Partners
The FAO MedSudMed Programme is a longstanding partnership between FAO and Italy, through its Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests.
Main partners include national governments through fisheries and environmental management ministries and research institutions, non governmental organizations, fishers, aquaculture farmers of the 4 countries bordering the south central Mediterranean, Italy, Libya, Malta, Tunisia.
MedSudMed national administration partners include:
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (Italy)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries ( Tunisia)
- Ministry of Agriculture (Libya)
- Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Malta
Scientific and academic partners and collaborating institutions include:
- Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Institute for Coastal Marine Environment-National Research Council), Italy
- Marine Biology Research Centre, Libya
- Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, Malta
- Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (National Institute of Marine Science and Technologies), Tunisia