STAND Up! joins the “Accelerating The Mediterranean Green Transition: Contributions From The Interreg Programmes” Workshop within the European Week of the Regions and the Cities.

As part of the European Week of the Regions and the Cities (11-14 October 2021), ENI CBC MED, ADRION and MED Programmes will team up to present stories of cooperation supporting green transition across and beyond the European Union organizing a thematic workshop on the 13th of October (11:30-13:00 CET).

For the first time, the three Interreg Programmes operating in the Mediterranean area will showcase how they stimulated collaborations among beneficiaries through thematic communities, clusters and projects’ synergies to support the EU Green Deal: circular economy, green entrepreneurship, and sustainable transport.

The event will focus on the importance of synergies and cooperation in order to maximize available funding and the impact of projects for a greener, more sustainable development across the Mediterranean region and ENI CBC MED Programme will contribute illustrating its awarded projects on green entrepreneurship business models.

Moderated by Mr. Jean-Pierre Halkin, Head of Unit ‘Macro-regions, Transnational/Interregional/External Cooperation, Enlargement’ at the European Commission’ DG REGIO, the discussion will feature speakers from all programmes; ENI CBC MED will be represented by Ms Krystel Khalil, Programs Director at Berytech, Lebanon – Partner of BESTMEDGRAPE, GIMED and STAND Up! projects.

Each intervention will be also illustrated with videos giving insights on stories from the field and territorial capabilities. REGISTER HERE

The European Week of Regions and Cities is Europe’s biggest annual event on regional policy. For its 19th edition - under the slogan ‘Together for Recovery’ - to take place fully digital from 11-14 October 2021, more than 300 sessions and online networking activities.