The CEPF funding in the Mediterranean Basin, between 2012 and 2017, has been directed by the Ecosystem Profile - a comprehensive document established through a participatory process in 2010. Much have changed since the profile was prepared - being in terms of biological data available, political and economic situation, or donor landscape. Following on CEPF Donor Council's decision to reinvest in the region, there is a need to update the ecosystem profile, through a participatory process, to create a platform on which funders interested in making grants to civil society groups working in the Mediterranean Basin over the next five years can share goals and strategies, take advantage of emerging opportunities, and align well with existing investments by governments and other donors.