Who we are
We are a non-profit Federation of 130 Mediterranean NGOs for Environment and Sustainable Development
What we do
We act as a technical and political platform for the intervention of NGOs in the Mediterranean scene
Our mission
Our mission is to protect the Natural Environment and Cultural Heritage and promote Sustainable Development in a peaceful Mediterranean
Our story
For more than twenty years we have been catalyzing synergies, joining forces & building bridges in the Euro-Mediterranean area
Latest News
Europe adopts a threshold value for marine litter on coastlines and steps up its efforts towards litter-free coasts and seas
Today, the European Commission published a threshold value for marine litter on coastlines, paving the way for litter-free coasts and seas. EU Member States’ experts have unanimously agreed that a beach will need to have less than 20 litter items for every 100 metres...
Take part and help shape the post-2020 UfM Environment and Climate Action!
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) launched an On-line Stakeholders Consultation aiming at compiling inputs and suggestions, from Mediterranean and other stakeholders, as part of the process leading to the 2nd UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate...
Call for applications for organizing a MIO-ECSDE Mediterranean Action Day 2020 on the importance of marine Natura 2000 sites and other coastal and marine protected areas (round 2)
The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture & Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) announces the present call for applications (round 2) to organize Med Action Day events in 2020. The activity takes place within the framework of the LIFE+...
Recent Projects
Featured Publication
Assessing Marine Litter on Mediterranean Beaches. Filing in the knowledge gaps via a participatory-science initiative. MIO-ECSDE, 2019
Featured Publication
Marine Litter in Mediterranean coastal and marine protected areas. A snapshot assessment report on the amounts, composition and sources of marine litter found on beaches. Interreg Med ACT4LITTER & MIO-ECSDE, 2019
Featured Publication
NGO actions to protect and conserve freshwater ecosystems, MIO-ECSDE, 2016
