PERSGA Regional Coordinator of Biodiversity &
MPAs Program (Component 1 Coordinator of the SEM Project) participated in the
2nd steering committee of the Global Coral Reef Partnership which was held in
the 31st October 2016 at
The 2nd Steering Committee meeting was primarily focused on the UNEA-2
resolution on sustainable coral reefs management, the Regional Seas Strategic
Directions 2017-2020 and SDGs adopted at the 17th Global Meeting of the
Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans in Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22 October
2015; and the Paris Agreement and discussed and further defined how the
partnership will implement relevant aspects of these. A workplan for 2017was
also discussed and agreed. Also the partnership discussed the application of
wastewater in community monitoring & training. PERSGA delegate presenting PERSGA has
achieved two training manuals from PERSGA-UNEP wastewater project entitled:
“the Regional Guidelines on Wastewater Management in Coastal Cities of the Red
Sea and
The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden