Watch highlights of Cross-border brokerage event in Bio/Nanotechnology & ICT applied to the dairy value chain held on December 14th & 15th, 2022 in Tunis. 

The Cettex technology center in Monastir, Tunisia has special machinery for dyeing small batches. This is one of the initiatives of the TEX-MED ALLIANCES project.

The dyeing of fabrics and textile products is an art but it can also be a problem if we talk about small companies - SMEs - working with small batches.

The TEX-MED Alliances project was launched in February 2020. Its main objective is to promote Mediterranean textile alliances for business development, internationalization, and innovation.

During its 3 years of implementation, TEX-MED ALLIANCES has worked intensively on the development of initiatives to promote 3 fundamental aspects: innovation, internationalization, and circular economy in the textile sector of the Mediterranean basin. To this end, 4 initiatives have materialized: 

Yousef and Tahani are pioneer SMEs working in the touristic area in Irbid supported by INNOMED-UP project to  expand their business and produce innovative recycled products that are syllable and have good market value especially for the tourists

They managed to utilize the project small grants to buy the equipment and machines that facilitated the production of new, attractive and innovative products from available recyclables which was not possible before due to lack of financial and technical resources.

Upcycling practices on behalf of SMEs of the cultural and creative sector are situated in the historic center of Athens. The importance of the location of the CCI SMEs highlights the need of the upcoming pilot cluster reinforcing circularity in the Athenian center. Smart Tools are willing to engage the CCI SMEs network as a form of collaboration inside the pilot cluster, supporting and promoting the capabilities of upcycling.

Birzeit University published a short video targeting public in Palestine to raise the awareness of circular economy through focusing on the impact of human waste on health and environment to achieve the project goals to expand the idea of circular economy.

An exhibition, designed to travel and tell the story of proposals on the management of "Non-Conventional Water Resources". It is the "MEDWAYCAP exhibition", previewed in Syracuse and soon to be hosted by the Medwaycap project partner countries, starting with Tunisia in February 2023.

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!

This video explains the main benefits of the NEX-LABS Agora  a semantic search engine and a social hub addressed to Mediterranean institutions, policy-makers, startups, SMEs researchers, civil society’s actors interested in the implementation of clean ICT technologies for sustainable and resilient growth of agri-food sector production based on a more efficient use of energy and water.

National Technical University of Athens, as the Lead Beneficiary of INNOMED-UP, launches an awareness video regarding creativity and upcycling in Athens, Greece. Explaining the INNOMED-UP initiatives in the context of the Historic Center of Athens, through the upcycling needs, and emerging practices in the sector of Cultural and Creative Industries.