SIDE EVENTS

THEME 1: Responding to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, pollution and waste

Tuesday, 5 December 2023, room: EMERALD 1

Time slot Title of side event Headlines Organizers

SIDE EVENT 1: 13:00 - 15:00 Navigating Change: 1. Navigating Change: Progress and Prospects in 1. Mediterranean Information
Progress and the Mediterranean's Plastic Pollution Battle Office for Environment, Culture
Pollution, including prospects in the and Sustainable Development
marine litter. Mediterranean's (MIO-ECSDE )
- Part one Plastic Pollution 2. Marine litter: From pollution to solution 2. Association of continuity of
Battle generations
3. Tackling marine plastic pollution in the 3. Arab network for
Mediterranean: Collaborative solutions for a environment development
sustainable future (RAED)
4. Ghost Net & marine debris removal initiative 4. EnerGeo Alliance

Concluding remarks by the Secretariat.

SIDE EVENT 1: 18:00 - 19:30 Navigating Change: 1. Ways to enhance plastic treaty negotiations and 1. Youth love Egypt Foundation
Progress and circular economy, Success stories from YLE
Pollution, including prospects in the
marine litter. Mediterranean's 2. Plastic second life: Towards a circular economy
2. The Mohammed VI
- Part two Plastic Pollution for the sustainable management of plastic waste in
Foundation for Environmental
Battle Mediterranean beach and Ocean ecosystems
Protection
3. Ocean noise pollution and reduction of the
3. ACCOBAMS
environmental footprint of shipping (cetaceans)

Tuesday, 5 December, room: MEDITERANEA

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SIDE EVENT 2: 13:00 - 14:00 Towards a better Des indicateurs juridiques pour mieux appliquer la Centre International de Droit
implementation of convention de Barcelone et ses protocoles / Comparé de l’Environnement
Legal aspects Barcelona (CIDCE), membre of the MCDS
Legal indicators for a better implementation of
Convention and
Barcelona Convention and Protocols
protocols

Best practices of 14:00 - 15:00 Best practice of Transboundary collaboration from source-to-sea: Black Sea Commission’s
cooperation cooperation Danube, Mediterranean and Black Sea Permanent Secretariat
Wednesday, 6 December, room: EMERALD 1

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SIDE EVENT 3: 13:00 - 15:00 Enhancing 1. Green transition in the Coasts of Türkiye: 1. General Directory of Spatial
Mediterranean Enhancing resilience trough integrated costal zone Planning of Türkiye
Climate change resilience to climate management and planning
change 2. Plan Bleu
2. Unpacking the potential of Ecosystem
3. Ministry of Environment,
Restoration in the Mediterranean to address Climate
Urbanization and Climate
change and Biodiversity loss.
Change Türkiye
3. National marine monitoring programme
4. Ministry of Environment,
4. Reuse of treated Wastewater Urbanization and Climate
Change Türkiye
SIDE EVENT 4: 18:00 -19:30 Promoting Nature- 1. Restorations: Key NbS towards the Green 1. ICUN
based Solutions and Transition in the Mediterranean Sea
Climate change the Mediterranean
2. Promoting nature-based solutions in the
forest map 2. Tour du Valt
Mediterranean marine and costal ecosystem to
innovations
combat climate change and other social challenges
3. A Mediterranean forest map: innovation and 3. European Topic Centre for
cooperation for improved forest action and Spatial Analysis and Synthesis
informed decision prioritization to face climate (ETC-UMA)
challenges
4. United Nations Environment
4. Mediterranean forests initiative Programme
Wednesday, 6 December, room: MEDITERANEA

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SIDE EVENT 5: 13:00 - 15:00 Up-to-date tools to 1. Opportunities and challenges for MSP in the 1. Priority Actions Programme
promote a Mediterranean Regional Activity Centre
Blue economy sustainable Blue (PAP/RAC)
Economy 2. “ONLY ONE”: One Planet, One Ocean, One Health -
The Italian best practices for the sea protection 2. MAREVIVO ONLUS
3. Fostering sustainable Blue Tourism in the 3. Institut du development
Mediterranean: Regional Diagnosis, Policy durable et des relations
Pathways and Action plan internationals (IDDRI)
4. The governance of blue economy: The Italian 4. International Federation for
case sustainable development and
Fight against poverty (FISPMED
Onlus)
Thursday, 7 December, room: EMERALD 1

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SIDE EVENT 6: 13.00 - 15.00 Together to 1. The Mediterranean Poseidonia Network (RPN) 1. French biodiversity agency
contribute to GBF Roadmap 2030: blue carbon financing mechanism
Biodiversity and through the effective and concrete solutions around Mediterranean Sea
Marine Protected implementation of
Areas and 2. France: Ministry of
the SAP BIO 2. The PSSA in the north-western Mediterranean
- Part one ecological transition, DGALN,
Sea to protect cetaceans from international
shipping - Italy: Ministry of environment
and energy security
- Principality of Monaco,
-Spain: Ministry of ecological
transition and demographic
challenge
3. Ministry of Environment,
Urbanization and Climate
3. Studies of Marine protected areas of Türkiye
Change Türkiye
4. The new GBF and target 3Opportunities and
4. Center for Mediterranean
challenges for Mediterranean MPAs towards 30x30
Cooperation (IUCN)

Conclude remarks by the Secretariat.

SIDE EVENT 6: 18:00 - 18:45 Bilateral cooperation between Italian Ministry of UNEP/MAP and MASE
Environment and Energy Security and UNEP/MAP
Biodiversity and
Marine Protected 19:00 - 20:00 6. PAMEx and its Local Investment Finance Facility PAMEx and its Local
Areas (PLIFF) Investment Finance Facility
- Part two (PLIFF)

Thursday, 7 December, MEDİTERANEA

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SIDE EVENT 7: 13.00 - 14.30 30 x 30 biodiversity 1. Informing marine spatial planning for sharks, 1. WWF Mediterranean
target in the rays, and chimaeras in the Mediterranean and Black
Marine protected Mediterranean - time 2. Science and Research centre
Sea
areas and for action Koper, Mediterranean institute
Biodiversity 2. Enhancing ecological connectivity: Why and how? for environmental studies (ZRS
Adriatic Sea as a case point Koper)
3. What is role can play NGOs in MPA preservation 3. ACG association of
continuity of generations
4. The Dolphin centre: Empowering youth for marine
conservation 4. MORIGENOS - Slovenian
Marine Mammal Society

SIDE EVENT 1: 14.30 - 15.00 Navigating Change: Unite locally, act nationally: EcoPact implements Ministry of Environment –
Pollution, including Progress and national plans for a sustainable environment in Tunisia/ ECO PACT – Lake
marine litter. prospects in the Bizerte-Tunisia Bizerte Program
- Part three Mediterranean's
Plastic Pollution
Battle
THEME 2: Promoting the green transition in the Mediterranean.

Friday, 8 December, room: EMERALD 1

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SIDE EVENT 8: 9:00 - 11:30 Youth perception Education and youth: The process and actors to MIO-ECSDE, Slovenia
secure a sustainable future for the Mediterranean
Education and
region.
youth
ITALY

11:30 - 12:30 Young people’s perspective on MED PLUS 50 Blan Bleau

Civil society’s 12:30 -14:00 Civil Society Organizations Side event at Barcelona Ministry of Foreign and
contribution Convention European Affairs of Slovenia

SIDE EVENT 9: 14:00 - 15:00 Water-Energy-Food- 1. The importance of geoscience data and the 1. EnerGeo Alliance
Ecosystems energy evolution
Blue economy
2. The water-energy link within the WEFE Nexus 2. AVITEM
3. Advancing the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems
3. Global Water Partnership
(WEFE) Nexus: towards a strategic framework
Mediterranean (GWP-Med)
document in the Mediterranean source to sea
continuum
SIDE EVENT 10: 15:00 - 16:00 Regional projects Regional projects as enablers of a region-wide UNEP/MAP
Green transition green transition towards a healthier Mediterranean
towards a healthier in the framework of the Barcelona Convention
Mediterranean