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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
NGOs counter industry’s lobby against citizens’ right to know about toxic chemicals in everyday products
41 NGOs, including MIO-ECSDE express their strong support on the ECHA database of substances of very high concern and underline that this information is crucial to the circular economy and to the protection of human health and the environment.
Save #OurBlueLung: 35 NGOs join forces and urge EU ministers to commit to 20 measures to protect our seas by 2020
Clean, healthy and abundant seas by 2020. This is what European countries committed to achieve when they adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 10 years ago. With little more than a year until the deadline, all countries of the European Union are failing on...
EU reaches landmark agreement to slash plastic pollution
After months of negotiations with the European Commission and Parliament, the European Union has reached today a landmark agreement to slash plastic pollution from single-use items. This earth-shattering political decision signs off on measures that include bans on...
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
