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
Mediterranean ESD Action Plan towards 2030 adopted at EfE9
MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES, supported the co-organistion of a High-Level Event of Education and Environment Ministers on the Mediterranean Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development and its Action Plan towards 2030 on the 6th of October in the framework of the 9th...
MIO-ECSDE and the 9th ‘Environment for Europe’ Ministerial Conference
MIO-ECSDE participated in this important meeting that was hosted by a country in the Mediterranean, and specifically Cyprus. Furthermore, MIO-ECSDE supported the Government of Cyprus and specifically the Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education, Sports and...
Plastic Busters goes to Tunisia to further advance knowledge transfer on marine plastic pollution monitoring and mitigation
Some 40 participants from 6 Mediterranean countries (Egypt, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia) came together at a hands-on training workshop organized within the ENI CBC Plastic Busters CAP project that seeks to create the enabling conditions for a societal...
Recent Projects
![METAVASEA](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Picture1-510x382.png)
![Innovative Sustainable Economy Mission](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SUSTAINABLE-ECONOMY-510x382.png)
![FOLOU (prevention and reduction of Food Loss)](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Untitled-design-1-510x382.png)
![SOS-ZEROPOL2030](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SOSZEROPOL-510x382.png)
![Plastic Busters CAP](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Picture1-510x382.png)
![Shared Green Deal](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GreenDeal-510x382.png)
![Med4Waste](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Med4Waste-510x382.png)
![WES – Water and Environment Support in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WES-510x382.png)
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