The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
MEDSt@rts Analysis of the Mediterranean microfinance industry (abstract)
Young entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean region encounter severe credit constraints and gathering enough money to start or scale up their enterprise is often impossible. The objective of MEDSt@rts project is to develop an innovative supporting model to facilitate access to funding for “non-bankable” people. MEDSt@rts partnership, as a preparatory activity to the design of a transnational network of microfinance, carried out an in-depth analysis of the state of the microfinance industry, at a local and national level. The organisations involved were SFIRS Spa in Italy, Chamber of Commerce of Achaia in Greece, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sfax in Tunisia, LEADERS in Palestine and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of South Lebanon in Lebanon.
Recommendations for the strategy of financial inclusion of micro and small businesses in Lebanon
The MEDSt@rts project started to support young innovative entrepreneurs pitch their new business ideas, and then get the needed business development and access to finance to launch their own businesses. In that regard, the Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture in Sidon and South Lebanon (CCIAS) launched the microfinance and Business Development Services (BDS) forum that engaged Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), BDS providers, bankers and experts in the economic development eco-system, to provide a series of discussions about financial inclusion, business development role, legal and regulatory issues, and the way forward to help MSMEs and youth start-ups succeed as a pre requisite towards the universal sustainability development goals. The document below, which illustrates recommendations for the strategy of financial inclusion of micro and small businesses in Lebanon, contains a summary of the 12 days presentations and discussion that took place among the forum participants.
CROSSDEV - The best videos produced by the project
"I am the Mediterranean" and 5 short video-pills on the sustainable tourism destinations developed by the project in Jordan, Lebanon, Italy and Palestine.
CROSSDEV - The art of Arabic calligraphy
This unique initiative was designed as another idea to allow sustainable tourists visiting Jordan to get familiar with the Arabic culture. Through the booklet, non-Arabic speakers will be able to taste the art of drafting the beautiful Arabic lettering. The booklet includes full details of how to draw Arabic calligraphy in a simple and easy way.
CROSSDEV - Culture, History, Environment and people to expand sustainable tourism in Italy, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine
Edited by project’s lead CISP – the International Committee for the Development of Peoples – the book gathers experiences and good practices, stories, problems, and solutions that the partners have faced during the project’s implementation. It tells about community-based tourism, socioeconomic opportunities, trainings, environmental protection, social inclusion, and many more practices that CROSSDEV has brought in the selected territories of Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine and that were studied, designed, and applied in tight collaboration with the locals.
CROSSDEV - Crossborder agreements
Three agreements signed within the project on communication/marketing actions, cooperation among universities, and the sustainability of the newly developed online platform.
CROSSDEV - The Hidden Mediterranean platform
Hidden Mediterranean is the brainchild of five destinations with great tourism potential – the Jabal Moussa Biospehere Reserve in Lebanon, Aqaba and Umm Qais in Jordan, the Palestinian Heritage Trail in Palestine, and the Via Selinuntina in Italy – which have teamed up and are working together to promote cultural, experiential, sustainable and responsible tourism in off-the-beaten-path areas, which are rich in traditions and authenticity.
CROSSDEV - Guidelines and local action plans
Guidelines to build local action plans and the 5 local action plans developed by the project partners for 5 destinations: Via Selinutina (Sicily, Italy), Umm Quais and Aqaba (Jordan), Palestinian Heritage Trail (Palestine), and Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (Lebanon).