A partnership agreement between UMAR and SD MED (association for co-operation in sustainable construction and development in the Mediterranean Basin) has been signed. By joining the skills, strengths and means of both partner, the agreement intends to promote sustainable architecture and architecturale and environmental quality at all spacial scales (building, neighbourhood, city, region), in the Mediterranean Basin. A methodology study has been written by specialized experts as a tool for a preliminary thinking for the elaboration of a sustainable strategy. You can dowload this document on our website section Work Groups-Sustainable development. SD - MED web site :http://www.sd-med.org/