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Who we are
We are a non-profit Federation of 136 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
Plea to Environment Ministers: Set ambitious marine litter targets, don’t waste the opportunity
Marking International bag free-day, over 30 NGOs – among which MIO-ECSDE and its member organizations Nature Trust, DPPVN, UMARINU, MEDASSET, LEGABIENTE and MEDSOS – are making a final call to EU Environment ministers ahead of the July 15 deadline for setting marine litter targets, as required under EU law.
RIO+20: Mediterraneans reaffirm their commitment to work together for Sustainable Development
At a moment of acute and persisting political, economic and social challenges in the Mediterranean, governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders gathered in Rio, on the invitation of the MIO-ECSDE and other major key actors, to demonstrate their commitment to overcome the difficulties and work in solidarity for green growth within a sustainable development of the region.
12th Mediterranean Honorific Award
Every June, for the past 12 years, Mediterrània – Centre d’Iniciatives Ecològiques (CIE) and MIO-ECSDE have been awarding organizations working for the improvement and protection of the Mediterranean environment with the MEDITERRANEAN HONORIFIC AWARD, as recognition of its exceptional achievements.
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
