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
ESD targeted trainings for formal and non-formal educators from European countries and beyond! Grab your chance to get an Erasmus+ grant and participate!
In January 2017 MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES launches a series of week-long ESD targeted trainings for formal and non formal educators from European countries and beyond! These training courses, that run on set dates all around the year are eligible to be 100% funded by the...
Join Legabiente’s Clean Up the MED 2017 campaign
For more than 20 years, MIO-ECSDE’s NGO Member Legambiente, has been engaging and coordinating environmental organizations, educators and students, municipalities, businesses and local communities in cleanup and data collection activities towards a litter free Mediterranean.
Ministerial Conference unanimously adopts the Action Plan on Education for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean!
The Ministerial Conference on the Action Plan on Education for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean was successfully held in Nicosia (Cyprus) on 8-9 December 2016. Some 60 high level delegates unanimously adopted the Nicosia Declaration and the Action Plan of...
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