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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
Pope Francis presented with MIO-ECSDE’s Sustainable Mediterranean on climate change during his visit to Athens
When His Holiness Pope Francis issued in 2015 his founding encyclical on climate change and ecology, Laudato si’, it was an urgent call for action against the injustice of climate change and the ecological crisis, to protect generations to come. He has frequently...
Med4Waste: making a positive tangible contribution to sustainable urban waste management in the Mediterranean
Med4Waste (Mediterranean Dialogue for Waste Management Governance), a new EU-funded project under the ENI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme aims to facilitate new governance models for integrated and efficient urban waste management policies across the...
Mediterranean best practices in achieving waste reduction: 20 cases available in English and French
By making available in a user-friendly way the description, key challenges and results of selected Mediterranean case studies, https://bestpractices-waste-med.net aims to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and techniques to key stakeholders of the region and enable...
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
