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
MIO-ECSDE joins civil society ocean call asking the G7 leaders to act!
Leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, comprising the Group of 7 (G7), convened in Biarritz (France) from 24-26 August 2019, under the French presidency, to discuss among other issues climate change, biodiversity and oceans. Specifically,...
2019 Summer University on Protected Areas and Biosphere Reserves takes place in Bulgaria
MIO-ECSDE, through its long-standing educational initiative MEdIES, co-organised and scientifically supervised the 5th in a series of Summer Universities that have been (co)organised by MIO-ECSDE in Amfissa (2014), Samothraki (2016), Sardinia (2017) and Parnon (2018)...
Call for the recruitment of a MIO-ECSDE Communication Officer
MIO-ECSDE is seeking to hire an enthusiastic and zealous Communications Officer. Primary responsibility will be the planning, research and creation of high-quality content for MIO-ECSDE’s digital and traditional communication channels with a view to promote and...
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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