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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
Call for applications for piloting marine litter prevention and mitigation measures in Mediterranean MPAs
The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture & Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) announces the present call for applications for the realization of 2 actions for “Piloting Marine Litter Prevention and Mitigation Measures in Mediterranean Marine...
Environmental NGOs launch new rescue plan for Europe to make our ocean healthy by 2030
In response to the unrelenting deterioration of the marine ecosystems around the world, 102 environmental NGOs, among which MIO-ECSDE, launch a new rescue plan for Europe to make our ocean healthy by 2030. The ‘Blue Manifesto’ -an initiative led by Seas At Risk,...
The science we need for the ocean we want
At the very beginning of what we can define a “super-year” for the oceans, in the words of Gaetano Leone, the UNEP/MAP Secretariat Coordinator, the global ocean community was reunited from January 21 to 23, 2020 in Venice, for the second time in less than a year, to...
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
