DECISION OF THE MEETING - Eighteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols; Review of the Mediterranean Strategy on Sustainable Development (MSSD), proposed by the MCSD Steering Committee

Request MAP Secretariat to launch, supported by Plan Bleu, the process of the review of the MSSD with a view to submitting a revised MSSD COP19, on the basis of an annexed roadmap. The revised MSSD should have a long time-frame (10 years) with both forward-looking and action-oriented elements, be articulated with global, regional and MAP processes, be result-oriented, including the integration of MAP’s priority fields of action and relevant processes and integrating the strategic orientations of the SCP Action Plan and other relevant policies.