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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
Keeping Europe’s seas clean: a new manual for harmonised marine litter monitoring
In March 2021, the EU Science Hub of the Joint Research Centre released a new manual aiming to support people entrusted with monitoring marine litter to record the data they collect in a harmonised way. This will lead to the acquisition of more reliable and comparable...
Croatia takes major step towards solar energy
After 12 years of concrete actions against the development of non-renewable energy plans, MIO-ECSDE Member Organization Eko Kvarner, is celebrating the new Guidelines for Encouraging Citizens and Entrepreneurs to Construct Integrated Solar Power Plants, drafted by the...
European Commission confirms lengthy delay, is this the end of the EU Strategy for a Sustainable Built Environment?
More than 30 signatories, among which MIO-ECSDE, have sent today an open letter to European Commission’s Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans, and Commissioners Thierry Breton and Virginijus Sinkevičius calling for the delivery of a strategy for a sustainable...
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
