Deadline for submission: 12 October 2022.

UNEP/MAP-SPA/RAC re-launches a call for consultancy for the evaluation and updating of the Mediterranean Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine and Coastal Bird Species listed in Annex II of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean.

The objectives of the consultancy are to:

• Prepare an assessment report on the implementation the Action Plan for the conservation of bird species listed in Annex II of the SPA/BD Protocol in the Mediterranean, that will be presented as information document to the 16th SPA/BD thematic Focal Points meeting (scheduled for May 2023).
• Propose a draft updating of the Action Plan for the conservation of bird species listed in Annex II of the SPA/BD Protocol in the Mediterranean that will be presented and reviewed by the 16th SPA/BD thematic Focal Points meeting (scheduled for May 2023) in view to be submitted to the governing bodies of the Barcelona Convention (MAP Focal Points meeting and CoP23) for adoption.

The updating should consider the MAP/Barcelona Convention ecological objectives and associated Good Environmental Status and targets, the post-2020 SAPBIO as well as the Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme of the Mediterranean Sea and Coast (IMAP) and Related Assessment Criteria.

Download the terms of reference.