The Monk Seal Alliance (MSA) is a consortium of like-minded foundations optimizing resources to support collaborative conservation and rehabilitation of one of the most endangered mammals in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal.
The Alliance was created in 2019 by five founding members: the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the MAVA Foundation, the Segré Foundation, the Sancta Devota Foundation, and the Thalassa Foundation. In 2022, the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation joined the alliance to further strengthen its mission.
N.E.C.C.A is the sole successor of the National Center for Environment and Sustainable Development (NCESD) and the 36 Management Bodies of PAs. The process of succession and renaming of the NCESD to “Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency” (N.E.C.C.A) was determined by legal provisions in laws 4685/2020, 4722/2020 and 4819/2021.
N.E.C.C.A. is supervised by the Ministry of Environment and Energy, and has administrative and financial autonomy and operates for the benefit of the public interest according to the rules of private sector economy.
