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Jul 28 - Sustainable Development Meeting Starts At Caleta Hotel

An Expert Group Meeting on ‘Higher Education for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean’ started this morning at the Caleta Hotel. The two-day event will see the attendance of over 20 experts from across a spectrum of Mediterranean countries and various United Nations agencies including UNESCO, UNECE and UNEP.

The Minister for the Environment, Dr John Cortes, opened today’s session with an address that touched on his own experience as an environmentalist and his time at the Botanic Gardens.

The Expert Group will examine the contribution that higher education can make to the sustainable development of the Mediterranean.

The gathering is being organized by the Ministry for the Environment with the support of Professor Daniella Tilbury and Professor Michael Scoullos who have been engaged with the development of the Mediterranean Action Plan in Education for Sustainable Development as well as a review of Higher Education practice across the region.