Who we are
We are a non-profit Federation of 133 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
MIO-ECSDE’S position on the revision of the EU Waste Water Treatment Directive
When the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC (UWWTD) was introduced twenty years ago, the majority of the European Mediterranean cities, even of economically advanced countries, had totally inadequate waste water treatment plants, polluting through their...
Call for applications for replicating marine litter prevention and mitigation measures in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture & Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) announces the present call for applications for the realization of 2 actions for “Replicating Marine Litter Prevention and Mitigation Measures in Mediterranean...
Extension of round 2 of the call for applications for organizing a MIO-ECSDE Mediterranean Action Day 2021 on Ocean Literacy in non-EU Med countries
The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture & Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) announces the extension of the present call for applications for MIO-ECSDE Member Organisations to organize Med Action Day events in 2021 in non-EU Mediterranean...
Recent Projects
Featured Publication
Climate Change: The rapidly increasing challenge for the Mediterranean. Sustainable Mediterranean, Issue No 78, 2021.
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
