MEDPOL
The
Programme for the Assessment and Control of Pollution in the Mediterranean
region (MED POL) was initiated in 1975 as the environmental assessment
component of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) and is now in Phase III.
Its task is to assist Mediterranean countries in the implementation of
pollution-assessment programmes (marine pollution trend monitoring, compliance
monitoring and biological effects monitoring). In parallel, MED POL provides
assistance in the formulation and implementation of pollution-control,
regional and national action plans addressing pollution from land-based
sources and activities. It also formulates and carries out capacity building
programmes related to the analysis of contaminants and treatment of data
and to technical and management training. MED POL-collected data and information
directly contribute to the implementation of the LBS and Dumping Protocols.
The countries which signed the Barcelona Convention are: Albania, Algeria,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel,
Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria,
Tunisia, Turkey and the European Union.