Events

The Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME), the German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, Confederation of Egyptian European Business Association, organized on the 13th and 14th of July in Alexandria (Egypt) the 8th Mediterranean Tourism Forum (MEDITOUR), and met with its regional partners of the European project EBSOMED. More than 750 participants from 20 countries gathered at a key summit to discuss the new challenges of a strategic sector for the Mediterranean economy: tourism.

The Innovation NEST Festival (IN Fest) will be organized the 24th and 25th of October 2019, in Tirana, Albania. The event will ensure the challenge of the digital transformation of the enterprises by increasing the level of cooperation between best business ideas, startups, SME’s and investors as the main advantages of digitization.

The Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Mediterranean (ASCAME) has signed three collaboration agreements with MEDports, CETMO (Center for Transportation Studies for the Western Mediterranean) and ALACAT (Federation of National Freight Forwarders and International Logistics Operators Associations of Latin America and the Caribbean), in order to boost the Transport and Logistics sectors in the Mediterranean, promote initiatives in the regional private sector, and facilitate trade activities between Mediterranean companies and Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Mediterranean Summit of Logistics, Transport and Ports 2019 included the 17th edition of the Meda Logistics & Transport Forum and the 12th edition of the Meda Ports & Shipping Summit. Two meetings that are now essential for the main transport and logistics agents and has the aim to conduct an analysis of the sector’s current situation at a regional level, establish the challenges, opportunities and business niches thereof, and serve as a contact platform for representatives of organizations, international and regional associations, businessmen and future investors and partners.