Fispmed

The “International Federation for Sustainable Development and Fight Against Poverty in the Mediterranean-Black Sea" (Fispmed) was founded in 2004 on the basis of the positive experience acquired within the framework of the SeaM project, supported by the European Commission (DG Enlargement and DG Regional Policies) and of the Italian Ministry of Environment. The project gave birth to a network composed by 188 partners belonging to 37 different countries, and gathering cultural, social, economic private and public institutions, NGOs, associations, non-governmental agencies, research institutes and universities. At present, the association is composed by 216 members belonging to 39 different Euro-Mediterranean and Black Sea countries, by representing, then, more than 1,8 million citizens. Its main activities focus on the common historical traditions of the Mediterranean-Black Sea region, made up of political, social, economic and cultural meeting points but also clashes among different civilizations (indeed, the area gathers also the members of the 3 main monotheistic religions).