20th Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD), Athens (Greece, 23-24 January 2019)
The purpose of this meeting was to review the progress and perspectives in the work of the MCSD, in particular regarding the implementation and follow-up of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD), and to discuss the preparation of the 18th Meeting of the MCSD to be held in Budva, Montenegro, from 11-13 June 2019. The meeting addressed the following topics: update of the list of indicators of the Mediterranean Sustainability Dashboard; forthcoming evaluation of MAP Regional Strategies, including participatory mid-term evaluation of the MSSD; assessment studies (2019 State of the Environment and Development Report/SoED 2019, Foresight Study on the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean/MED 2050, including Case Studies on the Blue Economy); second edition (2018-2019) of the Simplified Peer Review Mechanism (SIMPEER); MSSD Flagship Initiatives; second edition (2018-2019) of the Istanbul Environment Friendly City Award; and membership of the MCSD from 2020. The meeting was also instrumental for the preparation of the 18th Meeting of the MCSD.