Julien Le Tellier is Programme Management Officer in charge of Socio-Economic Affairs at the UN Environment/Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat in Athens, Greece, since 2017. His activities aim at supporting the implementation and follow-up of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD). This position follows his long engagement in the work of the MAP - Barcelona Convention system at the Plan Bleu Regional Activity Centre in Marseille, France, where he worked for 8 years as Sustainable Development Programme Officer. Julien holds a PhD (2006) from Aix-Marseille University, France, and a post-PhD (2007) in Rabat, Morocco, in Geography and Urban Planning.