The MGF is a World Bank Group-facilitated inter-agency initiative that works in partnership with units across the World Bank Group, aid agencies and donors, governments, non-governmental organizations, private sector firms, and researchers.

The Facility is a World Bank - IFC initiative in collaboration with the governments of Canada and Norway. It is mainly supported through the WBG&#39;s Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE) with generous contributions from the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.

Our Partners

The Mashreq Gender Facility works directly with the&nbsp;Governments of Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon to support country commitments for increasing female labor force participation rates. Each country has developed Women&rsquo;s Economic Empowerment Action Plans accompanied by a detailed work plan with key deliverables and metrics to measure progress.

Work Program

Gender equality is smart economics that contributes to poverty reduction, strengthening resilience and boosting shared prosperity. In the Mashreq countries of Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon important gains have been made in women&rsquo;s access to education and health, but persistent challenges remain in women&rsquo;s economic opportunities. For example, only around 1 in 5 women are economically active and less than 5% of firms are led by a woman.

The MASHREQ GENDER FACILITY (MGF) provides technical assistance to the Mashreq countries to enhance women&rsquo;s economic empowerment and opportunities as a catalyst towards more inclusive, sustainable, and peaceful societies, where economic growth benefits all. Through collaboration with the private sector, civil society organizations and development partners, the Facility supports government-led efforts, country-level priorities and strategic regional activities that:

Strengthen the enabling environment for relevant stakeholders to effectively identify and address constraints to women&rsquo;s economic participation;&nbsp; 
Improve women&rsquo;s access to economic opportunities.&nbsp;

Description

The MGF Steering Committee is a high-level advisory group responsible for providing overall strategic direction and guidance. It counts on two government representatives per country, regional directors of the World Bank and the IFC, and selected development partners and private sector donors who demonstrate strong commitment and a record of supporting women&rsquo;s economic opportunities in the Mashreq region. Read More.

To translate the plans into action on the ground, each government has assigned national coordinators, and the World Bank Group (World Bank and IFC) has set up an MGF Secretariat with the overall coordination, knowledge management, continuous fundraising and reporting-related responsibilities, combined with focal points in each World Bank Group country office to manage day-to-day technical support to program activities.

Our Structure

IFC/World Bank MASHREQ GENDER FACILITIY

Project

The MASHREQ GENDER FACILITY (MGF) provides technical assistance to the Mashreq...

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During the project, the INTERNISA network will foster the hiring of 400 women trained in digital skills through short-term crowdworking &amp; traineeships and long-term full-time jobs. INTERNISA&rsquo;s impact is to provide an inexpensive and sustainable mechanism to ensure that businesspeople, women and public authorities have access to training and know-how to develop their digital skills.

What will be improved?

To bridge the digital gender gap and provide marketable digital skills in Mediterranean territories by developing a network and a portal that brings closer the demand and supply of the labour market, providing women with digital skills, and delivering professional training in the agri-food, financial, textile, and tourism sectors.

Objective

The territories involved in the ENI CBC Med Programme suffer from high unemployment rate and low participation of women in the labour market. At the same time, job growth is hindered by the low penetration of digital innovation in Mediterranean territories which hampers the capacity of small enterprises to find access&nbsp;to know-how or venture capital for innovation. With the aim of providing training in digital skills to women and know-how about digitalization approaches to businesspeople, INTERNISA will combine training in the digital sector with professional development in the agri-food, textile, tourism and financial sectors.

To reach its objective, the project will develop online and offline services addressed to women and employers providing training curricula and personal consulting. Project activities will culminate with interventions related to match-making of labour demand and supply through an online platform and job fairs to foster contacts among job seekers and employers.

About

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Total Budget : 3.8 million Euros</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">EU Contribution : 3.4 Million Euros</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">10% Project co-financing</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">1,000 women and NEETs with free access to training resources on digital skills&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">800 businesses operating in the agri-food, tourism, textile and financial sectors&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">50 public sector employees offering policy knowledge on digitalization and women&rsquo;s empowerment</li>
</ul>

EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">400 women trained in digital skills hired</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">9 sets of online and offline training based on digital skills and innovations</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">1 online portal including labour supply and demand match-making mechanism and 1 mobile app</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">1 info point to access offline advising</li>
</ul>

CONTRIBUTION TO POLICY-MAKING

Public authorities, through training packages and seminars, will provide their members with know-how on how to apply good policies for promoting women&rsquo;s employment and digitalisation. The development of online and offline training curricula and tools will facilitate knowledge, skills development of public sector employees. Finally, the project will develop a series of policy recommendations to foster professionalization of women through digital skills.. 
 
Project Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/internisa">https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/internis</a>

Who will benefit?

ENI CBC MED Strategic projects 2020-2023

Developing the INTERNISA network of synergies to increase the number of digitally skilled women employed...

INTERNISA

The 2014-2020 ENI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) initiative funded by the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI). The Programme objective is to foster fair, equitable and sustainable economic, social and territorial development, which may advance cross-border integration and valorise participating countries&rsquo; territories and values. The following 13 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, and Tunisia. The Managing Authority (MA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French. 
For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.enicbcmed.eu">www.enicbcmed.eu</a>

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Main Activities and Expected Results

YEP MED project aims to develop port-logistics training and vocational resources (TVET) adapted to sector needs to strengthen youth employability; increase and upgrade local employment opportunities through the creation of real dual-learning programmes with job placements, strengthening the role of SME&rsquo;s operating in the port ecosystems for future employment creation; and setting up collaborative national and transnational partnerships between port-logistics associations, operators, SMEs, training centres and VET providers, whilst introducing a PPP co-management process.

Objectives

Ports connected to international trade, environment and sustainability, digitalisation, port logistics and transport networks are currently one of the main focuses of job creation in the so-called Blue Economy. Additionally, the ports ecosystem has a high concentration of companies that are usually bigger than in other sectors, allowing a bigger investment and jobs absorption capacity. This potential can influence dual technical and vocational education and training (TVET) with job-oriented placement schemes to decrease NEET rates in the Mediterranean region. Facing this challenge, YEP MED proposes to impact TVET offers by targeting three areas with skills shortages: foreign trade, environment and sustainability, digitalization and port logistic operations. It will develop port-logistics TVET resources adapted to the sector needs, launch learning programmes with job placements and set-up partnerships between key stakeholders in the 7 countries represented in the project.

YEP MED will adapt 8 training curricula to the real needs of the productive sectors, introducing personalized monitoring to students and creating controlling systems and training courses that address environmental issues.

&ldquo;The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme&rsquo;s management structures&rdquo;.

&ldquo;The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders&rdquo;

Over a period of 30 months (October 2020 &ndash; Mars 2023)

The Yep Med project &ldquo;Youth Employment in Ports of the Mediterranean&rdquo; is implemented under the ENI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme (www.enpicbcmed.eu). Its total budget is &euro; 2.9 Million and it is financed, &euro; 2,610,000 by the European Union through the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENI CBC Med Programme aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Duration and Budget

Partners

Ports connected to international trade, environment and sustainability, digitalisation, port logistics and ...

YEP MED

To strengthen research-industry links in the (trans)port sector by establishing a permanent cross-border EU-Med space where research organizations and (trans)port industries co-create, test and share new Technology Transfer Initiatives based on advanced simulation technologies.&nbsp;

Most Mediterranean sectors suffer from poor connections between research, development and education, from one side, and, the real economy, from the other side. Unfortunately, many tools used and developed by research and academic actors do not match with actual market needs. Ports are no exception to this situation. TECHLOG wants to strengthen ties between academia and the (trans)port industry (namely the transport inside port areas) in the Mediterranean region. Concretely, TECHLOG will encourage joint Technology Transfer Initiatives (TTI) to achieve common quality standards for transport and port specialized staff. A Mediterranean Open Lab will be created to promote and share those initiatives within the (trans)port communities. These TTI will be tested through pilot actions, in real port operators, and will involve trained staff. For the sake of efficiency and consistency, the project will focus on advanced simulation technologies which are, beyond the shadow of a doubt, among the key success factors for both port workers and port operators.

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The project will set in place a Cross-Border Med Open Lab aimed at facilitating knowledge sharing and joint technology transfer initiatives between academia and (trans)port industry in the field of advanced simulation for (trans)port and logistics staff. This will help trigger a knowledge-based development built around innovation and advanced simulation technologies that will contribute to the growth of the EU-Med trans(port) economy. Thanks to TECHLOG, (trans)port operators and institutions will be provided with a reference point to co-design and deliver technology transfer in real-life environment to improve (trans)port performance and competitivenes.

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Port authorities</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Terminal operators</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Research centres in the field of advanced simulation &nbsp;</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Dockworkers</li>
</ul>

EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">2 Living Labs established to support technology transfer between research centers specialized in driving simulators and (trans)port communities&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">1 Training course for innovation trainers developed&nbsp;</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">10 representatives of transport institutions trained to become innovation trainers in their sector</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">16 (trans)port enterprises cooperating with research institutions to validate the developed TTIs</li>
</ul>

CONTRIBUTION TO POLICY-MAKING

EU transport policies are showing great attention to heavy-vehicles due to their well-recognized impact on the environment. As professional drivers are expected to travel across-borders, it makes sense to have a uniform approach to implementing training and certifying competencies across the Mediterranean. Similarly, Mediterranean ports show different levels of performance in terms of labor productivity and safety. TECHLOG will draft a joint proposal for a shared Mediterranean qualification standard of advanced training programs via simulators. European Authorities and Med governments can make this proposal their own in order to eventually turn it into standards that expand the existing Directives and provisions to ensure higher training&rsquo;s quality and effectiveness. 
 
Project Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/techlog">https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/techlog</a>

TECHLOG wants to strengthen ties between academia and the (trans)port industry  in the Mediterranean region

TECHLOG

iHERITAGE will foster the creation of innovative AR/VR/MR contents related to some of the world&rsquo;s most outstanding tangible and intangible cultural heritage, namely 9 involved UNESCO World Heritage List sites: 6 in Italy, 1 in Spain, 1 in Egypt and 1 in Jordan. 
 
It will also increase entrepreneurial capacities of young people, public institution staff and researchers through training courses. In the long term, iHERITAGE will lead to the creation of a regional centre dedicated to Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Mediterranean region and of the first ICT Cluster of Mediterranean UNESCO cultural heritage. The project strongly addresses cross-border issues such as the digital gap and uneven level of innovation culture across the ENI CBC Med Programme countries

What will be improved ?

To support technological transfer and commercialisation of new AR/VR tools aimed at enhancing the access to Mediterranean UNESCO cultural heritage through augmented and immersive experiences, by creating cross-border living labs for research and innovation

The Mediterranean UNESCO cultural heritage needs new techniques to improve its level of interpretation, taking advantage of new technologies and commercialising the latest research results. In this regard, iHERITAGE will provide new solutions through an innovation-driven growth process to promote cross-border technological transfer, Living Labs, industry-academia collaboration and the creation of spin-offs and new products, using the latest Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR). 
 
The project will address socio-economic challenges at cross-border level through the active involvement of young people, women and NEETs who will take part in the Living Labs, training courses, and the creation of spin-offs, thus contributing to increase employment opportunities and foster innovation. 
 
The project will support collaborations among universities, SMEs, start-ups and spin-offs devoted to the creation of AR/VR/MR products. Eventually, iHERITAGE will improve access to UNESCO cultural heritage, on site and off site, and will contribute to the establishment of the Regional Centre for Safeguarding and Valorisation of Mediterranean Intangible Cultural Heritage, to be recognized under Category 2 of UNESCO.

<ul>
	<li>Total Budget&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; : &nbsp;3.8 Million Euros</li>
	<li>Eu Contribution : 2.4 Million Euros</li>
	<li>10% Project Co-Financing</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
	<li>300 researchers and ICT specialized staff operating on the commercial development of their research ideas</li>
	<li>300 employees from public authorities who will benefit from special training courses, aimed to new hard and soft skills enabling them to work in an international environment</li>
	<li>6,000 NEETS, young people and women</li>
	<li>10 million tourists visiting UNESCO cultural sites involved in the project</li>
	<li>2 million general end users, who will be able to access UNESCO cultural heritage&rsquo;s AR/VR multimedia contents online and off site</li>
	<li>Managers and staff of UNESCO sites</li>
	<li>Universities, researchers, SMEs and spin-offs</li>
</ul>

<h4>Expected achievements</h4>

<ul>
	<li>18 research agreements among universities, researchers and SMEs</li>
	<li>6 new training programs created</li>
	<li>76 new innovative products/services to boost the valorisation of the intangible cultural heritage</li>
	<li>Creation of the Regional Centre for Safeguarding and Valorisation of Mediterranean Intangible Cultural Heritage (CRESPIEM)</li>
</ul>

Who will Benefit?

IHERITAGE will provide new solutions through an innovation-driven growth process

IHERITAGE

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Project Start Date: 15-Jan-2020</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Project End Date: 14-Jan-2023</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Duration (Months) : 36</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Budget: 996,944.00 EURO</li>
</ul>

The main objective of this project is to improve the employability of students and graduates in the digital market, by identifying future needs of digital sector, and future e-skill shortages, and by offering innovative trainings (online courses and work-based learning) in order to improve future digital skills. The project will introduce a Lebanese framework for work-based learning, for a collaborative Virtuallearning environment (VLE), &nbsp;and will produce a better information system on the labor market.

Firstly, the project will produce macroeconomic forecasting for the digital sector, showing the trends of the future digital skills.

Secondly, the project will address the future e-skills shortages by introducing two innovative methods: Online training via a collaborative VLE, and a collaborative &nbsp;network for work-based learning. Thus, to achieve its main goal, this project will implement three major innovations:

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">WP 2: A macroeconomic forecasting service that predict future trends in the digital market. This will provide students and graduates with key information to make informed decisions about their careers, and will help HEI improving their supply of skills and their curricula.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">WP 3-4: A digital and collaborative VLE that enables the production and sharing of digital educational content (with a digital environment specialized in filming, recording, editing and digitizing online content). The virtual collaborative platform will contribute to an effective transition towards graduates jobs.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">WP5: &nbsp;A Lebanese framework for work-based education. The major tool here is to build a network of existing structures within universities, and centers implemented through previous European projects (Career centers, orientation services, university-firms offices, observatories, Innovation centers, etc.), including a wide range of firms and socioeconomic &nbsp;partners. These networking activities are also a major output of the project creating synergies and multiplication effects</li>
</ul>

The consortium xx partners of the EU Erasmus project CONECTE, discussed in a virtual online meeting on 23 April 2020 the planned activities for the first year 2020 of the project lifetime. The Chamber of Beirut and Mount Lebanon is a key partner in this consortium led by the University Saint Joseph in Beirut and the partnership of Lebanese and European universities and institutions partners. The agenda of the meeting tackled the training trips, the online trainings workshops, the work teams, the equipment tender and the working packages along with the preparation for the communication plan and the virtual e-Learning module. 
CONECTE Project is an EU funded project under ERASMUS program /the Capacity-Building projects in the field of Higher Education that aims at modernizing the higher education in Lebanon and strengthening entrepreneurship, university-enterprise cooperation, employability and E-learning.

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Conecte Project activities is to Strengthening of relations between higher education systems and the wider economic and social environment.

Improve the quality of higher education and enhance its relevance for the labour market and society and Support the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of the higher education field in the eligible Partner Countries.

Results: Collaborative Network for Career-building, Training, and E-learning.

ERASMUS + CONECTE

CONECTE Project is an EU funded project under ERASMUS program

CONECTE

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Production of toolkit for investment project evaluation: a simple and innovative guide</li>
</ul>

Several international institutions have developed reference tools in terms of project appraisal and evaluation, which will serve as a basis for the development of a more tailored-made EDILE guide. The EDILE guide will indeed be extended to smaller investment projects and adapted to Mediterranean development priorities. It will strive to highlight the mutual interest, for project promoters and investors, to develop projects that are better integrated into the local social and economic fabric.

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Activities:</li>
</ul>

<ol>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Analyses and studies: State of the art of international evaluation practices; Assessment of existing practices and needs in Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia; Identification of innovative indicators and initiatives for the assessment of project inclusivity.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Preparation of the EDILE guide: Construction of a referential for project evaluation; Development of implementation tools (templates, methodology, promotion of best practices, training kit, etc.).</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Seminars&nbsp;for the validation and the dissemination of the EDILE guide among project partners and international organizations</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Training and dissemination: a &ldquo;learning-by-doing&rdquo; approach</li>
</ol>

The success of EDILE relies on a proper appropriation by Euro-Mediterranean economic actors, and more specifically by stakeholders located in the three pilot countries, of the referential and evaluation tools produced. To that end, the approach proposed by EDILE is very operational: it is built on a concrete experimentation of the toolkit developed, thanks to the selection and the assessment of existing investment projects, as well as on practical trainings and sharing of experience modules.

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Activities:</li>
</ul>

<ol>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Identification and analysis of 15 pilot investment projects:&nbsp;Collection of data and identification of best practices in terms of project evaluation and local economic spillovers.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Training workshops&nbsp;(2 per country)&nbsp;on project evaluation tools and procedures.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Organization of discussion forums&nbsp;between local stakeholders in order to encourage an open dialogue on pilot investment projects selected in each country.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Regional thematic seminars&nbsp;focused on inclusive development issues (employment, social solidarity economy, environment, etc...).</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Technical assistance missions&nbsp;in the 3 pilot countries to support local actors in the implementation of evaluation procedures and other actions aiming at fostering more inclusive investment projects.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Dissemination of the EDILE guide and associated tools&nbsp;to relevant national and international organizations in order to promote this initiative in the Mediterranean.</li>
</ol>

Action plan

Legal Disclaimers

EDILE project targets national bodies (ministries, investment agencies) and local authorities (cities, regions, economic zones, and economic development organizations) in charge of implementing, granting support (financial and technical) or issuing legal authorizations for public or private investment projects.

A broader range of stakeholders also involved in the implementation of investment projects are included in the EDILE scope, such as private actors (companies or business support organizations), financial institutions (banks, investment funds) and the civil society.

Beneficiaries

The EDILE project aims at enhancing the inclusive development of local economies thanks to an improved evaluation of investment projects.

The project provides economic bodies in charge of regulating or implementing investment projects with evaluation tools and guidance able to maximize local economic spillovers such as job creation, subcontracting and environment conservation.&nbsp;

Project activities will be deployed over a 24-month period from 17 December 2014 to 16 December 2015. Its total budget is &euro; 1&nbsp;928&nbsp;567, 13 and it is financed by the European Union through the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENPI CBC Med Program aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea

From the year 2000 to the recent political uprisings, South Mediterranean countries have been welcoming an increasing inflow of public and private investment projects. However, facts have shown that these projects have often not been as beneficial as expected for local economies, generating limited local economic spillovers and sometimes underestimated negative impacts.

Correlatively, procedures for project evaluation are hardly developed in South Mediterranean countries and public authorities involved in investment regulation lack the necessary tools to proceed to a sound assessment of projects. Yet, evaluation can play a key role in selecting the best public investment projects and in supporting private projects which are the most likely to contribute to the inclusive development of territories. When conducted adequately, evaluation has indeed proven to be an efficient mean to support job creation, local subcontracting, training or environment conservation.

EDILE project will therefore strive to reinforce the capacities of the local and national public authorities in project appraisal and evaluation, thus encouraging a better selection of public investment projects and an effective negotiation to maximize private investment impact.

Objective and Challenges

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Strategic Associates

The EDILE project aims at enhancing the inclusive development of local economies thanks to an improved evaluation...

EDILE

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential

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The ultimate goal of EUROMED Invest is to boost private business and investment within the Euro-Med area to contribute to an inclusive economic development of the region. The specific objective of the project is to empower Euro-Med business and investment networks to implement targeted strategies supporting the creation and the international development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in order to boost private business and investment within the Euro-Med area.

Specific Objective

EUROMED Invest is one of the main European programs aiming at developing private investments and economic relations in the Euro-Mediterranean area. Its objective is to renew the interest of SMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean market, increase investment and business projects flow, and ensure that the EU regains its leading position as source of foreign direct investment in these countries.

The operations will include networking events (business meetings, workshops, conferences), management support operations (mentorship missions), trainings (workshops and master classes) and documents (guides, economic intelligence, studies, etc.). In order to maximize its impact, the programme has selected a certain number of niches with a high potential, as well as interdisciplinary fields such as women entrepreneur networks, Diaspora networks, supporting the Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises, etc.&nbsp;

<h1 style="text-align:justify">Duration and Budget</h1>

From December 2013 to December 2016, a hundred of field operations will associate the main economic actors of the 28 member states of the European Union and their partners in the South.

EUROMED Invest has a &euro;5 million budget, 80% of which is financed by the European Union and 20% by the MedAlliance Consortium, the Provence-Alpes-C&ocirc;te-d&#39;Azur Region and the City of Marseilles.

EUROMED Invest targets the most promising sectors for job creation and economic spillovers to contribute to an inclusive economic development of the region. Such sectors are: Agrifood, transport &amp; logistics, cultural &amp; creative industries, water &amp; green energies and tourism. 
&nbsp;In these fields, Southern countries have a strong potential in terms of resources (renewable energies, agrifood) or specific assets (tourism, 30% of global container traffic in the Mediterranean, etc.), as well as important challenges to undertake (agrifood dependence, shortages and bad management of water resources, urban development, sustainable tourism, etc.).

Beneficiaries

The final beneficiares are the 40 million MSMEs, as well as new and young entrepreneurs from the European Union and the 10 South Mediterranean countries of the European Neighbourhood instrument.

Sectors

EUROMED Invest is one of the main European programs aiming at developing private investments and economic relations...

EUROMED Invest

&quot;The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestinian Authority, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority (JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French&quot;.

&quot;The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme&rsquo;s management structures&quot;.

ENPI Disclaimers

The project aims to develop a cross-border, incentive based, recycling system to promote environmentally sustainable practices at a grass root level in 200 universities/schools/educational centers, using a state of the art technology platform, and supported by an awareness and communications program. The project entails the deployment of a network of Reverse Vending Machines across the 6 partnering countries, which will be centrally connected via GPRS to an online reporting system.

The target group will benefit from the incentive based recycling activity, as they will recycle their empty containers using the RVM in return for points generated by the machine itself. They will then redeem their points for rewards based on a Redemption Scheme that will be implemented at a later stage.

Moreover, the main objective of the GMI project is to develop an integrated and environmentally sound waste management system, ensuring treatment and recycling, through exploitation of innovative technologies and sustainable methods for waste treatment and recycling. In addition the move towards long-term environmental sustainability shall also be supported by legislative frameworks enforcing waste recycling.

The project intends to develop a cross-border, incentive based, recycling system to promote environmentally sustainable practices at a grass root level - mainly schools and universities - using a state of the art technology platform, supported by an awareness and communication program. The project will take place over a period of 36 months (December 2012 - December 2015) 
The project The Green MED Initiative &ldquo;GMI&rdquo; is implemented under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme (www.enpicbcmed.eu). Its total budget is &euro; 4.126.872 and it is financed, &euro; 3.714.185, by the European Union through the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENPI CBC Med Programme aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

&ldquo;The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders&rdquo;

The project aims to develop a cross-border, incentive based, recycling system to promote environmentally sustainable practices...

The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of CCIA-BML and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme&rsquo;s management structures.

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria (participation currently suspended), Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority (JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French (www.enpicbcmed.eu).

This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme&rsquo;s management structures.

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	<li style="text-align: justify;">General objective</li>
</ul>

Initiate and establish the conditions for a sustainable contribution of talent Mediterranean Diaspora to an integral economic development of their countries of origin.

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	<li style="text-align: justify;">Specific objective</li>
</ul>

Encourage and support investment and entrepreneurial success stories in the south by mobilizing talents expatriates and Mediterranean Diaspora. Engage local and national authorities in the implementation of attractive mechanisms and policies targeting this specific population.

MEDGENERATION aims at making a &quot;New Deal&quot; between the talents of the Diaspora and their country of origin, developing strategies and most effective attractiveness services, ensuring employment and economic benefits for associated territories, developing an entrepreneurial culture and economic openness to the international level, and involving a community of actors at the service of economic development.

Project brief

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	<li style="text-align: justify;">Policy support seminars in favour of economic Mediterranean diasporas recruitment</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">Short lobbying and &quot;direct dialogue&quot; missions between the leaders of the Diaspora and representatives of the governments of the pilot countries</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">Country studies and territorial action plans for better recruitment of economic Diaspora</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">Study tours, recovery of territories and networking</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">Sourcing and support of 30 project holders in pilot areas</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">Selection and management of a network of MedGeneration coaches / trainers, which consists of specialised talents in the Diaspora on entrepreneurial topics &nbsp;</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">Organisation of 3 entrepreneurship Master classes for the benefit of students and young entrepreneurs living in the pilot territories with follow-up and mentoring</li>
</ul>

Activities

Project activities will be deployed over a 24-month period from January 2014 to December 2015. Its total budget is &euro;1.926.958,13 and it is financed 90% by the European Union through the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENPI CBC Med Programme aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Project Activities

MEDGENERATION aims at making a "New Deal" between the talents of the Diaspora and their country of origin...

MEDGENERATION

&quot;The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestinian Authority, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority (JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French&quot;.

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&ldquo;The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders&rdquo;

The MedDiet project aims to increase the awareness of consumers especially young people and children who are more exposed to the risk of losing Mediterranean habits, and to increase the awareness of SMEs (restaurants).

The project seeks to enhance the food local productions by involving with local economic operators to create new ways of reaching consumers. The projects also intends to spread a more &ldquo;sustainable&rdquo; way of tasting Mediterranean traditional food, where people can see and taste each traditional product, giving also the possibility to increase the purchase of these products and &nbsp;giving the knowledge of traditional processes of production.

Main Activities and Expected Results:

The project ensures nutritional education initiatives for schools and consumers including taste laboratories, visits to farms/ factories, cooking courses, schools vegetables gardens. Additional activities set by the project are publishing and distributing MedDiet tool kits, creating MedDiet Quality label for restaurants and pilot actions for its implementation. Moreover, on schools level, we will be spreading awareness among 1200 children in 30 schools, and we will be training 300 teachers and 30 directors. On the restaurants level, we will be implementing labels for 60 restaurants and we will be training and giving certificates to 60 owners/managers.

Mediterranean countries share the same dietary structure featured by a high consumption of plant foods such as legumes, cereal, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, low consumption of meat and dairy products, olive oil as main source of fat and moderate consumption of wine. The Mediterranean diet is healthy because of the protective effects that this diet shows against various diseases. However, the majority of the Mediterranean countries have been witnessed changes in their dietary system over the past decades.

The MedDiet project aims to raise the awareness of consumers by showing the importance of preserving healthy food traditions.

The strategic project &quot;MedDiet&quot; (Mediterranean Diet and enhancement of traditional foodstuff) will be officially launched on 16th and 17th April in Rome (Italy) in the presence of the 13 organizations part of this initiative including the CCIABML. The project aiming to raise the awareness of consumers about the importance of preserving healthy food traditions.

Over 30 months, the project will implement more than 165 nutrition education actions - including taste laboratories, visits to farms, cooking courses, vegetables gardens - dedicated in particular to around 4.800 pupils and young people coming the six following countries: Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Spain and Tunisia.

MedDiet: Kick-Off Meeting

Over a period of 30 months (January 2013 - July 2015)

The project &ldquo;Mediterranean Diet and enhancement of traditional products&rdquo; (MedDiet) is implemented under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme (www.enpicbcmed.eu). Its total budget is &euro; 4,996,972 and it is financed, &euro; 4,497,275, by the European Union through the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENPI CBC Med Programme aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Mediterranean countries share the same dietary structure featured by a high consumption of plant foods such as legumes, cereal, fruits...

MEDDIET

Contribute to the reform of teaching methods through IP and to the reduction of the digital divide in higher education in Lebanon and Egypt.

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Develop new pedagogical methods using APC and ODL in particular and apply these methods to curriculum reform.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Raise awareness of the development of training throughout the year, in particular through VAE.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Installing these systems on a long-term basis at the level of university establishments through the creation of pedagogical innovation centers.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Sustain these systems at the national level by adopting a legislative regulatory framework.</li>
</ul>

Redesign of curricula based on the competency-based approach and redesign of teaching methods through digital pedagogical innovation (FOAD &ndash; hybrid) in Egypt and Lebanon. Accompaniment of these overhauls of a legal framework accompanied by the ministries.

Problematic

Redesign of curricula based on the competency-based approach and redesign of teaching methods...

ADIP

Policy support actions will be implemented in order to identify innovative solutions, solar energy strategies and to generate a unified approach towards a long term policy perspective for solar energy development.&nbsp;

Participative workshops, local meetings and exchange missions will facilitate the effective transfer of experiences between the stakeholders.

Expected Results:

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Solid and institutional commitment in the participant regions. 1 general agreement and 21 signed local endorsement documents (1 per line of action in each region).</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">1 policy matrix analysis and 3 policy transfer schemes (1 per line of action).</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Improved set of policy tools to address pressing regulatory uncertainties.</li>
</ul>

SHAAMS Enterprise and Research Accelerator

Planned activities in this line of action will permit fostering market support structures and new procedures for the development of a reliable market for solar energy. &ldquo;Technology Transfer and Technology Valorization&rdquo; as well as &ldquo;Green Jobs&rdquo; training will be deployed. Creating a pool of research will foster collaboration between the academic and the entrepreneurial environment. Brokerage events will allow setting the bases for a new solar sector capitalization.

Expected Results:

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Increased regional competitiveness</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">3 communities of research throughout the region</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Improved technical capacities in the jobs market, creation of economic opportunities for the solar sector</li>
</ul>

SHAAMS Social Accelerator

The activities conceived in the section will address societal agents and intend to promote a cultural and behavioral change towards solar energy among society. The focus will be on students in pilot schools following the definition and implementation of a solar educational program.

Expected Results:

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Development of multi-sector / multi-stakeholder participative initiatives. 3 national energy reports (Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon)</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Information and interaction mechanisms - 300 civil society agents per region in the regional meetings and roundtables.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Impact on the future generations approach to solar energy (3 regional Energy camps, Energy Fighter School Clubs in minimum of 15 schools per region, 1 solar energy toolbox).</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">1 platform of energy efficiency artists and an 1 Energy Prize</li>
</ul>

SHAAMS Policy Accelerators

Throughout the project, the consortium will try to bring together policy makers, firms, environmental and energy related agencies, universities, technology parks, civil society organisations, and final users in both shores of the Mediterranean Basin towards the creation of a promising region for solar energy development.

SHAAMS will seek to pave the way for a shared and unified approach on solar energy in order to contribute in building the necessary legal, regulatory, economic and organizational foundations for the effective deployment of the Mediterranean Solar Plan. To ensure a cultural and operational change towards solar energy driven solutions, the project will address three socioeconomic pillars, namely policy development, entrepreneurial and research engagement, and social awareness. New funding mechanisms, innovative governance solutions, support to technology transfer, brokerage events, and large information campaigns are among those actions identified by SHAAMS to facilitate the take up of solar technologies in the Mediterranean region.

Project activities will be deployed over 36 months between November 2012 and October 2015.

The project SHAAMS is implemented under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme (www.enpicbcmed.eu). Its total budget is &euro; 3.200.344 and it is financed, &euro; 2.880.309,96, by the European Union through the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENPI CBC Med Programme aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

<h1 style="text-align:justify">Legal disclaimers</h1>

The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of CCIA-BML and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme&rsquo;s management structures.

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestinian Authority, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority (JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French.

The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms.

The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders.

The European Commission is the EU&rsquo;s executive body.

www.enpicbcmed.eu

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm

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In order to ensure a comprehensive approach to the sector, and be aware that its development depends on effectively addressing three socioeconomic pillars, namely policy development, entrepreneurial and research engagement and social awareness; the activities of the project will be organised in three different domains.

SHAAMS will seek to pave the way for a shared and unified approach on solar energy in order to contribute in building...

SHAAMS

The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of CCIA-BML and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme&rsquo;s management structures.

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestinian Authority, Portugal, Spain, Syria, and Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority (JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French.

The European Union is made up of 27 Member States who have decided to gradually link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, during a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms.

The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders.

The European Commission is the EU&rsquo;s executive body.

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">General objective</li>
</ul>

To strengthen the connection between the ports in the Mediterranean Sea basin through the creation of a new form of cooperation between countries in the Latin arc of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the countries of the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Specific objective</li>
</ul>

OPTIMED specific objective is the optimization of trade in the Mediterranean Sea basin through the improvement of commercial connections between public and private operators in maritime transport and logistics sector.

OPTIMED aims at promoting new opportunities, facilities, tools and skills that lead to the improvement of commercial connections and relationships between public and private operators in maritime transport and logistics sector from Southern &ndash; Eastern to Northern &ndash; Western ports of the Mediterranean Sea. The project will identify and spread the opportunities of the new maritime trade network and the potentialities of a supporting tool like the virtual logistics platform among economic operators from EU and Mediterranean Partner countries.

Project activities will be deployed over a 24-month period from 31 December 2013 to 31 December 2015. Its total budget is &euro;1,999,403.13 and it is financed by the European Union through the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENPI CBC Med Programme aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Identified opportunities for economic operators and institutions coming from the optimization of the maritime trade network between the northern shores of the High Tyrrhenian arc and the southeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Interventions to port infrastructures of Porto Torres (Italy) and Beirut (Lebanon) planned in order to improve their performance as Ro-Ro hubs in the framework of the freight shipping network.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Process of shifting freight from current modes of transportation to more efficient ones started by the implementation of the virtual platform supporting the new optimized maritime trade network</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Target group stakeholders stimulated to develop new business relationships based on opportunities of new optimized maritime trade network</li>
</ul>

Main Expected Results

OPTIMED aims at promoting new opportunities, facilities, tools and skills that lead to the improvement of...

OPTIMED

The training of business entrepreneurs and experienced managers will focus on the transfer of their essential skills through methodologies. The aim behind such a step is to turn those people into mentors of new business entrepreneurs and business successors. Hence, they become successful business entrepreneurs by acquiring the essential competences or skills.

Mentoring phase

A transfer process for the competences and key processes shall be done between senior managers and young entrepreneurs. Each junior entrepreneur shall be assigned a senior mentor, who will perform a follow-up and guidance for the junior manager to become a successful entrepreneur. These mentoring sessions shall have a 3 month duration.

Test the toolbox

In all partners&rsquo; countries, know-how methodologies from senior to junior managers will be tested by the project partners.

Study visits

Study visits will be provided to young people through sub-grants. The study visit is a short stay of three days in a host country for a group of young new or aspiring entrepreneurs engaged in the mentoring program and project staff. The study visit includes presentations and on-site visits to ministries, business and business associations, educational and training institutions, training sites, exchange and sharing of experiences among the young new or aspiring entrepreneurs, etc. The visits will provide a forum for discussion, exchange and learning on themes of common interest and on European and national priorities and the opportunities to create cross borders links with other new or experienced entrepreneurs.

Training for future mentors (train the trainers)

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Beneficiaries</li>
</ul>

The PRIME project focuses on young new entrepreneurs who are planning to start up a company, or take over an existing one, or have done some recently; young candidates to start a business in the silver/goldsmith and gemmology sectors; family business in the silver/goldsmith and gemmology sectors.

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Objectives</li>
</ul>

PRIME aims at identifying effective models on how to make use of the ability of senior entrepreneurs, and contribute to the learning and professionalism of younger generations. The project will help develop manageable mentoring schemes for intergenerational learning and transfer of Core Skills in the Gold/Silversmith and Gemmology sector.

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Beneficiaries & Objectives

PRIME aims at supporting the gemmology, goldsmith, and silversmith sector, by promoting intergenerational learning. The project will contribute to greater professionalism in new or ambitious young entrepreneurs, in the business management and organizational structure of family-owned SMEs in four countries by improving the lack of knowledge on the part of heads of family businesses regarding the importance of instituting clearer transparent professional management practices and by planning intergenerational business transfer. &nbsp;Basically, the project&rsquo;s main benefit is that it will contribute to the survival and development of a greater number of family businesses in the concerned regions, and as an experimental model to be redone in other regions.

Project activities will be deployed over a 24-month period from January 2014 to December 2015. Its total budget is &euro; 819,071.00 and it is financed, &euro; 737,163.90 by the European Union through the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. The ENPI CBC Med Programme aims at reinforcing cooperation between the European Union and partner countries regions placed along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

<h1 style="text-align:justify">Legal disclaimer</h1>

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria (participation currently suspended), Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority (JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French (www.enpicbcmed.eu).

This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme&rsquo;s management structures.

For more information, visit the project website www.enpi-prime.eu

Duration and budget

Interviews of senior entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs:

Core competence analysis of senior entrepreneurs

Interviews that are meant to study the competences that helped the entrepreneurs or managers succeed by introducing proven management skills

Needs analysis of new or aspiring young entrepreneurs

Interviews that are meant to spot competences that young entrepreneurs lack.

Activities and Expected Results

PRIME aims at supporting the gemmology, goldsmith, and silversmith sector, by promoting intergenerational learning...

PRIME

PACOME aims to reduce the gap between supply and demand for skills in the labor market, thus strengthening the employability of young people and adults and indirectly economic competitiveness. This regional project is structured in four phases:

<ol>
	<li style="text-align:justify">The establishment of observatories of trades and skills in Morocco and Lebanon and the training of technical personnel.</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Development of qualitative and quantitative methods and approaches to monitor and anticipate the needs in skills in the short and medium term (within 3-5 years). The expected results include a general policy document with a toolkit to monitor and anticipate skills needs</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">The constitution and training of groups of permanent national experts who will help in the identification exercise and the development of the understanding of the challenges of education and training in partner countries</li>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Pilot studies which will serve as examples of good practice.</li>
</ol>

Project summary

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Main objective :</li>
</ul>

Improve the system of matching supply and demand for skills in the short and medium term (over the next 3-5 years), thus strengthening the employability of young people and adults and improving economic competitiveness.

&nbsp;

<ul>
	<li style="text-align:justify">Specific objectives :</li>
</ul>

1. Set up at UCD and USJ national structures responsible for prospecting and anticipating labor market needs in terms of skills by July 2013.

2. Ensure methodological and instrumental approaches for the measurement and anticipation of skills needs in the short and medium term (at 5 years) for different contexts and different types of decision for education and training in a training perspective throughout life and for the management of the labor market.

3. Train 50 experts from partner countries in skills monitoring and anticipation methodology.

4. Develop best practices by conducting pilot study projects with more than 400 companies and by developing training guidelines for 10 professions.

5. Disseminate the results with a view to a generalization of methodological approaches of the adequacy between supply and demand for skills and sustainability of actions to promote employability.

The results of this innovative project will bring the higher education system of the partner countries closer to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and therefore also to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) by providing instruments for the assurance &quot;external&quot; quality. The results of the project will be disseminated with a view to generalizing the methodological approaches of the match between supply and demand for skills and with a view to sustaining actions to promote employability and professional integration. Universities from the EU and partner countries, Ministries and socio-economic partners from Morocco and Lebanon are involved in this project which lasts three years.

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