Founding Charter

Valencia, June 1, 2019.

1. Preamble.

Since 2008, a group of Mediterranean citizens have committed to work towards the emergence of a Mediterranean community of peoples. Hence, they launched the development of a Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly. In this first step, they elaborated a founding text, basis of this Founding Charter that embraces the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations on December 8 1948, and also on the 2849 resolution on December 20 1971 about ‘‘Development and environment’’ adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly. The MCA has created a network of circles around the Mediterranean that favours dialogue, proposition and the citizen action.

In 2016, the MCA adopted a legal personality under the status of a Foundation (MCAF) in order to integrate a big variety of persons capable of bringing a wider and shared vision of the Mediterranean basin.