| PERSEUS Pilot Case |
| West Black Sea |
| Acronym |
| PMA |
| Full name |
| Advisory Group on the Pollution Monitoring and Assessment |
| Scale |
| Black Sea |
| Objectives |
| The work of this Group shall focus upon the establishment of a regionally coordinated network of National Status and Trends monitoring programmes and the subsequent development of Environmental Quality Objectives. Specifically, the Group shall provide the following services: (1) Quality Assurance/Quality Control services for environmental chemical analysis (2) Coordination of pilot monitoring activities (3) Coordination of regional training exercises in monitoring (4) coordination of regional multi-disciplinary expert consultations to develop common environmental objectives and standards for different water uses in the Black Sea. The Group shall collaborate closely with the Advisory Group on the Environmental Aspects of the Management of Fisheries and other Living Marine Resources for the development of a region-wide programme for monitoring the biological effects of pollution to be incorporated in the regional monitoring strategy. The Group shall collaborate with National Monitoring Networks and research institutions in all Black Sea countries, international research programmes and projects and bodies such as IAEA`s Marine Environmental Laboratory, IOC`s Expert Groups, UNEP, WHO and WMO. (5) the coordination, in close cooperation with WHO of programmes to monitor the quality of bathing waters and beaches and to assess the human health implications of the information gathered. |
| What types of strategies have been implemented to reach these objectives |
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| Spatial/geographic delimitation |
| Black Sea |
| Link to MSFD GES Descriptor |
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| Does it apply an ecosystem based approach? |
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| Does the institution make use of adaptive policy initiatives? |
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| Do any plans (or discussion) exist to update/change this institution? |
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| Link to website |
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| Additional information |
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