Name Lead organization/Partners Activity Activity Start date Activity End date Scope of Activity
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nairobi Convention Secretariat Leadership training on the environmental management of the coastal and marine environment 2017 2018 Kenya, Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Nairobi Convention Secretariat/ United Nations Environment/ Government of Norway’s Oil for Development Programme Regional Workshop on Managing Environmental Emergencies in the Oil and Gas industry in the Western Indian Ocean 2017 2017 Contracting Parties to the Convention include Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and the Republic of South Africa.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Blue Climate Solutions/ Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)/ International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) / Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Regional training on Area Based Planning tools in the Western Indian Ocean region 2017 2017 Contracting Parties to the Convention include Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and the Republic of South Africa.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations (UN), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Fiscal Analysis of Resource Industries (FARI), Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), Resource Specialist Program (RSP) (Regional Organization for the P World Ocean Assessment - Western Indian Ocean Regional Capacity Building Workshop 2017 2017 Contracting Parties to the Convention include Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and the Republic of South Africa.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cartagena Convention Secretariat, FAO, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechainism (CRFM), Central America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA) Under the GEF Funded UNDP Catalysing implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the sustainable management of shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME+ region), a State of Marine Ecosystems and Associated Livelihhods and Economies will be developed - SOMEE. 2017 2019 Regional - Wider Caribbean Region. This report will include specific State of Pollution, State of Habitat and State of Fisheries Reports by partner agencies in the Wider Caribbean Region. The Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention is responsible for developing the State of Pollution (SOCAR) and the State of the Marine Habitats Reports while the FAO and other refional fisheries bodies will prepare the State of Fisheries Report.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cartagena Convention Secretariat, Caribbean Public Health Agency, Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (IOCARIBF), Cari Under the GEF -funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystem Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States, one of the regional components is strengthening of the Sustainable Land Management, Integrated Water Resource Management (and Water Use Efficiency) and ecosystems Monitoring, and Indicators framework 2017 2021 Sub-Regional Caribbean SIDS. The primary outcome will be strengthened national and regional systems for monitoring of environmental status with respect to key international agreements.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) UNEP/MAP in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean and the European Environment Agency Regional/Mediterranean cooperation activities promoting dialogue and active engagement of global and regional organizations and partners, including on the Strategic Action Plan on Biodiversity, Marine Litter, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Marine Spatial Planning and Climate Change 2018 2019 Co-organize with the Co-Chairs the Union for the Mediterannean H2020 Review and Monitoring and Capacity Building Sub Groups annual meetings.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) - GPA ML Project Educational programmes, including e-learning platforms and college level degrees, on governance and thematic topics of MAP relevance organized in cooperation with competent institutions 2018 2019 Establish/extend educational activities and promote educational programmes, with the aim to promote education on sustainable development
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) - EcAp MED Project Training programmes and workshops in areas such as pollution monitoring, pollutant inventories, policy implementation, common technical guidelines, authorization and inspections bodies, compliance with national legislation 2018 2019 Undertake training to support countries in the implementation of Integrated Monitoring Assessment Programme (IMAP) with a particular focus on scale of assessment, offshore monitoring, integration of indicators towards GES and joint monitoring.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) + partners (external resources) Capacity-building programmes related to the development and management of marine and coastal protected areas, to the conservation and monitoring of endangered and threatened coastal and marine species and key habitats, and to monitoring issues dealing with climate change and biodiversity developed and implemented, including pilots to support efforts aimed at MPA/SPAMI establishment and implementation. 2018 2019 1. Organize specific training courses, workshops, symposia related to the conservation and monitoring of threatened and endangered Mediterranean coastal and marine species, key habitats and non-indigenous species, 2. Organise training of practitioners to follow observatories of the Mediterranean related to biodiversity and human activities and related impacts in marine and coastal areas, 3. Strengthen and enhance capacity building activities on the conservation of Mediterranean marine biodiversity
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) MedOpen Training Programme on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) regularly updated and implemented, in coordination with the relevant National Focal Points (NFPs). 2018 2019 Organise advanced training courses on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) UN Environment, Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) The Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project ‘Implementing the Strategic Action Programme for the South China Sea' encompasses significant activities towards review of critical coastal habitat status and trends, as well as land-based sources of pollution 2017 2022 Regional (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) UN Environment, International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) Ongoing Ongoing Global, regional
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Led by Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) in cooperation with Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) Regional Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Training for Trainers Workshop 2017 2017 China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Abidjan Convention and GRID Arendal Training of Trainers 2017 2019 Abidjan Convention countries