In Collaboration between the Regional Organization
for the Conservation of Environment of the Red Sea and
In addition to serving the objectives of the SEM
Project implemented in collaboration between PERSGA and the World Bank and
funded by GEF, Component 3 in particular, this workshop fulfils the objectives
of the Project Wastewater Management in Coastal Cities on the Red Sea and Gulf
of Aden, which is implemented by PERSGA in collaboration with the United
Nations Environment Program UNEP. The main objective of this workshop was to
discuss the guidelines prepared by PERSGA in Arabic, English and French
languages to monitor the indicators of wastewater impact on coral reef, which
focus on the involvement of different stakeholders in monitoring activities to
raise environmental awareness, and to promote their active participation in the
protection of coastal and marine resources, which comprise the main source of
livelihood for coastal communities.
The Manual contains five modules demonstrating a
scientific model that can be applied in monitoring impacts of a stressor
“wastewater discharge” on a recipient “coral reef” the coastal and marine
environment. The first module demonstrates basic terms, while the second and
third modules discuss monitoring causes and effects, the fourth module
addresses information management and the fifth module discusses the use of
information in making decision. The Guidelines complement PERSGA work on
promoting management applying Ecosystem-based principles. It is hoped that
through the SEM Project and these guidelines that harmonized national
monitoring programs could be achieved to feed in a regional program aiming at
providing the necessary information for stakeholders and policy makers involved
in marine and coastal resource management and promote employing the scientific
approach as a basis in planning and developing relevant strategies.
The workshop activities were coordinated by the SEM
Project National Coordinator Mr. Aden Hassan Elmi, adviser to the Minister of
environment. The workshop was facilitated by a national expert, Dr. Musa Mahdi
of the National Research Institute in Djibouti CERD. Thus the workshop helped
in paving the way for conducting monitoring activities in
The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden