About Us
Thirty Three Years of Action
We are a non-profit Federation of 136 Mediterranean Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in the fields of Environment and Development in 28 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean area.
Our mission is to protect the Natural Environment and Cultural Heritage and promote Sustainable Development in a peaceful Mediterranean by bringing together the efforts of environmental and developmental NGOs.
In co-operation with governments, international organisations, other socio-economic partners and networks, MIO-ECSDE plays an active role furthering synergies and strengthening public participation in the Mediterranean Region and its countries.
Read here our full statutes: MIO-ECSDE Statutes
Our highest decision-making body is the Annual General Assembly, where our Member Organizations come together to decide on the work programme, the strategic priorities and budget.
The core of MIO-ECSDE is its Secretariat Team based in Athens, the Executive Bureau and its NGO Member Organizations.
The MIO-ECSDE Executive Bureau for 2024 is as follows:
- Mr. Michael Scoullos / Chairman
- Mr. Mohamed Ftouhi / Co-Chairman
- Mr. Piotr Barczak (EEB)
- Ms Ghada Ahmadein (RAED) (with Dr. Emad Adly as alternate)
- Mr. Giannis Michail (Elliniki Etaireia)
- Mr. Vjeran Pirsic (Croatia)
- Ms Antonia Theodosiou (Cyprus)
- Mr. Jean-Valère Geronimi (France) (with Ms Céline Labbé as alternate)
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Mr. Michael Scoullos & Mr. Giorgos Sampson (Greece)
- Ms Romina Bicocchi & Ms Patrizia Bonelli (Italy)
- Mr. Ziyad Alawneh (Jordan)
- Ms Marie Therese Seif (Lebanon)
- Mr. Vincent Attard (Malta) / Treasurer
- Mr. Mohamed Ftouhi (Morocco)
- Mr. Imad Attrash (Palestine)
- Mr. Mario Alves (Portugal)
- Mr. Milan Vogrin (Slovenia)
- Mr. Jeremie Fosse & Mr. Angel Juarez (Spain)
- Ms Suheir Raies (Syria)
- Mr. Habib Ben Boubaker (Tunisia)
- Ms Dijan Balkaroglu (Turkey)
(In alphabetical order by country)
MIO-ECSDE was established in 1990 initially as a network of environmental NGOs, under a joint project of the European Environment Bureau (EEB) and Elliniki Etairia and in close collaboration with the Arab Network of Environment and Development (RAED). The demand for institutional support from more and more Mediterranean NGOs and the increasing need for structured and constructive NGO views in regional/international fora, led to the establishment (1996) of MIO-ECSDE in its present form as an NGO Federation.
For more than thirty years joining forces & building bridges in the Euro-Mediterranean area
MIO-ECSDE Team
Prof. Michael Scoullos
Chairman
e-mail: scoullos(at)mio-ecsde.org
Eirini Sakellaraki
Head of Finance and Administration
e-mail: sakellaraki(at)mio-ecsde.org
Argyro Alampei
Senior Education Programme Officer
e-mail: alampei(at)mio-ecsde.org
Alaa Abou Daher
Project Officer
e-mail: aboudaher(at)mio-ecsde.org
Olga Papathanasopoulou
Secretariat
e-mail: secretariat(at)mio-ecsde.org
Anastasia Roniotes
Head Officer
e-mail: roniotes(at)mio-ecsde.org
Thomais Vlachogianni
Head of Science, Research & Policy | Senior Programme Officer
e-mail: vlachogianni(at)mio-ecsde.org
Vicky Malotidi
Senior Education Programme Officer
e-mail: malotidi(at)mio-ecsde.org
Danai Amplianiti
Project Officer
e-mail: amplianiti(at)mio-ecsde.org
George Paneris
Financial Assistant
e-mail: paneris(at)mio-ecsde.org
Bessie Mantzara
Senior Advisor
e-mail: mantzara(at)mio-ecsde.org.
Haris Paliogiannis
Senior Policy and Programme Officer
e-mail: paliogiannis(at)mio-ecsde.org
Vassilis Psallidas
Senior ESD Advisor for the MEdIES Secretariat
e-mail: psallidas(at)mio-ecsde.org