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In complement to its 3 thematic priorities – innovation, energy and environment - the MED Programme integrates in its architecture a cross-sector axis specifically tackling the capacity of national and regional authorities to contribute to governance...

Agriculture and livestock are key sectors in the MED area. Regions involved in the project are characterized by intensive cattle and pig livestock farming, producing large amounts of waste that represent a major source of pollution, an environmental ...

The Mediterranean Sea is one of the areas most affected by Marine Litter (ML) in the world. The impacts of ML on marine biota within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), including endangered species, remain poorly addressed, however it is clear that preven...

To pursue the Smart Sustainable Green Growth is a way to recognize that citizen welfare lies on economic growth and sustainability of urban areas. The project has its primary objective in improving the innovation capacity of MED cities by creating in...

ForBioEnergy is an innovative and ambitious project because it bets on the sustainable development of the rural areas using the forest biomass of the protected areas as driving force. Most of the forest areas are included in the protected areas, so, ...

Wetlands in Europe are vulnerable interconnected environments, hugely contributing to biodiversity. Their protection intertwines scientific-environmental aspects and governance concerns. WETNET tackles the issue of implementing a multilevel governanc...

EnerNETMob aims to draft, test and improve parallel “Sustainable Electromobility Plans” according to common standards and low carbon policies, in order to set an “Interregional Electromobility Network” crossing cities of all transnational MED area. P...

The sea represents a huge resource for renewable energy (Blue Energy, BE) such as waves, tides, and marine currents. Harnessing the economic potential of this energy in a sustainable manner has been highlighted in the Commission's Blue Growth Strateg...

The Med Biodiversity Protection Community/MBPC ("PANACeA2") is a horizontal project focusing on objective “maintaining biodiversity and natural ecosystems through strengthening the management and networking of protected areas”. It builds on achieveme...

How cruise tourism can increase economic benefits in coastal regions, thus reducing its negative environmental impact?Cruise tourism represents an appealing way to visit coastal areas providing a significant boost in their economy and international r...

Although tourism is a major engine of economic growth, it also creates a burden hard to manage, and has a great impact on the conservation of the heritage. The project aims to reduce the impact of human activities (tourism-related ones) on cultural h...

CASTWATER is the first MED project to support sustainable tourism policies & practices on water efficiency in coastal areas. The transnational challenge is to reduce the impact of tourism activities on environmental heritage and to improve management...

MEDFEST is tackling the challenge of diversifying traditional ‘sun & sea’ tourist destinations, with new and sustainable products based on rich and renowned culinary heritage of the Mediterranean. In so doing, we will increase the sustainability and ...

As the MED Program aims to benefit from appropriate tools and mechanism to ease the implementation of better governance and thematic integration in the Mediterranean and contribute to shared operational plans on the overall area in key sectors of mar...

The Mediterranean region is the main place around the world for production of olive oil. 95% of the world's olive oil is produced in the Mediterranean and mainly in Greece, Peloponnese which produces 65% of Greek olive oil, Italian regions of Sicily,...