CELEBRATING THE MEDITERRANEAN
This 28 of November, join us for the Day of the Mediterranean
CELEBRATING THE MEDITERRANEAN
The Day of the Mediterranean provides a yearly opportunity to promote intercultural exchanges, celebrate cooperation, embrace diversity and strengthen ties between our two shores. We celebrate our shared identity, common heritage and love for the Mediterranean.
It is a reminder that our similarities largely overcome our differences and that we all share a Mediterranean identity
30 Nov 2024, 19h30 - Med Day Concert in Barcelona
To commemorate the day, the Union for the Mediterranean, together with IEMED, the City of Barcelona, the Government of Catalonia and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs will offer a concert at the Saló del Tinell in Barcelona under the direction of musician Jordi Savall.
Day of the Mediterranean 2025: We need to talk, Mediterranean
Why this year matters: 30 Years of Dialogue
The Day of the Mediterranean is celebrated every year on 28 November, marking the launch of the Barcelona Process in 1995 – a historic initiative that laid the foundations for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, and later gave birth to the Union for the Mediterranean.
This year is a milestone: we are commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process. For three decades, countries, institutions, and communities across the Mediterranean have worked together to promote dialogue, peace, and shared prosperity.
This year’s campaign: We need to talk, Mediterranean
To mark this anniversary, the 2025 campaign invites us to take the conversation further – and bring it closer to the people.
This year’s campaign is about the power of dialogue: between cultures, generations, communities, and even with ourselves. It is a call to listen, to speak up, and to imagine the kind of Mediterranean we want to build together.
Just like our Mediterranean boasts an unparalleled canvas of world-class cultural heritage sites and a wealth of traditions, it is also a hotspot of biodiversity and geodiversity, and home to a multitude of unique habitats and species.
To celebrate the Mediterranean is to celebrate life in its full amplitude and plenitude. This ancient sea around which we live has given the world its greatest civilizations, its earliest academies and universities, its first dramatists and philosophers and its most celebrated trade centres.
The Day of the Mediterranean aims to create an annual unique momentum to provide visibility to the positive cooperation stories in the region. It is also a reminder that we all share a Mediterranean identity, the cultural dimension being an important component of who we are and where we come from.
It provides an opportunity to launch projects and initiatives as well as to hold events, roundtables, exhibitions and festivals across the region to strengthen ties between our shores, promoting intercultural exchanges and embracing diversity,
What can I do?
Everyone has a role to play. Whether you are an organisation working in the field of cooperation, a public administration, a private entity or a citizen in love with the Mediterranean, you can be part of the movement!
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