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INNOMED-UP grantees are celebrating their success!

Hayfa'a , Arwa, Afaf and Sameera are SMEs managed from home who managed to have a sub-grant from INNOMED-UP project and implement it successfully through producing innovative recycled products that are syllable and have good market value.

Enjoy the video with the stories of these pioneer women!

Spanish partners of the REUSEMED project have presented this week the municipal networks set up to boost and manage the six reuse circuits included in the project. These initiatives aim to reduce all municipal waste fractions. Specifically, the six local circuits will be dedicated to the bartering of utensils, the reuse of books and clothes, the donation of food, composting or the repair of objects and components.

The exhibition was inaugurated last Saturday, November 19 and can be visited until Sunday, November 27 at Hipercor's facilities located in Ronda de Córdoba, Spain.

The municipality of Cordoba is promoting, within the framework of REUSEMED project and the European Week for Waste Prevention, an exhibition with the slogan 'Waste is out of fashion'. The exhibition can be visited from 19 to 27 November 2022 at Hipercor's facilities in Ronda de Córdoba. 

The following proposals will take place in the exhibition:

Discover how to create a business model based on Blue Economy in Sicily: Natale Amoroso talks about his company "La Tramontana" focused on an innovative and sustainable path in respect of the Mediterranean sea.

Watch the video and enjoy the interview about a Sicilian company that takes advantage of local natural resources in a sustainable way and through a blue and sustainable approach.

In this short interview, Alaa Aridhi, Programme manager at Westerwelle, the selected Business Support Organisation in Tunisia, gives an insight to their role and impact in the INVESTMED project at the local pitch competition in Tunisia. He explains how Westerwelle will make an impact over the next 11 months with other selected INVESTMED beneficiaries. The local pitch competition took place on the 6th and 7th July 2022.

In this short interview, Eya Ben Messaoud, pitch participant for the startup Idaraty Culture, explains her experience in the local Tunisian pitch competition. The competition look place on the 6th and 7th of July 2022.

Cristina Valero, project manager at IEMED, an INVESTMED project partner, gives a short interview on their role in the INVESTMED subgranting scheme at the local pitch event in Tunisia. The competition look place on the 6th and 7th of July 2022.

In this short interview, the global manager of Westerwelle, a selected incubator for the INVESTMED project, gives an insight to their involvement in the project. Incubators are business support organisations selected by the project to support and accelerate the business proposals from budding entrepreneurs. Part of their role is being involved in the local pitch competitions. The event in Tunisia took place on the 6th and 7th July 2022.

In this short interview, we hear from the Fathi Ben Mimoun, Tunisian Ministry of Investment, Development and International Cooperation with thoughts on the INVESTMED project local pitch competition. The competition look place on the 6th and 7th of July 2022.