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MIO-ECSDE gearing up for Rio+20
The Mediterranean Information Office together with all major actors in the Mediterranean environmental scene, will hold an official Side Event within the framework of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Addressing challenges at the European Maritime Day: Reducing marine litter for the sake of the environment… and blue growth?
The Horizon 2020 Capacity Building/Mediterranean Environment Programme in cooperation with Seas At Risk and Waste Free Oceans, within the framework of the European Maritime Day, held an event under the title “Reducing marine litter for the sake of the environment… and blue growth?”
12th Mediterranean Honorific Award
Mediterrània CIE and MIO-ECSDE are calling for candidates to be considered for the 12th MEDITERRANEAN HONORIFIC AWARD, addressed to innovative projects relating to the environment and sustainable development.
MIO-ECSDE at the 17th COP of the Barcelona Convention in Paris
MIO-ECSDE participated in the 17th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols, organized by the UNEP/MAP Secretariat in Paris on 8-10 February, 2012. The overall aim of MIO-ECSDE’s presence was to actively promote civil society participation in all levels of implementation of the Convention and its protocols.
Learning to apply ecosystem-based management in the Mediterranean
A two-day regional training course on “Ecosystem-based management in the Mediterranean”, took place in Athens on 15-16 December 2011. It was organized by the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) and WWF MedPO, in collaboration with UNEP/MAP, within the framework of the EU funded Horizon 2020 Capacity Building/Mediterranean Environment Programme.
Organising greener events in the Mediterranean
On 14 December 2011, the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) and UNEP/MAP’s Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production (CP/RAC) co-organized a Mediterranean workshop on how events can be organized in line with sustainability principles.