First interviews of key Mediterranean Policy Makers for the SWITCH-Med Programme now available on-line

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During the 18th Conference of Parties of the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Region of the Mediterranean that took place in Istanbul on 3-6th of December, the SCP/RAC delegation ...

First SWITCH-Med workshop to start defining a Sustainable Consumption and Production Strategy for Israel

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On 16th and 17th December 2013 in Jerusalem (Israel), took place the first SWITCH-Med workshop aiming to define a Sustainable Consumption and Production Strategy for Israel. The event, organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Israel, gathered around 40 participants from public administrations, private ...

The Sustainable Consumption and Production (hereinafter SCP) Strategy will complement the Green Growth Action Plan, jointly formulated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Economics, through a ...

Side event “Together towards Green Economy in the Mediterranean Coastal and Marine Areas” during the 18th COP in Istanbul

Taking advantage of the celebration of the last Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 3rd to 6th December 2013, CP/RAC, PAP/RAC, Blue Plan and the Mediterranean ...

The aim of the event was to enhance the collaboration between the different components of UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan and other institutions to better support countries in ...

The CP/RAC becomes the Regional Activity Center for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP/RAC)

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The last Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean that was held in Istanbul from 3rd to 6th December decided to update the name of the Regional Activity Center for Cleaner Production according to the mandate that the ...

At the Rio+20 Summit, Heads of State and Government reaffirmed that promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns was an overarching objective of, and essential requirement for, sustainable development.Sustainable ...

Istanbul hosted the 18th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols

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From 3rd to 6th December 2013 took place in Istanbul (Turkey) the 18th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols. The Contracting Parties hold Ministerial level meetings every two years in order ...

The Conference, in which CP/RAC took part, gathered leading policy-makers and international organisations from 21 Mediterranean countries to discuss on the state of the Mediterranean marine and coastal environment and make policy ...

A H2020 regional training strengthens capacities on Sustainable Food Production

Within the EC funded H2020 CB/MEP, CP/RAC organized from 13th to 15th November in Barcelona a regional training on Sustainable Food Production with 40 participants from 10 southern Mediterranean countries.

The first day was spent on visiting two innovative food production sites in Catalonia, such as La Fageda, a social cooperative that products premium farm yogurts within a ...

CP/RAC supports university-enterprise cooperation towards a more sustainable entrepreneurship

In the framework of the 7th Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders, the seminar on “University and Enterprise cooperation” focusing on the synergies between enterprising and education forces in the EU and Southern Mediterranean countries took ...

The aim of this seminar was to offer a special platform for the exchange of views and experiences, addressing critical issues like good governance, youth employment, ...