Centro para la Cooperación en el Mediterráneo

National Network
Spain
Address

Av. Portal de l'Angel, 7,4th floor, Office J-K, Barcelona (08002)
08001 Barcelona
Spain

Telephone
+34 93 302 15 85
Fax
+34 93 302 20 75
E-Mail
apotrafki@cruzroja.es
E-Mail (2)
mediterraneo@cruzroja.es
Mobile Phone
+34 620 400 203
Website
http://www.mediterraneum.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Youth and education
General Information
The Spanish Red Cross created the Centre for the Cooperation in the Mediterranean, which promotes interaction among National Societies in the Mediterranean and the encounter and exchange of experiences. Since 2005 the Centre is based in Barcelona. Its partners are the 25 Mediterranean NS of RC/RC: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. Those partners are regularly involved on the actions organised by the Centre. The Governing Board is set up by Spanish RC, Egypt RC, Libya RC, Italy RC, Croatia RC and Presidents from the SRC at the Mediterranean autonomies (Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, Balears, and Ceuta and Melilla). The Centre has three permanent staff and 4 volunteers. Budget 2007_2010 is around 1,5 millions euro. The main sources are: own resources from the RC/RC Movement, public administrations and private sector.
Mission and Objectives

The Mission is to foster the interaction of the Spanish Red Cross with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Mediterranean area, by promoting the encounter and exchange of experiences that contribute to the achievement of the goals of the Red Cross and Red Crescent International Movement. The objectives are: To support National Societies and the governmental bodies of the Mediterranean Conference, to follow up on the issues discussed at the conferences, and particularly those relating to: Migration and Population Movement; Environment, Youth, Partnership, IHL and Development Objectives for the Millennium (the fight against poverty, access to healthcare and water, disaster risk reduction, etc.); To facilitate and provide technical support for actions relating to Conference issues; To promote interaction and partnership among the NS of the Mediterranean region; To promote and spread word of the actions and resolutions of the Mediterranean Conferences and the Centre’s activities.

Main Projects / Activities

- Towards information to the Mediterranean Conference - About priorities issues - About impact of meetings - About other International Movement Conferences - Towards strengthening National Societies capacity - On migrations and population movement - On environment and climate change - On youth - On principles and values, international humanitarian low and intercultural dialogue - On millennium development goals - Towards strengthening partnership - Trough contacts with International Federation of RC/RC and international committee of Red Cross - Through contacts with UN and EU - Through on-line tools - involving volunteers from the National Societies - Towards increasing presence of the Centre - Through a dynamic, updated and participative web site - Through contacts with universities and private sectors focused on Mediterranean issues - Through participation in forums and networks - Through general and sectorial publications - Through Movement media presence (web, newsletters, etc.) and National Societies

Contact (1) Full Name
Ariana Potrafki
Job Title
Acting Director
Head of the organisation
Ariana Potrafki
Contact (2) Full Name
Montse Lopez