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Must go! Third Invest in Med Conference and Mediterranean Economic Leader Summit- will take place on 3 & 4 June 2010 in Bacelona, Spain
The Euro-Mediterranean business community, together with the business supporting organisations, organise two days of conference and workshops before the Heads of State and Government UfM Summit on 7 June 2010. Over 400 investors, business networks and enterprises are expected for this free event open to registration.[Read+]

MedVentures targets in 2010 the best innovative start-ups in 10 Mediterranean partner countries in order to help them go international. The best 100 projects will be selected by the end of June, in partnership with more than 30 innovation, business and investment networks. The MedVentures finals will take place on 3 December 2010 in Marseille, during the 4th Mediterranean Economic Week. The 3 winners will receive a prize (each one worth between EUR 10,000 and 50,000) and will benefit from international visibility. To participate and get more information: www.medventures.biz

The representatives of the Invest in Med projects Young Entrepreneurs, Distrimed and Maghreb crossroads have been invited on 26 & 27 April 2010, to the "Presidential Summit on Entrepreneuship" in Washington in order to testify about their experiences and career successes. The summit which encourages partnerships with Muslim entrepreneurs, was opened by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also made a statement. Contacts have been established for future partnerships with MEPI and Vital Voices.

The MedAlliance Board meeting took place in Cairo on 21 & 22 April 2010, in the fringe of the Euromed Industry forum. The Invest in Med co-ordination team presented the progress of the programme for the second year of activity: 50 initiatives managed by Invest in Med, more than 350 operations over the 3 years of the programme, and nearly 280 organisations being associated to their implementation. The events - BtoB, trainings, workshops, technical assistance missions - already welcomed over 9,000 participants, among which more than 5,000 enterprises since 2008. [Read+]

After the "Paperex" fair in India, the Paper Med project will be presented in Syria, in the framework of the international fair "Paper One Show ". This event will be dedicated to up-to-date technologies in paper manufacturing equipment, with more than 100 exhibitors from over 30 countries, and 3,000 visitors from April 27-30. On this occasion, Lucca Promos (Italy) will promote the next Paper Med B2B meetings which will be held in Tetouan, Morocco, on 11 & 12 May 2010. [Read+]

The MEDINA MED FORUM was held from 30 March to 3 April 2010, in Hammamet, Tunisia, during the women business fair Expofemina2010. Used as the starting point of the DISTRIMED 2.0 initiative, the forum focused on opportunities offered by new distribution channels. Several women CEOs were chosen to participate to the next operations, especially individual coaching towards e-commerce pilot-projects and B2B meetings with international buyers. [Lire+]

The study led by GTZ and the Ministry of Economy and Technology (BMWi) and realised by the Tunisian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is now available on the Invest in Med website. The first module dedicated to the analysis of support services towards Tunisian expatriates focused on social assistance in order to facilitate integration in the country of residence, mobilise financial and knowledge-based transfers and encourage political participation and mobility. [Read+]

European companies are invited by UNIDO, ADECI and their partner Forum Francophone des Affaires to participate to the BtoB meetings held on 27 & 28 May 2010 in Marseille, with Mediterranean operators in the agrifood and environment sectors (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia). Around 50 collaboration offers have been identified, and meetings are planned with managers, UNIDO experts and local partners: ANDI (Algeria), IDA (Egypt), AMDI (Morocco) and UMAGRI (Tunisia). To access the companies' profile and the partnership offers, click on the specific sector: agrifood and environment.

On 22 March 2010, the launching meeting of the ENER-TECH project was set up in Madrid on "Technologies towards Sustainable Production in the Mediterranean". The four project coordinators (AMEC, CEEBA, JCI and CCIABML) visited the exhibition centre IFEMA, where the international fair MATELEC will take place in October 2010. The BtoB meetings dedicated to energy efficiency will be organised during this fair and will host at least 40 companies and organisations from the 9 Med countries on 28 October 2010. [Read+]

The mission led by the CCI of Tunis in Lebanon, France, Spain, and Turkey since July 2009 is now over. This mission focused on the needs encountered by Mediterranean chambers of commerce and industry and SMEs for having more training sessions. This field work, along with a survey of all chambers of commerce members of the ASCAME network, constitutes the first steps towards the creation of a Mediterranean Institute of International Trade (the ASCAME Business Academy). [Read+]

The French multinational company is considering to invest at least EUR 920 millions in Algeria.  [Lire+]  

The Washington-based institution has announced a USD 300 millions loan to Egypt, in order to finance local micro and small enterprises (MSEs).  [Read+]

IBM launches a new development programme in Green technologies in collaboration with the Israeli  Ministry of Industry.  [Lire+]

On early April 2010, the Jordan Minister of Transport granted the feasibility study contract of the Amman light subway to a French company based in Lyon for an amount of USD 1.2 billions (EUR 889 millions). [Lire+]

Few weeks before the beginning of summer season, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is expecting that travel and tourism industry should generate in a direct and indirect ways USD 12.4 billions (EUR 9.18 billions) in Lebanon, confirming fair figures recorded in 2009.  [Lire+]  

The financial return average on project should be about 52% according to the Libyan Minister in charged of Industry and Economy, Mr Mohamed Haweij.  [Lire+]  

Year after year, it proves its attractiveness towards European companies willing to relocate part of their services and production.  [Read +]

The French Minister of Industry, Christian Estrosi, laid the foundation stone of the first French-Palestinian industrial area in Bethleem, in Cisjordania on 8 April 2010.  [Lire+]  

The Syrian authorities have established a new development plan which, if well implemented, could generate at least USD 130 billions of public and private investments by 2015.  [Read+]

During the 3rd edition of the forum "Proceed Project Challenge", the State Secretary in charged of Information technologies and the Internet announced the creation of a National Agency  to promote IT investments. [Lire+]

In order to facilitate investment and business,  Ankara will adopt a set of 55 new measures, to be fully implemented by December 2010. The new measures are expected to dramatically  reduce administrative procedures to obtain licence and permits. [Read+]

The Invest in Med programme aims at developing sustainable trade relationships, investments and enterprise partnerships between the two rims of the Mediterranean. Funded at 75% by the European Union over the 2008-2011 period, it is implemented by the MedAlliance consortium, which associates economic development organisations (ANIMA, leader of the programme), CCIs (ASCAME, EUROCHAMBRES), and business federations (BUSINESSMED). The members of these networks, as well as their special partners (UNIDO, GTZ, EPA Euroméditerranée, World Bank, etc.), gather a thousand of economic actors - mobilised through pilot initiatives centered on key Mediterranean promising niches. Each year, a hundred operations associate the 27 countries of the European Union and 9 Mediterranean partner countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia. www.invest-in-med.eu