SPA/RAC is the marine biodiversity Centre of UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention. Its core mission is to support countries and to help efforts to conserve the Mediterranean in a coordinated and efficient way, between institutional and non-governmental actors.

SPA/RAC was entrusted with the responsibility of assisting Contracting Parties of the Barcelona Convention to implement the SPA/BD Protocol, including through its strategy the Post-2020 SAPBIO.