Building a Mediterranean Water and Energy Community

Quote of the Month:

“In a Mediterranean city you never lose hope. The sea always brings something.”

>> Jo Boulad, quoted in Philip Mansel, Levant, p.353.

From Around the Sea

Oceana calls on Mediterranean countries to protect crucial fishing areas

Little progress has been made in safeguarding juveniles since the MedFish4Ever was signed. Oceana asks Mediterranean countries to protect the Essential Fish Habitats to ensure the future of fishing in the sea.

>> Read the press release.

اقتباس شهر حزيران:

قد سألت البحر يوما هل أنا يا بحر منكا؟
هل صحيح ما رواه بعضهم عني وعنكا؟
أم ترى ما زعموا زوار وبهتانا وإفكا؟
ضحكت أمواجه مني وقالت:
لست أدري!

>> إيليا أبو ماضي، الطلاسم

AMWAJ in Action

A Call to All Media Enthusiasts

This year, the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Chapter and it’s partner the Bremen Overseas Reasearch & Development Association (BORDA) are partnering with the Blue Peace Media Lab to explore new ways to encourage media enthusiasts to engage in investigative reporting on pressing water and sanitation issues across countries in the region.

To launch the program in Iraq, outstanding media enthusiasts and professionals will be selected to take part in a tailored program with the goal of intensifying and improving the quality and scope of media coverage of acute water-related challenges in the country.

Apply before 27 June 2019 by filling the registration form below!

Made in the Mediterranean

SINGA – A New Incubator in Barcelona

Our friends from SINGA in Barcelona are creating a new Incubator to help migrants, refugees and local people to create the businesses of the future: circular, green and social.

Get involved

Investment4Development

Connecting Social and Creative Innovators in the Mediterranean

The Interreg MED Programme gathers 13 European countries from the Northern shore of the Mediterranean. They are working together for sustainable growth in the region.
The Programme supports projects developing innovative concepts and practices and promoting a reasonable use of resources.

Find out more

Events4You

Social & Creative Video Contest

Are you a young videomaker aged 18-35 residing in the MED Programme cooperation area? Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the Social&Creative Contest! Submit your emotional video below by 31 July, 2019 at 12.00.

Submit a video