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Working with UN and Regional Organisations

The laboratory supports regional monitoring networks, particularly in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Persian / Arabian Gulf areas. MESL assists countries and regions with designing monitoring programmes (PERSGA in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden), together with monitoring and assessment of marine pollution (ROPME in the Gulf and Gulf of Oman). Recent pollution assessments have been carried out in the Caspian Sea and in the United Arab Emirates. MESL works in partnership with several UN and regional organizations:

  1. FAO
    • Participation on the Coastal GTOS Panel
  2. PERSGA
    • Design of regional monitoring programme
    • Training course
  3. ROPME
    • Contaminants screening studies in the Gulf and Gulf of Oman
    • Training courses
  4. UNDP-GEF International Waters Projects
    • Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project
    • Caspian Environment Programme
  5. UNDP Iraq Unit
    • Survey of marine pollution associated with shipwrecks in the ports and waterways of Southern Iraq
    • Technical assistance to dredging operations
  6. UNEP
    • Review of UNEP regional Seas Programmes
  7. UNEP - MAP
    • Data quality assurance programme for MEDPOL
    • Training courses and capacity building
  8. UNESCO-IOC
    • Participation on the Coastal GOOS Panel