At the 16th Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD), held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 9 to 11 June 2015, the Steering Committee agreed that the new composition of the MCSD that will be proposed to the 19th Meeting of the Contacting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (19th MOP – 2016) will be composed as follows:
• 22 Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention
• Local Authorities (3):
– Local Agenda 21 Italy
– MEDCITIES
– UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments) Mediterranean Commission
• Socio-Economic Actors (3):
– RAED (Arab Network for Environment & Development)
– UMCE (Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises)
– ANIMA
• NGOs (3):
– WWF MedPO
– ENDA-Maghreb (Environnement, D?veloppement et Action)
– MIO-ECSDE (Mediterranean Information Office – Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development)
• Scientific Institutions (3):
– FEMISE (Forum Eurom?diterran?en des Instituts de Sciences ?conomiques)
– UN SDSN (United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network)
– MEPIELAN Centre (Mediterranean Programme for International Environmental Law and Negotiation)
• IGOs (3):
– CEDARE (Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe)
– IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature)
– UfMS (Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat)
The election of MEPIELAN Centre on the MSCD as one of the three members of the scientific institutions group is a major development for the operation of the Centre as a UNEP/MAP Partner.
MCSD is an organ of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) provided by Article 4(2) of the Barcelona Convention for the purpose of implementing the objectives of sustainable development in the framework of the Barcelona Convention system. Its institutional importance lies in the unique nature of its composition and in the legal power of its recommendations. MCSD is composed of 40 members: 22 Contracting Parties (permanent members) as well as 18 relational partners (rotating representatives from local authorities (3), NGOs (3), socio-economic stakeholders (3), scientific community (3), intergovernmental organizations (3) and eminent experts (3) selected, in principle, for two years by the Meetings of the Contracting Parties (MOPs) according to certain selection criteria) which participate on an equal footing and decide by consensus. According to Article 4(2) of the Barcelona Convention, the recommendations of the MCSD will be taken “fully into account” by the Contracting Parties. MCSD has provided major inputs to the formulation of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development.
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MEPIELAN Centre
MEPIELAN Centre is an international research, training and educational centre established by Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos at the Panteion University of Athens in 2008.
Before its establishment as a University Centre, MEPIELAN operated as a successful international research, training and informational programme (2002-2007) under the scientific direction of Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos and the aegis of the Panteion University of Athens, supported by the Mediterranean Action Plan/UNEP and the Greek Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
MEPIELAN Centre is an accredited UNEP/MAP PARTNER (since 2013), a Member of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) (since 2016), and a Member of the Steering Committee of the MCSD (since 2019).
On 22 May 2022, MEPIELAN Centre proceeded to the development of MEPIELAN as a Non- Profit Civil Organization (INGO) for the more effective and efficient advancement of its Goals and Missions and furtherance of its activities. MEPIELAN Centre as a Non- Profit Civil Organization (INGO) is registered in Greek Law (Hellenic Business Registry, Reg. No. 16477300100) in accordance with Laws 4072/2012 & 4919/2022 as applicable
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