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
MIO-ECSDE hosts a collective learning event on enabling civil society participation in biodiversity conservation around the globe
MIO-ECSDE had the honor and pleasure to host the meeting of Secretariat and Regional Implementation Team members of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in Athens, Greece, from 16-19 May 2017. They met to share their lessons learned on enabling civil society...
July Summer School on Biosphere Reserves: register now!
Are you a junior officer in a Biosphere Reserve (BR) of the MAB/UNESCO programme of a European or Mediterranean country? Or, have you recently graduated from a relevant university discipline and wish to be further trained on Integrated Management Approaches within a...
Med Civil Society & and the region’s new ‘Water Agenda’
The Ministers and other Heads of Delegations attending the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Ministerial Meeting on Water in Malta on 27 April 2017 agreed on a new 'Water Agenda' for the region. MIO-ECSDE Treasurer, Vincent Attard of Nature Trust Malta (President)...
Recent Projects
![METAVASEA](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Picture1-510x382.png)
![Waste Ashore – Malevisi](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Crete_01-510x382.png)
![Waste In the Net – Mesara](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Crete_02-510x382.png)
![Innovative Sustainable Economy Mission](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SUSTAINABLE-ECONOMY-510x382.png)
![FOLOU (prevention and reduction of Food Loss)](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Untitled-design-1-510x382.png)
![SOS-ZEROPOL2030](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SOSZEROPOL-510x382.png)
![Plastic Busters CAP](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Picture1-510x382.png)
![Shared Green Deal](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GreenDeal-510x382.png)
![Med4Waste](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Med4Waste-510x382.png)
![WES – Water and Environment Support in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region](https://mio-ecsde.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WES-510x382.png)
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