The harmful substances and hazardous objective Resource efficiency Promoting regional and multi-country cooperation to UNEP approval date: 11 August 2008 PoW Output(s): achieve global environmental benefits GEF project ID: 2600 Project Type: FSP OP 14 GEF OP #: Focal Area(s): International Waters, POPs SP 1, SP GEF 4 IW 2: catalyze transboundary action addressing “To water concerns” 1. To foster international multi‐state cooperation on GEF Strategic GEF approval date: 9 April 2008 Priority/Objective: Priority transboundary water concerns. 2. To catalyze transboundary action addressing concerns. SP1 SP3 Expected Start Date: September 2008 Actual start date: August 2009 Planned completion August 2013 Actual completion date: December 2015 date: Planned project expenditures $ 49,447,200 46,493,766 budget at approval: reported as of [date]: GEF grant expenditures GEF Allocation: $ 11,891,000 reported as of 31 $ 11,559,010 december 2015: PDF GEF cost: $ 700,000 PDF co-financing: US$ 1,258,500 Expected MSP/FSP Secured MSP/FSP $ 35,597,700 $ 34,934,756 co-financing: Disbursement: N/A Date of financial closure: N/A No. of revisions: 2 Date of last revision: Date of last Steering 17-20 February 2014 Committee meeting: Mid-term review/ MedPartnership Project Mid-term review/ MedPartnership July 2013 evaluation (planned September 2012 evaluation (actual date): date): Terminal Evaluation Nov 2015- May 2016 (actual date): EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background The Global Environment Facility (GEF)-supported Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea ‘Strategic Large Marine Ecosystem Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the protection of – the environmental resources of the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas’ was implemented by UNEP and executed by UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) Coordinating Unit from August 2009- December 2015 (including two project extensions). Thirteen GEF eligible countries were the major project beneficiaries: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. The main purpose of the Regional
The harmful substances and hazardous objective Resource efficiency UNEP approval date: 11 August 2008 PoW Output(s): Promoting regional and multi-country cooperation to achieve global environmental benefits GEF project ID: 2600 Project Type: FSP GEF OP #: OP 14 SP 1, SP Focal Area(s): International Waters, POPs GEF approval date: 9 April 2008 GEF Strategic Priority/Objective: GEF 4 IW 2: “To catalyze transboundary action addressing water concerns” 1. To foster international multi‐state cooperation on Priority transboundary water concerns. 2. To catalyze transboundary action addressing concerns. SP1 SP3 Expected Start Date: September 2008 Actual start date: August 2009 Planned completion date: August 2013 Actual completion date: December 2015 Planned project budget at approval: $ 49,447,200 expenditures reported as of [date]: 46,493,766 GEF Allocation: $ 11,891,000 GEF grant expenditures reported as of 31 december 2015: $ 11,559,010 PDF GEF cost: $ 700,000 PDF co-financing: US$ 1,258,500 Expected MSP/FSP co-financing: $ 35,597,700 Secured MSP/FSP $ 34,934,756 Disbursement: N/A Date of financial closure: N/A No. of revisions: 2 Date of last revision: Date of last Steering Committee meeting: 17-20 February 2014 Mid-term review/ evaluation (planned date): MedPartnership Project September 2012 Mid-term review/ evaluation (actual date): MedPartnership July 2013 Terminal Evaluation (actual date): Nov 2015- May 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background The Global Environment Facility (GEF)-supported ‘Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem – Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the protection of the environmental resources of the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas’ was implemented by UNEP and executed by UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) Coordinating Unit from August 2009- December 2015 (including two project extensions). Thirteen GEF eligible countries were the major project beneficiaries: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. The main purpose of the Regional