BikeAbout makes safe cycling, learning with technology, regional networking and international exchange part of a real life of exciting adventure.

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean transcends traditional divisions and antagonisms, and demonstrates that this smallest big part of the world can be approached as a single entity.

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean visits and works with established Mediterranean regional groups and programs endeavoring to identify and preserve a Mediterranean heritage:
  • UNESCO's Mediterranean Program, which coordinates many other groups' activities
  • the Community of Mediterranean Universities
  • the United Nations Environmental Programme's Plan of Action for the Mediterranean (Blue Plan) which, among others, includes a center for the study of historical sites
  • the European Union's Mediterranean Cooperation Program.

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean solicits names of students, teachers, and professionals from schools, universities and enterprises and help "Mediterraneans" to find one another, both in the context of its own work and that of the Alliance.

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean has partnered with major international telecommunications technology developers and online providers as well as local Mediterranean Internet servers. Portable equipment from and online access through these companies allows for the display and demonstration of the advantages of network-centric computing. BikeAbout is proud to announce that a communications backbone involving Internet access providers from most Mediterranean countries is bringing the BikeAbout message to the world. (For a list of participating access providers, please consult our sponsor directory.)

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean establishes computer links involving schools, cultural organizations and companies in the United States and around the Mediterranean. BikeAbout has arranged for 2-3 site visits per week and at least one in every country with the help of established organizations like UNESCO, its Clubs and Associated Schools Project, Interaid, the Alliance for a Responsible and United World, the International Society for Technology in Education, and the many online school communities and networks.

• To draw students and scholars into the region, BikeAbout-the Mediterranean cooperates with groups such as I*EARN and CCCNet and propose thought-provoking questions and games that require research, online and off, about Mediterranean countries, customs, languages, historical sites (which will be visited), etc.

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean gathers and shares, via the Internet, up-to-date information that is useful to teachers, students, scholars and professionals. The riders
  • contribute to and update information on the BikeAbout home page through travel reports, historical/cultural data and statistics, video clips, photographs, recordings, maps, contact addresses, etc.
  • post weekly teacher and student profiles
  • respond directly to (and solicit local people eager to answer) email letters from pen-pals, or BikeAbout "international key-pals."

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean works together with international schools and exchange organizations, such as the International Bicycle Fund and Servas
• BikeAbout riders follow and promote the IBF "Code of Responsible Travel."

• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean emphasizes the importance of and follow the safety regulations established by the Snell Memorial Foundation and the WHO Helmet Initiative, both of which develop and maintain performance standards for helmets and encourage their use along with proper riding etiquette.

• BikeAbout works in tandem with international and regional development and environmental organizations,)
• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean encourages cross-frontier dialogue and exchange rides, by coordinating with international cycling initiatives, such as the Great Millennium Peace Ride, and with local bike organizations and national bike federations, such as:
  • the European Cyclists' Federation and its member groups, as well as the Croatian, French, Hellenic, Italian, and Spanish cycling federations
  • the numerous pedaling public interest groups and local clubs found all around the Mediterranean basin
• BikeAbout-the Mediterranean has also contacted manufacturers of bicycles, bike accessories, and adventure sports apparel and equipment, and provides a highly visible example of the reliability of their products.

On the road, at home and for everyone following by computer, BikeAbout sets standards and expands horizons by helping to satisfy children's (and adults'!) curiosity about the wonderful world beyond the classroom, the office, and the home.