Governance

The MedECC governing entities are the co-Coordinators, the Steering Committee, and the Advisory Board. All MedECC work is overseen and managed by the Co-Coordinators. The Steering Committee is the core of the governance of MedECC. The Steering Committee members are experts and scientists who represent all major scientific disciplines relevant to the goals of MedECC. They are present in personal capacity – they do not represent any institution or country.

The Advisory Board aims at facilitating the dialogue between the MedECC scientific community, and stakeholders and institutions within the Mediterranean region. UfM Secretariat (UfMS), UNEP/MAP and Plan Bleu/RAC have a permanent seat.

Coordinators

Salpie Djoundourian

Salpie Djoundourian

Lebanese American University / Lebanon

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Joël Guiot

Joël Guiot

CEREGE, CNRS / France

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Piero Lionello

Piero Lionello

University of Salento / Italy

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Steering committee members

Mohamed Abdel Monem

Mohamed Abdel Monem

Senior Advisor for Climate Change and Rural Development / Egypt

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Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat

Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat

Mediterranean Facility of the European Forest Institute / Spain

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Wolfgang Cramer

Wolfgang Cramer

IMBE, CNRS / France

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Fatima Driouech

Fatima Driouech

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) / Morocco

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Monia El Bour

Monia El Bour

INSTM-National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies / Tunisia

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Marianela Fader

Marianela Fader

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich / Germany

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Carlo Giupponi

Carlo Giupponi

Ca’ Foscari University (UNIVE) / Italy

Venice International University (VIU) / Italy

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Manfred A. Lange

Manfred A. Lange

Cyprus Institute / Cyprus

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María Carmen Llasat

María Carmen Llasat

Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona (UB) / Spain

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Maria P. Papadopoulou

Maria P. Papadopoulou

National Technical University of Athens / Greece

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Anna Pirani

Anna Pirani

Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC) / Italy

Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia / Italy

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Shlomit Paz

Shlomit Paz

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa / Israel

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Advisory board members

Marie-Claire Boillot

Marie-Claire Boillot

Union for the Mediterranean / Spain

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Robin Degron

Robin Degron

Plan Bleu / France

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Ilias Mavroeidis

Ilias Mavroeidis

UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention Secretariat / Greece

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Arnau Queralt Bassa

Arnau Queralt Bassa

Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of Catalonia / Spain

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Past steering committee members

Ghani Chehbouni

Ghani Chehbouni

Moahmed VI University Polytechnic (UM6P) / Morocco

Ines Duarte

Ines Duarte

Union for the Mediterranean / Spain

Arnault Graves

Arnault Graves

Union for the Mediterranean (2017-2021) / France

Samir Grimes

Samir Grimes

National High School of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management / Algeria

François Guerquin

François Guerquin

Plan Bleu / France

Julien Le Tellier

Julien Le Tellier

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) / Lebanon

Elen Lemaître-Curri

Elen Lemaître-Curri

Lemaître-Curri / France

Cyril Moulin

Cyril Moulin

Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) / France

Andrea Toreti

Andrea Toreti

European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) / Italy

Ethemcan Turhan

Ethemcan Turhan

University of Groningen / The Netherlands

Elena Xoplaki

Elena Xoplaki

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen / Germany

MedECC secretariat officers

Katarzyna Marini

Katarzyna Marini

MedECC Secretariat / France

Plan Bleu / France

Kasia Marini holds a PhD in environmental sciences (oceanography) from Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France). She is an expert in life sciences and environment, with more than 15 years experience in project management and science outreach. She served as the scientific manager of the Laboratory of Excellence OT-Med between 2012 and 2016, and joined the MedECC as Lead Science Officer at its creation in 2015.

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Julie Gattacceca

Julie Gattacceca

MedECC Secretariat / France

Association AIR Climat / France

Julie holds a PhD in environmental geosciences, with specialized expertise in geochemistry and hydrological sciences, and more than 10 years experience in environmental projects. She joined the MedECC in June 2021 as a Lead Science Officer.

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