2021.03.19. UfM Secretary General Meets with President of Plan Bleu
19th March 2021 – The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, and the President of Plan Bleu, Thierry Lavoux, virtually met today to officialize the signature of the 2nd phase of their Cooperation Agreement towards a sustainable development in the Mediterranean basin. As part of the agreement, both parties will jointly support and promote the efforts of the scientific network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and environmental Change (MedECC). This new Cooperation Agreement guarantees the continuity and future of the MedECC Secretariat, hosted under the hospice of Plan Bleu.
The Secretary General stated that, as part of the Cooperation Agreement with UNEP MAP, Plan Bleu, and in close and regular coordination with the UfM Climate Change Expert Group (UfM CCEG), the UfM is committed to further support the MedECC Secretariat. For its part, the UfM Secretariat assures the continuous financial support to the MedECC Secretariat through the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
Apart from the communication on First Climate Mediterranean Assessment Repor (MAR1)´s results, the main objective of this second phase is to produce from 3 to 4 thematic reports over the period 2021-2023, which will serve as references for the UfM’s activities in the realm of mitigation and adaptation measures.
These thematic reports will also be produced with two complete reports, in the perspective of the possible publication of MAR2 around 2025 -2026.
