In this video, Prof Giovanni Ferri of LUMSA University, project partner in INVESTMED, gives an overview of the INVESTMED Summer School, that took place in September 2023 in Rome.

The Summer School invited the highest ranking business ideas to Rome to participate in a Summer School, full of visits to start-up hubs in Rome and Florence, additional coaching and training sessions on pitching, and opportunities to network and connect with other businesses across the Southern Mediterranean.

Watch the video to find out more.

In this video, part 2 of the explainers on Capacity Building activities, Prof. Giovanni Ferri, of LUMSA University, project partner of INVESTMED, explains the coaching and mentoring programme that took place at the beginning of 2023.

21 business ideas from Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia were coached and mentored according to sustainable business management principles, strengthening them and ensuring pitch readiness. The business ideas were all in the sectors of the green economy, blue economy and the cultural and creative industries.

In this video, Prof. Giovanni Ferri of LUMSA University, Project Partner in INVESTMED discusses the training programme and capacity building activities carried out under the INVESTMED project where over 100 budding entrepreneurs benefitted from the Sustainable Business Management webinars and training cycles that took place in each country, Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia.

He first explains the philosophy behind the project and the methodologies and approaches implemented to achieve its goals. Then he moves to focus specifically on the training activities.

Explore the transformative impact of the TECHLOG project and Eastern Living Lab in Egypt, led by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) in partnership with the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and the Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEEBA). Listen to success stories from companies whose truck drivers and operators received training and gain insights directly from the trainees themselves.

U-SOLVE in Italy, introduces its final five subgrant winners:

1- Project Green Step is about about Horticultural therapy.The grant will enable the subgrantees to scale their efforts, enhance their reach, and deepen the impact of their work.

In this video, they present MECANO, a cloud platform to reduce energy consumption and ensure a more eco-friendly approach to system maintenance (i.e. for cooling and heating).