UN environment /MAP - regional meeting on IMAP Implementation: best practice, gaps and common challenges
In accordance with the UNEP/MAP Programme of Work 2018-2019 adopted by the 20th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its protocols (Tirana, Albania, 17-21 December 2017) and in line with the objectives of the EU funded EcAp-MED II Project, the UN environment /MAP Secretariat organised a regional meeting on IMAP1 implementation, best practices, gaps and common challenges.
The main objectives of the Meeting were to:
i Review of the state of play of the IMAP implementation;
ii Exchange best practice on national implementation of IMAP and address identified challenges;
iii Discuss and provide guidance on the development of the IMAP compatible information and data sharing system;
iv Initiate a discussion on several cross cutting issues of regional importance for IMAP implementation.