For the first time, a high representative stands for the private sector in this ministerial meeting

The new declaration presented at MedaWeek Barcelona includes 25 initiatives for the New Economic Development Model in the Mediterranean region -'Back to Barcelona Vocation'-.

The Innovation and Digitalisation Summit will take place on Wednesday 18 November and will be responsible for inaugurating MedaWeek Barcelona 2020.

The 'Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders', the reference event to promote Mediterranean economies, business cooperation and the Mediterranean region around the world, celebrates this year its 14th edition in hybrid format for the first time, with a face-to-face inauguration at the Casa Llotja de Mar in Barcelona and the virtual celebration of more than 14 forums, sessions and conferences, as well as different presentations of various initiatives to reactivate Mediterranean economies and the association between Europe and the Mediterranean, which will be held on the 18, 19 and 20 November.

Opinion article by Anwar Zibaoui, General Coordinator of ASCAME

Opinion article by Anwar Zibaoui, General Coordinator of ASCAME

The Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders, MedaWeek Barcelona, reaches this year its 14th edition immersed in a context of high uncertainty and social and economic crisis. Therefore, now more than ever, it is necessary for all actors in the Mediterranean region to join forces to face the challenges of the post-pandemic era and relaunch the Mediterranean integration process promoted 25 years ago in Barcelona.

ASCAME has shared its ‘Recovery Plan and New Economic Model for the Mediterranean’, which was launched a couple of months ago, with the main national, regional and international governmental and non-governmental institutions. As a result, it has received very positive and encouraging responses to all international collaborative activities specified in the plan, which are already underway and will be intensified in the coming months.