GIMED: Container transporters across Egypt join forces through a digital platform to reduce pollution
A digital platform where container transporters in Egypt can join and tackle pollution.
INTECMED in Egypt presents opportunities to overcome lack of coordination in the Mediterranean innovation ecosystem
The Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEEBA), in cooperation with the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, INTECMED's project Egyptian partners, participated at this year
A closer look at the Med pearls destinations: Lakes Mariout and Edku in Alexandria, Egypt.
Two of the five wetland lakes located in Egypt’s Northern Mediterranean basin, the Lakes Mariout and Edku are bodies of fresh, brackish and saline or hypersaline water of extremely high importance to the local communities of Alexandria and its surrounding suburbs. Often overlooked by local Egyptians and foreign travelers, the lakes are a trove of unexplored treasures.
Skills4Sports project identifies the weaknesses and challenges for employment in the sports sector
Youth unemployment constitutes a worrying issue in the Mediterranean region. The low economic growth and the political crisis of the Mediterranean countries have an impact on the educational sector, especially for sports. A great number of young people are defined as NEETs, young people who are neither educated nor employed nor trained, due to the dysfunctional relationship between educational system and labor markets.
INVESTMED opens calls for sub-grant applications from Business Support Organisations
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:
MEDSt@rts announces the first microfinance cross-border forum in Greece
The Chamber of Achaia (Επιμελητήριο Αχαϊας), MEDSt@rts Greek partner, announces the first microfinance cross-border forum, an online meeting dedicated to microfinance actors from Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia.
ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM: MSMEs in Jordan are being trained to develop their business plan in the organic agriculture sector
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.
ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM supports SMEs to develop their business plan on organic farming in Greece
In the framework of the the Innovative value chain training program that has been launched by the ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM project partners in Jordan, Lebanon, Greece, Tunisia and Italy, in collaboration with the Associated partners, 5 organic farmers/SMEs were selected in Greece to develop their business plan, based on an innovative idea, after the com
INTECMED in Spain promotes its call for business ideas directed to the research community
The Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA)'s consultant María García Alegre has presented the INTECMED project at the Entrepreneurship and Employment Conference on the Ecological Transition.
GIMED: Treating dry solid waste in Lebanon, a successful solution launched by Lebanon Waste Management
Operating since 2019, Lebanon Waste Management (LWM) is a sorting facility that treats dry solid waste. LMW uses unrecyclable waste to make RE-tiles, which are new and customized bricks and tiles.