing direct technical advice and support to promoters for the preparation of investment projects in the water and environmental sectors of the Southern Neighbourhood.
The milestone year for the Initiative is fast approaching and its three components, since the 9th meeting of the Steering Group of the Initiative that took place on 29 January 2018 at the Dead Sea, Jordan (read more here) are in the process of consolidating and wrapping up their work programmes in view of the remaining last two years of the Initiative's Work Plan.
Bringing science and policy in tune and bridging the gap between the scientific community and society at large is very important for efficiency and effectiveness. The H2020 Initiative is committed to develop mechanisms to improve the science–policy/practice interface.
The 2017 Mediterranean Quality Status Report is now publicly available here and at the UN Environment/MAP web page here.
More than 100 capacity building and technical assistance activities will have been completed between February 2016 and April 2019 under the SWIM-H2020 Support Mechanism either regionally, sub-regionally or nationally in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.
The 9th meeting of the Steering Group of the Horizon2020 Initiative for a Cleaner Mediterranean took place on 29 January 2018 at the Dead Sea, Jordan, back-to-back with the 1st Meeting of the UfM Environment Task Force (30 January 2018) and the 2nd Steering Committee meeting of the EU-funded SWIM-H2020 Support Mechanism.
