ivica trumbic unep/map priority actions programme regional activity centre (pap/rac)
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Ivica Trumbic UNEP/MAP Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC). PROMOTING AWARENESS AND ENABLING A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH FOCUS ON INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT. Driving forces. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ivica TrumbicUNEP/MAP
Priority Actions ProgrammeRegional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC)
PROMOTING AWARENESS AND ENABLING A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH FOCUS ON INTEGRATED
COASTAL MANAGEMENT
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Driving forces• The Mediterranean area in general, and coastal zone in
particular, continues to be affected by the political economy and driven primarily towards investments providing short term profits, rather than tackling the underlying policy and institutional causes, which could secure the long term sustainability of the Mediterranean region.
• The governance system is mainly based on the “top-down approach”, and characterized by a moderate role of civil society, as well as a lack of disclosure and dissemination of information.
• The integration of environmental issues in development policies is weak.
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
• The concern about the degradation of coastal areas brought the EU to carry out the ICZM Demonstration Program in its member states, adopt the Recommendation on ICZM and implement a number of other ICZM activities both at EU level and in individual member states.
• While critical environment and development and ICZM issues are well known and documented by previous work of many organizations, the initiation, implementation and long-term sustainability of SMAP III interventions will critically depend on the enabling conditions at national level, which are far from established in many beneficiary countries.
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Project Proposal was submitted jointly by MAP/PAP, MAP/Blue Plan and World Bank/METAP
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Duration
The project had a duration of two and a half years after commencement in the end of 2006
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Overall objective
To improve the enabling environment in beneficiary countries to ensure the proper allocation of resources and sustainable implementation of the SMAP III
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Specific objectives• improve the advocacy and awareness in policy making at national level;
• ensure that technical assistance offered by SMAP III will be considered by decision makers;
• initiate the momentum for policy reform to ensure the long term sustainability;
• strengthen the institutional and legal framework;
• strengthen the stakeholders' participatory capabilities for successful implementation of new policy initiatives;
• ensure that strategies and policies developed by SMAP III ICZM projects would be considered by decision makers;
• help identify priority investment needs for the protection, restoration and rehabilitation of coastal areas;
• encourage and support harmonized cooperative efforts at regional level for a
common policy framework for ICZM.
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Major components
• Promoting awareness and enabling a policy framework for integration of environment and development in selected DCM countries
• Promoting awareness and enabling a policy framework for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in selected DCM countries
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Promoting awareness and enabling a policy framework for integration of environment and
development in selected DCM countries- Blue Plan Focus
– Promotion, valorization and dissemination of the Mediterranean Environment and Development Report (RED);
– Policy and technical support for the integration of environment into key economic sectors; and
– Development of SMAP policies and the national and South-South Network with a strong policy focus.
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Promoting awareness and enabling a policy framework for Integrated Coastal Zone
Management in selected DCM countries – PAP/RAC Focus
• increase the awareness of policy makers of the new SMAP III ICZM program,
• to initiate the momentum for policy reform and for institution building for long term sustainability, and
• to ensure that strategies and policies developed by SMAP III projects would be considered by these decision makers for a sustainable use of their ICZM assets and resources.
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
PROMOTING AWARENESS RAISING AND ENABLING POLICY FRAMEWORK
RMSUSMAP III
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SMAP III PROJECTS
PAP BPMETAP
ICZM DEVELOPMENT/ENVIRONMENT INTEGRATION
ICZM Policy Briefs
PROJECTIMPL.
MANUAL
Thematic Policy Briefs
Regional/subregional Policy Briefs
National Policy Briefs
Int.con
.Nat. con.
NGOs
ICZM Marketing Strategy
National ICZM Workshops RED
Dissemination
ICZM Awareness Raising Strategy and Campaign
National Fora for Integrating E/D
Regional ICZM Policy Workshops
National Workshops
National ICZM Forum
Promoting ICZM Policy Implementation
Capacity Building on COED and SEA
Linking Policy to Investment Needs
RAISED AWARENESS
IMPROVEDCOASTAL
ENVIRONMENT
SMAP III Regional Seminar/Achievements and perspectives for the future/Marseille, 29-30 June 2009
Risks
• Lack of sufficient political support at national level for reforms in environmental policy - High;
• Lack of budget allocation for policy reforms – High;
• Limited human capacities for integration of environment and development – Medium;
• Limited participation from local authorities and non-governmental entities - Low