Med clean-up receives $250m boost

A Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem between the Mediterranean Action Plan of UNEP (UNEP/MAP) and the World Bank for the de-pollution of the Mediterranean Sea, has been endorsed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Over $250 million will be leveraged under the Strategic Partnership, over a five-year period, for reforms and investments for reducing pollution and reversing the degradation of the Mediterranean.

The countries eligible for funding under the Partnership include Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, all Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention. The Palestinian Authority also participates.

United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan for the Barcelona Convention http://www.unepmap.org/

United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan for the Barcelona Convention: Press Release, 21.4.08: Strategic Partnership UNEP/MAP – World Bank http://www.unepmap.org/index.php?module=news&action=detail&id=34

Website: Global Environment Facility http://www.gefweb.org/

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