Steps & Projects

SMAP focus on practical actions on the ground, which should lead to tangible results as regards environmental protection, capacity building and improvement of legislative, regulative and institutional frameworks. These actions are mainly based on pilot or demonstration projects for the programme priority fields.

These actions are launched at:

• the regional level, funded by the European Commission as technical assistance projects (selected on the basis of specific call for proposals, see below)
• the national level, within the National Indicative Programmes (NIP), with some bilateral support from the European Commission

The SMAP regional monitoring and  support unit provides a list of all the SMAP regional projects. Actions launched at the national level are difficult to list as information source are dispersed.

	SMAP I, call for proposals 1998 Following the first Call for Proposals for regional SMAP projects in 1998, 6 regional environmental projects were selected and financed by the European Commission with a total EC contribution of € 5.5 million.  Only one project is related to the water priority: "S.E. Mediterranean Water Community Programmes" (Dec’01/Dec’04) coordinated by the Friends of the Earth -Middle East, Israel. It involves partners in Belgium, Israel, Jordan and Palestine.
	SMAP II - Call for proposals 2000 The Call for regional SMAP 2000 Proposals was published in July 2000. The total budget allocated by the European Commission is € 30 million for 9 regional projects, a regional monitoring unit and support to 12 National Focal Points (€ 2.5 million).
	Regional Report - the first five years of SMAP, 2002
	Ministeral Declaration - the first five years of SMAP, Athens 2002
	SMAP III (2004-2007) The 3rd regional SMAP Call for proposals focused on Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plans of Action. It was published by the European Commission the 4 April 2005. The total EC funding is € 10.6 million for 9 projects selected in October 2005. See SMAP RMSU website for further details.