by thomaisv | Dec 29, 2010 | News
Following a series of events in Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt the “YouthXChange in the Mediterranean” initiative was launched in Beirut, Lebanon, on 26-27 November 2010. The day and a half event was jointly organized by the Makhzoumi Foundation and MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES in the general framework of UNESCO/UNEP’s initiative “Youth X Change”.
by thomaisv | Dec 28, 2010 | News
MIO-ECSDE staff members participated in an interactive training focusing on how to plan, implement and evaluate sustainable events. The training was organized by the Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production (CP/RAC) in collaboration with the non-profit organization Cooperativa Barcelonya and in support of the H2020 CB/MEP.
by thomaisv | Dec 23, 2010 | News
We are very pleased to announce that Jordan has recently won the Council for Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment/Arab League Award for the Best Environmental Voluntary Practice in the Arab world in the year 2010, for the Recycling Project that has been implemented by Jordan Environment Society (JES), since 1995.
by thomaisv | Nov 22, 2010 | News
Athens, 22 November 2010 – With the ratification by Syria of two of the most innovative legal instruments for environmental protection, the Offshore and the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocols of the Barcelona Convention(1) will soon enter into force. Syria becomes the first among the Mediterranean countries to have ratified the Barcelona Convention, its seven Protocols and all its amendments.
by thomaisv | Nov 21, 2010 | News
This workshop was organized by MIO-ECSDE as the first of a series of events (meetings/consultations/workshops) to be organized, in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med), contributing to the aims and objectives of the Drin Dialogue process.