MedCities

📘 We're really pleased to share a summary of our 2025 achievements from projects, events, activities, and policy initiatives. 👏🏽None of this would have been possible without the trust of our member cities, our Catalan, national, and European funders 📖 bit.ly/AR25MedCites

🔔WEFE4MED HL's From dialogue to action🌍Across the Mediterranean, the WEFE Nexus is delivering real impact, from the Nicosia Accord to on-the-ground solutions in🇲🇦🇱🇧🇯🇴.💡Digital tools,🤝partnerships, and innovation are driving scalable change.🚀Not a concept anymore; a reality.

📖In addition, member cities of our #coastalcities working group prepared a joint position highlighting the importance of adopting a broad perspective in addressing coastal management and adaptation, blue economy challenges, and #pollution reduction ↪️ shorturl.at/YCo8b

🌊 #MARLICE2026 is taking place, and at #MedCities we share the concern that #marinelitter is the main cause of pollution in our seas and oceans. We contributed to the final report, as partners of @bluemissionmed 📖“Depolluting the Mediterranean” ↪️shorturl.at/Qm4g5

La delegació metropolitana al Word Urban Forum 13 està present a l'stand Catalunya 2050, compartit amb la Generalitat de Catalunya, Diputació de Barcelona i Ajuntament de Barcelona, en el que s'abordaran les polítiques d’habitatge públic català no només com una resposta arquitectònica a la necessitat d’allotjament, sinó com una infraestructura capaç de produir impactes més amplis sobre el territori, l’economia, el medi ambient, la societat i la vida quotidiana dels seus habitants.

‼️Dans le cadre du projet #EViMACC . MedCités a besoin d'organiser un atelier afin de favoriser la capitalisation des échanges et des formations en ligne, tout en les complétant par des échanges in situ, à #Rabat. En partenariat avec @giz_gmbh . ➕ infos↪️ shorturl.at/InXiv

🏘️ The 3rd gathering of the @InterregMedGLA Mission’s Thematic Community (@InterregEuroMED ) took place in Athens, bringing together key stakeholders from across the Mediterranean to advance the transition toward #greener and more #resilient territories. ↪️bit.ly/3R2Wdp2

🌴MedCities organised in April the final session of the first phase of the #EViMACC project in Morocco, dedicated to ‘Urban adaptation to climate change in the Maghreb’, a joint initiative with @giz_gmbh as part of the regional UrbA-CliMA project. 🌊bit.ly/4tsdzcc

📙 Presentation of the Preliminary Guide for the Design of Green Urban Spaces in Arid Contexts; a milestone of a joint capacity-building programme under the project Enhancing Regional Exchanges for Local Service Provision in Libya, by @giz_gmbh Libya. 🌴 bit.ly/4dh8AVJ

❗️ Terms of reference❗️ MedCities is searching for a water-related multidisciplinary team that can develop a joint position policy paper through a series of online participative processes for the EuroMediterranean Water Forum 2026 👉🏽 shorturl.at/UC21k 🗓️Until 21/05/26

@ANERISproject : Citizen Science Activities Expand Across the Mediterranean in @mersin_bld and @PPorquerolles . Building on previous #citizenscience initiatives, #MedCities is scaling up its efforts in 2026. @ICMCSIC , #MINKA. 🧜‍♀️bit.ly/42wpB9z

🌳🌊2nd day! At the @Gov4Nature Community meeting sharing our advocacy actions and this year's roadmap, and assess the strengths and gaps of our approach to incorporate it into the development of our Advocacy Plan 2029. Time to #transfer results and amplify the mission's outputs!

As a partner, #MedCities is proud to participate in the 4th Community of Practice meeting of @Gov4Nature (@InterregEuroMED). We are now collecting the results of the first projects, entering a crucial phase of assessment, #transfer, and #amplification. #governance #policy

📍It's the occasion for bringing in representatives from the @Gov4Nature Mission’s 17 Thematic Projects, a consortium of the 2 Governance projects, to meet in person, exchange updates on the progress of their activities, launch new clusters, and build joint policy messages.

#Limassol member city is at the forefront of Europe's transition to climate-neutral cities. And #MedCities is working with Mediterranean cities to address shared climate challenges, including sustainable urban development, adaptation, and mitigation. ↪️bit.ly/48Uo80k

#MedCities member @muglabsb visited us! The Mayor of Muğla met with @jcasteg , acting SG of MedCities. Discussions focused on two potential project collaborations, including a proposal under the Horizon Europe @OurMissionOcean ↪️bit.ly/4uGEF0f @AMB_MetroGlobal

#MedCities called for a truly multilevel and multilateral approach in the high-level hearing at the @Europarl_EN on the upcoming Action Plan for the #Pact for the #Mediterranean, a key framework shaping the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations! ↪️ bit.ly/4nqldm4

📘Nous sommes heureux de vous présenter le résumé de nos actions en 2025: des projets, des événements ou des initiatives politiques. 👏🏽Merci à nos villes membres et de nos bailleurs de fonds catalans, nationaux et européens Lisez le document ici 📖bit.ly/RA25MedCités

📘 We're really pleased to share a summary of our 2025 achievements from projects, events, activities, and policy initiatives. 👏🏽None of this would have been possible without the trust of our member cities, our Catalan, national, and European funders 📖 bit.ly/AR25MedCites

🧕🌳We had a fantastic experience bringing together participants from two #MedCities projects: #MELUP & #NATURIncMed for a 3-day study visit to strengthen capacities in #gender-responsive #urbanplanning and the #renaturalisation of public spaces. ➡️ bit.ly/Melup_NaturInc…