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Invest in Med 3rd request for initiatives. Get involved!
The Invest in Med programme co-finances projects targeting strategic sector for the economic development of the Mediterranean. The initiatives proposed should combine different actions (e.g. BtoB meetings, technical assistance missions, training for trainers, etc.), involve at least two southern Mediterranean countries and have a concrete impact on Med economical exchanges. 36 initiatives promoting exchanges between 150 Euro-Mediterranean organisations and addressing key issues (such as water technologies, sustainable tourism and entrepreneurship) have been supported so far. Members of the MedAlliance are invited to propose initiatives before 18 November 2009. To know more about eligibility criteria and the procedures to apply, click here .

The Mediterranean business events calendar is now online !
Enterprises, economic development organisations and events organisers, can use this new, unique and free online agenda to raise wider awareness on up-coming events and better planify, integrate and valorise their business activities in the Mediterranean. The following services are proposed : view planned events , promote your upcoming events , be informed on your “must be” events .

The European Fruit and Vegetable Innovation Cluster (PEIFL), based in Avignon (France), has submitted to the Bizerte Cluster (Tunisia) a cooperation proposal that will give access to the technology monitoring system developed by the PEIFL. This collaboration offer has been made as a follow up to the meeting organised between three Mediterranean agrifood clusters, in the framework of the Invest in Med “Tech Fruits & vegetables” initiative, led by the Italian Chamber of Commerce for France in Marseille.

Israel, Italy, Egypt, Morocco and Catalonia are cooperating in a unique initiative to promote the use of water and environmental technologies in the Mediterranean. The partners are now working on the organization of a business to business event during WATEC 2009 (Tel Aviv, from 17 to 19/11/09). The selected enterprises will enjoy a package of unique benefits (reduced entrance fees, organised technical visits, booth, prepared BtoB meetings, etc).If you are interested to be part of this operation, please contact Mr Frederic Subirats (ACC1Ó-COPCA): fsubirats@acc10.cat    

New partners, the Bouches-du-Rhône Conseil general (department council) and the private company EDF (French Company of Electricity) have now joined the MedZones project managed by the Chamber of Commerce Marseille Provence. MedZones targets the creation of a reference guide and the creation of a network of key players, sharing good practices in terms of sustainable planning of specific activity zones in the Mediterranean. A first workshop will be held mid-November 2009 and the first best practices study on industrial parks will be launched in Bizerte,  Zarzis , Elgazala in Tunisia, Bouskoura and Ouled Salah in Morocco. For more information please contact Nicolas Frachon

Lucca Promos will organise on 16th October 2009 the kick off meeting of the initiative Paper Med, within the International Exhibition of Paper Industry - MIAC - . The meeting will give the occasion to the entrepreneurs of this sector to know more about the opportunities and request for partnerships of the paper industry production in the MED partners countries. The following stakeholders are invited to join the meeting : SMEs, intermediary organisations, trade associations, policy makers.More information ? Contact Valeria Giusti

A subway line in Oran and a TGV crossing the country from East to West are part of the great projects of investments from the Algerian government.

At the Israeli-Palestinian start-up Ghost carries out the commercial launching of its virtual computer, industrialists of the 2 countries express their desire to work more systematically together.

The Egyptian government announced during the summer the signature of agreements for the gas, oil and gold extraction on its ground with the companies Apache Corporation and Matz. 

The ministry for Jordanian Tourism gave its approval for the construction of a tourist village close to the ancient city.

The international airport Hariri in Beirut (Lebanon) recorded a rise of 25,4% of its passenger traffic over the first eight months of 2009, compared to the same period in 2008.

A decree signed this summer makes it possible for the first time for public promoters to call upon the foreign capital to finance of certain projects of development

The invitation to tender for the construction of the new teaching hospital (CHU) of Sfax will be launched in the future days.

For the Minister for the Regional planning, Environment and Tourism in Algerie Cherif Rahmani, the growth of the national economy passes by tourism, which he considers as a strategic sector.

In spite of the economic crisis and the political conflicts, the industrial and commercial activities between the two countries have developed during 3 last years.

One year after fusion between the Tunisian companies Karthago Airlines and Nouvelair, integration continues with the takeover of Koralblue Airlines, an Egyptian JV dominated by Karthago Group.

BioNegev, Israeli pole of innovation specialized in medical research, just sealed an agreement of partnership with Sophia-Antipolis.

Jordan as the future regional head office of Google? Many in Jordan would like to believe it.

The Libyan national Company of maritime transport took down two certificates of standards of quality ISO 14001 of 2004 and ISO 9001 of 2008. 

The latest edition of FDI Intelligence's 'African Country of the Future' contest ranked Egypt and Morocco respectively 2nd and 3rd out of 59 African economies.

According to the Syrian ministry of agriculture, the agricultural sector continues to employ nearly 18% of the workforce, that is to say approximately 8.9 million people. 

Boosted by a good pluviometry and financial incentives, Tunisian cereal producers reached a record production of 2,5 million tons of cereals this year.

The French oil & gas champion is to create a new production unit in Corlu (near Istanbul) for its fellow subsidiary Bostik, an adhesive and sealants producer headquartered in France.

Individual BtoB meetings will be organised in the fringe of the "symposium Maghrébin » which will take place in Tunisia from September 25 to 26th, 2009. This symposium will highlight the attraction power for Europe of a Maghreb united economically. Selected companies coming from both sides of the Mediterranean will be invited participate in the event and will also have the opportunity to benefit from the capacity building training organised in parrallel.  

Description : This large "BtoB" is organised in the framework of the Mediterranean Economic Week (7 to 10 October) by the members of the MedBusiness network (including CCIMP and ASCAME). More than 500 individual meetings between companies from southener and northern rims of the Mediterranean will be organised. The MedBusiness network will be officially launched at the same time.Beneficiaries : 200 companies form 8 mediterranean coutries : Algeria, Egypt, France, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey.

TEXTECHMed (www.textechmed.eu  ) is a project financed by Invest In Med Programme, aimed at enabling multi-actor partnerships in the Textile for technical applications’ sector (Transport, Sport & Leisure, Building, Health, Packaging & Food, etc. ). TEXTECHMed and Cité Euro-méditerranéenne de la Mode organise a first relation-making event which will take place the 8th October 2009 in Marseille: ·         Business to Business meetings ·         Research to Business meetings ·         Investors to Business meetings  A multitude of Textile and cross sector (Transport, Sport & Leisure, Building, Health, Packaging & Food, etc.) actors will participate in TEXTECHMed relation-making event: European and Mediterranean industrials, companies, private and public researchers, techno parks, investors and business angels: ·         More than 200 multi-actor meetings will be organised by our experts ·         A special workshop dedicated to the Mediterranean and European actors of Textile for technical applications will be organised (presentation of the EU-MEDA Value chain, mapping of actors, presentation of opportunities for textile actors willing to work on technical applications, strategic and practical roadmap illustrated on real business cases of European and MEDA countries, etc). You are welcome to join us! Please, find a detailed programme on our web site – www.textechmed.eu . Registration is obligatory by e-mail or on our web site. Contacts: Raffaele BUOMPANE, Director of the project Elena MURZAKAEVA – e.murzakaeva@textechmed.eu, infos@textechmed.eu  Tel. : +33 (0)660 667 233

>REGISTRATION FORM INCLUDED IN THE DOWNLOADABLE PROGRAMME BELOW. Description: This Round Table, organised by the MedAlliance Consortium in charge of the Invest in med Programme with the support of the Euro-Mediterranean authorities (Union for Mediterranean presidency, European Investment Bank, European Commission) will take place in the framework of the Mediterranean Economic Week, from 7 to 10 October 2009. It will be an occasion to promote concrete initiatives and advancements in companies financing and coaching solutions.

TEXTECHMed (www.textechmed.eu  ) is a project financed by Invest In Med Program, aimed at enabling multi-actor partnerships in the Textile for technical applications’ sector (Transport, Sport & Leisure, Building, Health, Packaging & Food, etc. ).  TEXTECHMed and Cité Euro-méditerranéenne de la Mode organise a Workshop dedicated to the Mediterranean and European actors of Textile for technical applications which will take place the 8th October 2009 in Marseille and aim at: Presenting first results of TEXTECHMed (value chain, mapping of actors,etc) Presenting market opportunities of technical applications of Textile, attracting attention and efforts of Euro Med actors on these opportunities Sharing experience of developing strategic and practical roadmap (illustrated on real business cases of European and MEDA companies) Enable new multi-actor, Euro Med effective partnerships. You are welcome to join us! Please, find a detailed programmed on our web site – www.textechmed.eu . Registration is obligatory by e-mail or on our web site. Contacts: Raffaele BUOMPANE, Director of the project Elena MURZAKAEVA – e.murzakaeva@textechmed.eu, infos@textechmed.eu  Tel. : +33 (0)660 667 233

Description : In the frame of MIAC, the International Exhibition of Paper Industry yearly held in Lucca, the partners will launch the project activities and will present the Programme to the entrepreneurs who will take part in B2B events planned in Algeria and Morocco. Some thousands of MIAC visitors and operators will get hints of Paper Med initiative ensuring a great visibility of the project.Beneficiaries : all partners and enterprisesNumber of participants (UE): 30 participants among partners and entrepreneurs Number of participants (Med): 30 participants among partners and entrepreneurs Expected result : Acknowledging the project action plan by all partners; consolidation of reciprocal and familiar relationship within the team works; ; promotion of the initiative to a international audience

ACIM leads in 2009, with the participation of partners in France (Marseille Innovation), Germany (GTZ) and Algeria (ANDI), a mission that is part of the 'Invest in Med' to better understand the wishes and investment capacity in Algeria economic officials from the Algerian diaspora living in France. A 2-day workshop will be held in Algiers which will gather 20 heads of companies selected after investigation and the main players of investment in Algeria (ANDI, Banks, Customs, notaries, accountants, etc ....)

How to define a Web strategy adapted to its website and its activity in order to increase its visibility on the Net and to attract always more investors in the Mediterranean? This interactive training, open to the members of the networks forming the consortium MedAlliance (API, CCI and professional organizations), will present strategic methods and tools to communicate via the Web with the investors and to highlight the attractivity of the Mediterranean.

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