The SEIS Support Mechanism-South implemented jointly by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the United Nations Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) is a 4-year EU-funded project, building on the outcome of the regional ENPI-SEIS project - “Towards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) in the European Neighbourhood”, implemented by the EEA in 2010-2015. The SEIS Support Mechanism-South (envisaged to run in the period February 2016-January 2020) aims to ensure proper linkages with the agreed work programme of Horizon 2020 for its second phase of work (2015-2020) and other relevant EU-funded projects and initiatives in the region.
In line with the UfM Ministerial Declaration of May 2014 and the agreed work plan for the second phase of the Horizon 2020 Initiative for a Cleaner Mediterranean (2015-2020), the mandate of the H2020 Sub Group for Review and Monitoring (RM) has been revised with the overall objective to monitor progress of the implementation of the Horizon 2020 initiative, particularly through appropriate information sharing systems easily accessible to all Mediterranean partners, in cooperation with relevant partner organisations. The H2020 RM Sub Group is co-chaired by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the United Nations Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) Secretariat.