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BARSELONA SÖZLEŞMESİ THE BARCELONA CONVENTION

plans, programmes and projects that are li- Article 31 - to prepare and implement their national 2. The functions of the meetings of the Par-
kely to have a significant adverse effect on strategies for integrated coastal zone mana- ties to this Protocol shall be:
the coastal zones of other Parties, cooperate REPORTS gement pursuant to Article 18; (a) to keep under review the implementation
by means of notification, exchange of infor- The Parties shall submit to the ordinary Me- - to cooperate in training activities and in of this Protocol;
mation and consultation in assessing the en- etings of the Contracting Parties, reports on scientific and technical research programmes
vironmental impacts of such plans, program- the implementation of this Protocol, in such pursuant to Article 25; (b) to ensure that this Protocol is implemen-
mes and projects, taking into account Article form and at such intervals as these Meetin- ted in coordination and synergy with the ot-
19 of this Protocol and Article 4, paragraph 3 gs may determine, including the measures - to coordinate, when appropriate, the ma- her Protocols;
(d) of the Convention. taken, their effectiveness and the problems nagement of transboundary coastal zones (c) to oversee the work of the Organization
2. To this end, the Parties undertake to co- encountered in their implementation. pursuant to Article 28; and of the Centre relating to the implemen-
operate in the formulation and adoption of (e) to organize the meetings of the Focal Po- tation of this Protocol and providing policy
appropriate guidelines for the determination Article 32 ints pursuant to Article 30; guidance for their activities;
of procedures for notification, exchange of INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION (f) to carry out any other function assigned to (d) to consider the efficiency of the measures
information and consultation at all stages of it by the Parties. adopted for integrated coastal zone mana-
the process. 1. The Organization shall be responsible for gement and the need for other measures, in
coordinating the implementation of this Pro- 2. For the purposes of implementing this Pro-
3. The Parties may, where appropriate, enter tocol. For this purpose, it shall receive the tocol, the Parties, the Organization and the particular in the form of annexes or amend-
into bilateral or multilateral agreements for support of the Centre, to which it may ent- Centre may jointly establish cooperation with ments to this Protocol;
the effective implementation of this Article. rust the following functions: non-governmental organizations the activi- (e) to make recommendations to the Parties

PART VI (a) to assist the Parties to define a common ties of which are related to the Protocol. on the measures to be adopted for the imple-
regional framework for integrated coastal mentation of this Protocol;
INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS zone management in the Mediterranean pur- Article 33 (f) to examine the proposals made by the Me-
suant to Article 17; MEETINGS OF THE PARTIES etings of Focal Points pursuant to Article 30
Article 30 of this Protocol;
(b) to prepare a regular report on the state 1. The ordinary meetings of the Parties to this
FOCAL POINTS and development of integrated coastal zone Protocol shall be held in conjunction with the (g) to consider reports transmitted by the Par-
Each Party shall designate a Focal Point to management in the Mediterranean Sea with ordinary meetings of the Contracting Parties ties and making appropriate recommendati-
serve as liaison with the Centre on the tech- a view to facilitating implementation of the to the Convention held pursuant to Article ons pursuant to Article 26 of the Convention;
nical and scientific aspects of the implemen- Protocol; 18 of the Convention. The Parties may also (h) to examine any other relevant information
tation of this Protocol and to disseminate in- (c) to exchange information and carry out hold extraordinary meetings in conformity submitted through the Centre; (i) to examine
formation at the national, regional and local activities of common interest pursuant to with that Article. any other matter relevant to this Protocol, as
level. The Focal Points shall meet periodically Article 27; appropriate.
to carry out the functions deriving from this
Protocol. (d) upon request, to assist the Parties:
- to participate in a Mediterranean coastal
zone network pursuant to Article 16;

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