EU/UNDP Project: Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea - Selected Measures (EMBLAS-Plus)
						
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Description
The development and improvement of a monitoring network and national marine monitoring programs is a management target of high priority in the region. Coordination in policies and legislation among the Black Sea countries is also of common interest to the EUs partners as it influences their own ability to implement EU legislation and policies (the EU Water Framework Directive WFD; and EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive - MSFD).
The overall objective of the project is to help improve protection of the Black Sea environment. Besides further enhanced monitoring by 10 out of 11 descriptors of MSFD this objective will be pursued through further technical assistance focused on marine data collection and local small-scale actions targeted at public awareness raising and education.
The activities are dealing with national marine monitoring systems and tools for environmental data assessment, initial assessment of the Black Sea, development of relevant programmes for harmonized chemical and biological monitoring, national needs assessment for equipment and training, as well as organization of Joint Black Sea Survey (in conjunction with Joint Danube Surveys organized by ICPDR) and further development of web-based Black Sea Water quality database (blackseadb.org ).
The project also has a special component of marine litter (both monitoring as well as practical actions to reduce it) as well as other small-scale actions towards improvement of the state of the Black Sea. The project will continue a large public awareness campaign both about the problems and values of the Black Seas, promoting scientific results of the Black Sea surveys and supporting environmentally friendly choices in everyday life.
The combination of the policy work with the scientific field work and capacity building makes the EMBLAS project very unique. Active involvement of the national partners facilitates use of harmonized methodologies for monitoring and assessment in all three countries. The project brings the expertise also from the other EU Member States that helps to the countries, to become strong partners in international community and strengthen international cooperation in the environmental protection of the Black Sea.
National institutions responsible for marine monitoring in the beneficiary countries (Georgia, Russian Federation and Ukraine);
NGOs and CSOs
SDGS & Targets
            
            Goal 12
      
      
      
            Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
            
            12.1
      
      
      
            Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
            
            12.1.1
      
      
      
            Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
            
            12.2
      
      
      
            By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
            
            12.2.1
      
      
      
            Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
            
            12.2.2
      
      
      
            Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
            
            12.3
      
      
      
            By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
            
            12.3.1
      
      
      
            (a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index
            
            12.4
      
      
      
            By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
            
            12.4.1
      
      
      
            
            
            12.4.2
      
      
      
            (a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
            
            12.5
      
      
      
            By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
            
            12.5.1
      
      
      
            National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
            
            12.6
      
      
      
            Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
            
            12.6.1
      
      
      
            
            
            12.7
      
      
      
            Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
            
            12.7.1
      
      
      
            Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
            
            12.8
      
      
      
            By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
            
            12.8.1
      
      
      
            Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
            
            12.a
      
      
      
            Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
            
            12.a.1
      
      
      
            Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
            
            12.b
      
      
      
            Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
            
            12.b.1
      
      
      
            Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
            
            12.c
      
      
      
            Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
            
            12.c.1
      
      
      
            Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP
            
            Goal 14
      
      
      
            Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
            
            14.1
      
      
      
            By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
            
            14.1.1
      
      
      
            (a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density
            
            14.2
      
      
      
            By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
            
            14.2.1
      
      
      
            Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas
            
            14.3
      
      
      
            Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
            
            14.3.1
      
      
      
            
            
            14.4
      
      
      
            By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
            
            14.4.1
      
      
      
            
            
            14.5
      
      
      
            By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
            
            14.5.1
      
      
      
            
            
            14.6
      
      
      
            By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation
            
            14.6.1
      
      
      
            Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
            
            14.7
      
      
      
            By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
            
            14.7.1
      
      
      
            Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
            
            14.a
      
      
      
            Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
            
            14.a.1
      
      
      
            
            
            14.b
      
      
      
            Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
            
            14.b.1
      
      
      
            Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries
            
            14.c
      
      
      
            Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"
            
            14.c.1
      
      
      
            Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
SDG 14 targets covered
| Name | Description | 
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| 14.1 | By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution | 
| 14.2 | By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans | 
| 14.a | Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries | 
Deliverables & Timeline
Resources mobilized
Partnership Progress
| Title | Progress Status | Submitted | 
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| Partnership Progress 2019-03-14 | On track | |
| Partnership Progress 2019-03-14 | On track | |
| Partnership Progress 2018-01-02 | On track | 
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Contact Information
Vladimir Mamaev, UNDP/GEF Regional Team Leader and Regional Technical Advisor Water & Ocean Governance Programme