MEPIELAN Centre, as a newly nominated member and represented by its Director, Professor Evangelos Raftopoulos, participated in the 21th Meeting of the MCSD Steering  Committee held held on 13-14 May 2020 through teleconference. This was the first meeting of the Committee after the 21st Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP 21) (Naples, Italy, 2-5 December 2019) and all 40 members of the Committee were represented.