To what extent are issues related to the Mediterranean marine and coastal ecosystem taken into account in operations?

In 2022, AFD commissioned Altai Consulting and Vertigo Lab to conduct an analysis and evaluation exercise on the “Ocean” operations of AFD Group and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) in the Mediterranean.

The overall aim of the exercise was to contribute to mainstreaming Ocean issues within AFD Group, through a participatory retrospective approach, with the aim to:

1. Understand AFD Group’s strategic positioning on Ocean issues in relation to other donors active in countries bordering the Mediterranean

2. Characterize AFD Group’s operations in the Mediterranean in terms of their interrelations with the marine environment and their potential effects on this environment, and map operations on the basis of these issues by analyzing a portfolio of AFD and FFEM operations in four southern Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia)

3. Evaluate the extent to which marine and coastal ecosystem protection issues are taken into account, both at the level of the portfolio of operations and at the level of five targeted projects in Tunisia - including two projects co-financed by the FFEM.