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Environmental Governance Regimes

MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Mediterranean countries agree on measures to address the risk of alien species invasions via ships’ ballast water and sediments

July 24, 2010

The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre’s (REMPEC) meeting was held in Istanbul from 1 to 3  June 2010 and was attended by representatives from eighteen Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, EU, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Italy, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey). The participants agreed on eight strategic priorities to efficiently address the risk of ships’ ballast water and invasive species in the Mediterranean and on measures to put into effect these strategic priorities at national, sub-regional and regional level. The Meeting was also attended by observers from the Mediterranean Network for Operational Oceanography Network (MOON), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI).

In addition, countries supported a proposal regarding voluntary interim arrangements on ship’s ballast water exchange in the Mediterranean, as indicated by the International Convention for the Control and management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004.

The delegations, also, unanimously decided that a notification of these voluntary interim arrangements will be sent to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) prior to the forthcoming Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention, which is scheduled for November 2011. The countries representatives therefore requested REMPEC to facilitate this matter by officially liaising with the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention.


Source: Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC)
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http://www.rempec.org/news.asp?pgeVisit=Latest

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MEPIELAN Centre is an international research, training and educational centre established by Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos at the Panteion University of Athens in 2008.

Before its establishment as a University Centre, MEPIELAN operated as a successful international research, training and informational programme (2002-2007) under the scientific direction of Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos and the aegis of the Panteion University of Athens, supported by the Mediterranean Action Plan/UNEP and the Greek Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.

MEPIELAN Centre is an accredited UNEP/MAP PARTNER (since 2013), a Member of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) (since 2016), and a Member of the Steering Committee of the MCSD (since 2019).

On 22 May 2022, MEPIELAN Centre proceeded to the development of MEPIELAN as a Non- Profit Civil Organization (INGO) for the more effective and efficient advancement of its Goals and Missions and furtherance of its activities. MEPIELAN Centre as a Non- Profit Civil Organization (INGO) is registered in Greek Law (Hellenic Business Registry, Reg. No. 16477300100) in accordance with Laws 4072/2012 & 4919/2022 as applicable

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