DECISION OF THE MEETING - Sixteenth 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; MAP/Civil society cooperation and partnership

Adopt the rights and responsibilities of MAP partners as described in the Code of Conduct for MAP partners as well as criteria and a procedure for admission as MAP Partners of the international, national and local civil society organisations/NGOs; Request the Secretariat to assess the current list of MAP partners on the basis of the newly adopted admission and partnership renewal criteria and procedure, to facilitate the implementation of the Code of Conduct of MAP partners and to provide assistance to the MAP partners from the developing Mediterranean countries in achieving the MAP and MSSD objectives.