In May 2021, MoreThanAJob project, launched a call for proposals for sub-grants to be awarded to the Social Solidarity Economy ‘SSE’ institutions and entities to support cooperation between Social and Solidarity Economy actors and Public Administration (PA) actors in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Greece and Italy to support social and labour inclus

The EU-funded INVESTMED project is launching sub-grants for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia. 

The sub-granted scheme seeks to boost sustainable businesses in the green economy, blue economy, and cultural and creative industries, with a particular focus on young people and women. 

The purpose of the sub-grants is to help small businesses:

The EU-funded INVESTMED project is launching sub-grants for Business Support Organisations (BSOs) in Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia. 

The aim of the sub-grants is support the development, launch and implementation of an incubation and acceleration programme to enable selected entrepreneurs to take a step further towards realising their business goals. 

The project aims to address economic and environmental challenges facing small businesses in the Mediterranean, in order to foster sustainable growth and economic development in three key sectors in the region:

There was a large crowd on Sunday morning, 21 November 2021, at Dar Sebastian, a crowd that came especially to attend the closing ceremony of the international field training workshop organised by the Association of Environmental Education of Hammamet (AERE) on the design of a discovery trail of the International Cultural Centre of Hammamet (CCIH).

An online masterclass was organized by the InnovAgroWoMed project for its four partner countries, namely Italy, Tunisia, Spain and Palestine, on the 25th of November 2021 from 11am to 1pm CET.

From 7-11 November 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan, Lead Beneficiary of the ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM project, has launched the second training workshop, which is considered the second phase of the innovative projects, with the four selected projects from the first training.

The INTECMED Meeting "Incubators for innovation and technological transfer in the Mediterranean" was featured at the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders #MedaWeek on 17 November 2021. The project aims to develop an integrated innovation ecosystem at the local level to support technology transfer and commercialization of research results.

University buildings, as well as most public buildings can be identified as ‘no-owner’ or orphan buildings. In a significant number of cases, energy management in Mediterranean universities does not involve dedicated staff, and any improvement in Energy Efficiency is achieved through routine maintenance and refurbishment.

"InnovAgroWoMed has found me: I am now following a path which I feel I really belong to. As for a workplace, I want to find myself in an ethical environment: a place where I can feel good and go to work with a big smile on my face.”, Marlene, AgriFooder, InnovAgroWoMed beneficiary in Italy,  looking for a career in the agri-food sector that respects both the environment and the people.