The construction and building industry are key sectors for the development of Mediterranean countries, confronted with the challenges of the impact on the environment (notably energy consumption and the emission of greenhouse gases).

Batimed was therefore born of a partnership between two countries from the Maghreb and a country from Central Europe, bolstered by numerous international experts. This initiative was proposed to favour exchanges of essential information about EU markets, to favour development projects in Algeria and Morocco as well as to create sustainable cooperation both between support organisations and businessmen, and more particularly between businesses of the EU and the MED region. Batimed has also profited from strong  support from the Polish government, an indicator of the importance given to this sector and cooperation with the Mediterranean.

The Batimed initiative, by favouring the materialisation of community policy towards the States of the Mediterranean Basin, has played a considerable role in the intensification of trade exchanges and investment flows between the countries of the EU and the MED region.