Rapport de l'atelier de lancement "Mise en oeuvre de l'approche écosystémique en Méditerranée : renforcement de l'interface entre science et politique"

The workshop “Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach in the Mediterranean: strengthening the science-policy interface” took place on December 15-16th, 2015 in Plan Bleu’s premises in Sophia Antipolis, France. The workshop united 44 participants from the South, East and North of the Mediterranean representing Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention, scientific and research institutions and projects, NGO’s and UNEP-MAP components.

This workshop was organized in the framework of EcAp, a specific process under the UNEP/MAP whereby the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention have committed to implement the ecosystem approach in the Mediterranean with the ultimate objective of achieving the good environmental status (GES) of the Mediterranean Sea and Coasts. Specifically, it was the inception event of the Output 3 “Strengthening the science-policy interface” of a 2015-2018 project (EcAp Med II) aiming to support UNEP/MAP Barcelona Convention and its Southern Mediterranean Contracting Parties to implement EcAp in coherence with the implementation of the European Union (EU) Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The Output 3 work plan is mostly based on the organization of workshops during the project life.