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Mediterranean Youth Camp -Atlantis XXII 

From 22 to 27 June 2026, our annual youth camp ATLANTIS took place in the beautiful coastal town of Ankaran, Slovenia. Now in its 22nd edition, Atlantis brought together young volunteers from 16 Mediterranean National Societies for a week of learning, exchange, and international networking, generously hosted by the Slovenian Red Cross.

Throughout the camp, participants took part in interactive sessions on Leadership Skills, Self-Care and Peer Support, YABC (Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change), Climate Change, and Online Safety, gaining practical tools while sharing experiences and perspectives from across the region. 

The sessions were facilitated by volunteers and staff from the Italian Red Cross, Lebanese Red Cross, Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenian Red Cross.
The programme strengthened connections among Mediterranean National Societies and fostered a spirit of solidarity, friendship, and cooperation.

A heartfelt thank you to the Slovenian Red Cross for hosting Atlantis XXII, and to all participants, facilitators, and volunteers whose enthusiasm and commitment made this experience so special.

See you next year, Atlantis people!

 

 

Mediterranean challenge for our seas 2026 

 

 

 The Mediterranean connects us all, and together we can make a difference. “WAVES OF CHANGE” is an annual challenge launched by the Centre for the Cooperation in the Mediterranean that invites all National Societies in the Mediterranean to act locally to protect our seas, rivers, and coasts, while creating a visible and lasting collective impact.

Every cleanup, educational activity, and awareness-raising gesture counts! Your initiatives will turn into virtual waves on our interactive map, showing how together we can create a movement of change across the region.

💡 Would you like to be part of this wave of action? 
Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of this initiative that combines action, education, and cooperation.

MAKE YOUR LOCAL ACTION HAVE A GLOBAL IMPACT ON PROTECTING THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Discover all the details, learn how to participate, and join the challenge:

 

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Reduction: A pedagogical carbon footprint calculator

Within the framework of promoting actions to mitigate climate change and reduce our environmental impact, a pedagogical tool has been developed to calculate the carbon footprint. The tool is part of an educational project with the following objectives:

 

• To promote a greater and better understanding of the organizational footprint

• To provide an estimated measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Mediterranean National Societies - both at local and national level - to reflect on the points where to act, contributing to decision-making on sustainable practices and reduction and compensation strategies: “What is not calculated does not exist”

• To raise awareness among volunteers and staff on the direct and indirect emissions they generate and promote environmental awareness and responsibility.

Click here to discover REDuction
 

Online Course on climate change and mitigation actions

The online course, developed in 2020, targeting primarily young people, aims to strengthen knowledge on climate change, humanitarian consequences and impacts, strategies to address the climate crisis with a focus on mitigation, and in particular on the strategic and operational response framework of the RC/RC Movement. The course, has a self-learning methodology, with a high level of interactivity; it consists of 4 modules and a final evaluation.

 

It is one of the focus areas for the Mediterranean National Societies which are multiplying their actions to reduce the impacts of the crises and maximize the environmental sustainability of their work.

The Centre for the Cooperation in the Mediterranean supports National Societies to increase capacity to understand climate and environmental risks and opportunities and mobilize positive action on the climate crisis, to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and compensate their footprint.

“Greening the Red” contest

 

The contest aims to encourage young people to develop actions in their National Societies to promote greater awareness and better understanding of the climate and environmental crises, and to launch initiatives that transform the way we work and reduce our environmental footprint.

The contest has been launched annually since 2020.

 

Click here to know about previous winning proposals.