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2019-2022
Discover the expertise of MedWaves and explore how our regional centre supports the implementation of strategic programming, supporting all to continue the journey towards planetary transformation.
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MedWaves supports the transformation needed to address the global challenges facing the Mediterranean region. Over the last decade, the centre has established a successful hub of expertise to serve all stakeholders, recognising that each actor is critical in the collective movement towards sustainability. Maintaining a focus on promoting and enhancing eco-innovative sustainable business models, MedWaves establishes an enabling environment for green, circular, zero-waste, low-carbon, and non-toxic economies to grow and flourish.
Stimulating and sustaining a transition to green and circular economies requires multi-stakeholder engagement. Individuals engaged in policy, business, finance and civil society all have a crucial role to play. MedWaves navigates opportunities and works with a strong sensibility that when we act together, we change together. The centre supports meaningful engagement among stakeholders, raising awareness from producer to consumer of shared challenges and shared solutions.
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