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
Balkan students carry out a marine litter survey in the delta of the Buna/Bojana river
Within the framework of the Act4Drin Spring School held in May 2016, Balkan students from the Drin Riparian countries, namely Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Greece carried out a marine litter survey at the Buna/Bojana delta. Based on...
MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES e-learning course on marine litter completed sucessfully!
Some 69 partcipants from 27 Euro-Mediterranean and other countries benefited from the MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES e-learning course on marine litter, that successfully ran during May 2016. The e-course was implemented within the framework of the IPA-Adriatic funded DeFishGear...
MIO-ECSDE/Act4Drin publication showcasing NGO actions to protect and conserve freshwater ecosystems launched today!
We are very excited to announce today, on the occasion of the World Environment Day, the launch of the Act4Drin booklet entitled “NGO actions to protect and conserve freshwater ecosystems”. It is a tribute to the extent and diversity concrete NGO actions in promoting...
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