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    #ASCAMEWebinars: Cooperation opportunities between the Mediterranean and the Canadian companies
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    The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) proposes an action plan to mitigate the negative impact of mass-tourism, based on the ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR Project
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    ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR supports cruise stakeholders in adopting EU’s good practices for sustainable tourism

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    #ASCAMEWebinars: Cooperation opportunities between the Mediterranean and the Canadian companies

    In September, we had the chance to explore the cooperation opportunities between the Mediterranean and the Canadian companies in the framework of the webinar Unlock the potential for cooperation between Mediterranean SMEs in the Mediterranean and Canada. The webinar, hosted by...

    October 22, 2024
    The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) proposes an action plan to mitigate the negative impact of mass-tourism, based on the ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR Project

    The risk of a massive influx of tourists is the main challenge for the cruise industry in the Mediterranean region, according to the Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA) launched by the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI), one of the partners of the ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR...

    October 21, 2024
    Mr. Pere Navarro, Special Delegate of the State in the CZFB: “Southern Mediterranean countries want to replicate the DFactory Barcelona model”

    DFactory Barcelona has positioned the Catalan capital as the epicenter of the new economy. The space, driven by the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB), has become the largest Industry 4.0 ecosystem in southern Europe, favoring synergies between start-ups, innovatio...

    October 21, 2024
    Diving into STAPLES Project, focused on the dependence of MENA countries on imported cereals and their exposure to shocks from the value chain

    ASCAME is one of the partners of the STAPLES Project, a PRIMA Program project dedicated to enhancing the resilience of the Mediterranean and MENA food systems in the face of global economic instability. The STAPLES Project came up with the aim at addressing issues related with...

    September 17, 2024
    ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR supports cruise stakeholders in adopting EU’s good practices for sustainable tourism

    Representatives from ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR, the EU co-funded project aiming at exploiting the green and blue potential of the West Mediterranean tourism SMEs, will explore what a sustainable cruise destination looks like in practice in the on-coming SeaTrade Med Conference, whi...

    August 12, 2024
    Mr. Luka Burilović, President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy: “Croatia puts tourism in the context of sustainable business”

    At the beginning of the 2000s, Croatia utilised the slogan “The Mediterranean As It Once Was” in its international promotion to highlight its Mediterranean way of life, preserved nature, attractive tourism amenities, and abundance of undiscovered tourist destinatio...

    August 9, 2024
    Interview with Ms. Nina Drakic, President of the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro: “Chambers of commerce represent the entire private sector and find solutions to its challenges”

    The Chamber of Economy of Montenegro is a business association with a rich tradition that represents the interests of the economic entities, including business entities, financial organizations, insurance companies and start-ups. The chamber represents and pursues the common i...

    August 8, 2024
    Tangier City Port becomes a flagship destination for sustainable cruise tourism on an international scale

    The Tangier City Port reconversion, from 2011 to 2016, transformed the Moroccan city into a flagship destination for sustainable cruise tourism on an international scale. So far in 2024, the Port of Tangier has received 104,000 cruise passengers. Nowadays, this is a bustling h...

    July 22, 2024
    #ASCAMEWebinars: Empowering Mediterranean SMEs through Donor Funded Market Access

    The new ASCAME’s webinar Empowering Mediterranean SMEs through Donor Funded Market Access celebrated on the 9th of July let our members know a bit more about the benefits they can obtain from the partnership signed with DevelopmentAid at the beginning of 2024. Both parties ...

    July 17, 2024
    #ASCAMEWebinars: Exploring the business opportunities in the healthy food sector

    On the 2nd of July we dived into the business opportunities in the healthy food sector through a new ASCAME webinar entitled Connecting with Free From Food: The Food Industry Leader’s Event. This webinar was co-organized along with our partner Free From Food & Health Ing...

    July 15, 2024
    Mr. Zuher Gamra Elorfi, Coordinator of International Relations and Cooperation at the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture: “Chambers contribute to the stability and the peace of the region”

    The Tripoli Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture has 150 years of history, being one of the oldest chambers in the Arab countries. From then on, this institution has become a vital component of the national economy of Libya, situated in the Southern Mediterranean coas...

    July 12, 2024
    Mr. Bouzid Tahar, National President of the Confédération Algérienne du Patronat: “Algeria has become a promising place to start a business”

    The Confédération Algérienne du Patronat (CAP) is one of the oldest and most representative trade unions in the Algerian business sector, whose contribution to the country’s economic development since its foundation in 1990 is undoubted. This institution helps compani...

    July 12, 2024
    EU co-founded ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR Project promotes eco-smart cruising packages for the Millennials and the Gen Z

    ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR, the EU co-funded project aiming at exploiting the green and blue potential of the West Mediterranean tourism SMEs, will design eco-smart cruising packages targeting Millennials and Gen Z. This initiative responds to the fact that young consumers are the f...

    June 14, 2024
    Mr. Afailal Abdelatif, President of CCIS of Tangier – Tetouan – Al Hoceima: “Chambers of commerce play a key role in building a prosperous, peaceful and sustainable Mediterranean”

    The Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of the Tangier – Tetouan – Al Hoceima (CCISTTA) includes the prefecture of Tangier – Asila and the Moroccan provinces of Fahs Anjara, Tetouan, Finideq, Larache, Ouazzane, Chefchaouen, and Al Hoceima. From its foundation in 1...

    June 11, 2024
    ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR Project expands its commitment to eco-smart tourism practices to the East Mediterranean

    May 16, 2024
    Mr. Sergio Passariello, CEO of Euromed Group: “There is a growing spirit of cooperation between the nations of the Mediterranean”

    In 2020, ASCAME signed a partnership agreement with Euromed Group, a consulting company that designs solutions ‘ad hoc’ addressed to SMEs to improve and internationalize their business. The main goal of the agreement was to contribute to the economic development of the Med...

    May 14, 2024
    Ernesto Caccavale, Founder and CEO of SChina: “There is a growing demand for Mediterranean products from Chinese consumers”

    ‘Conquering the Chinese market: Strategies and opportunities for Mediterranean SMEs’ was the title of the webinar organized by ASCAME and conducted by Mr. Ernesto Caccavale, Founder and CEO of SChina-Grow Integration, an Alibaba Group partner firm that offers European ...

    May 7, 2024
    MedaLogistics Week Barcelona 2024: Sustainable and digital solutions of Tennders in the logistics industry

    More and more logistics startups are making the difference in the Mediterranean region. All of them are using a variety of technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase transparency in the supply chain, and adop...

    April 9, 2024
    Mr. Josep Santacreu, President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce: “The Mediterranean will always be a priority and capital for our actions”

    The history of Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and Industry is linked to the Consulates of the Sea and the Royal Private Board of Commerce of Barcelona, founded in 1758, and which became the leading institution for economic and cultural progress in the country and the Mediterran...

    April 9, 2024
    Elisabet Camprubí, CEO of ASCAME’s partner BÉCÉ Consulting & Language Services: “Negotiations in the Mediterranean are influenced by cultural values, beliefs, and communication styles”

    The bestselling author and inspirational speaker on business leadership Mr. Simon Sinek said once “If you do not understand people, you do not understand business”. In the following interview, Mrs. Elisabet Camprubí, CEO of BÉCÉ Consulting & Language Services SL, qu...

    April 8, 2024
    Interview with Mrs. Carla Picozza, Board Member of the Special Agency of Frosinone Latina Chamber of Commerce: “Current challenges in the Mediterranean present opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and positive change”

    INFORMARE is the Special Agency of Frosinone Latina Chamber of Commerce that provides comprehensive support and assistance to SMEs in the Frosinone and Latina regions. Its primary goal is to facilitate the growth and the development of companies in these areas by offering a ra...

    April 5, 2024
    Interview with Mr. Cristiano Erriu, General Secretary of Camera di Commercio Cagliari – Oristano: “The centrality of Sardinia in the Mediterranean is one of the paths of the island’s future development”

    The history of the Chamber of Commerce of Cagliari-Oristano (Sardinia) is very recent. The institution established on 1 December 2020 following the unification between the Chamber of Cagliari and the Chamber of Oristano. However, the Cagliari Chamber has over 160 years of acti...

    April 4, 2024
    ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR fosters dialogue and synergies between SMEs and startups to move forward the green transition in the tourism industry

    Since November 2023, Leancubator, the new Algerian sustainable hub for innovation and start-up generation, brings together SMEs and startups in the tourism sector as part of the Eco-Cruising FU_TOUR Project. Through different workshops held in different Mediterranean cities, s...

    March 27, 2024
    ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR Project boosts the green transition in the cruise sector through the new Capacity Building Programme

    ECO-CRUISING FU_TOUR, the EU co-funded project aiming at exploiting the green and blue potential of the West Mediterranean tourism SMEs, has taken a new step forward for boosting the transformation of the cruise sector into a more sustainable and bluer industry. The latest act...

    March 21, 2024
    Interview with Rim Siam, President of Economic Businesswomen Council at the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce: “My goal is to elevate businesswomen to the next level and expand it abroad”

    When talking about inspiring positive changes in gender equality in the Mediterranean we have to mention Ms. Rim Siam, President of Economic Businesswomen Council at Alexandria Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Siam is an active Egyptian model who advocates for a better inclusion of wo...

    March 9, 2024
    Blanca Sorigué, General Director of Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona: “We must support female leadership from the educational sphere to the workplace”

    One of the voices that has contributed most to the empowerment of women in the economic and business sphere, especially in the industrial and technological sectors, is that of Blanca Sorigué, the first woman to assume the position of Director General of the Zona Franca Consor...

    March 7, 2024
    ASCAME participates at Barcelona Woman Acceleration Week (BWAW) with a session on multilateralism and gender equality

    Multilateral cooperation is more necessary than ever to ensure gender equality in both the economic and social spheres, a challenge that affects not only the Mediterranean region but is extensible to any country in the world. This was the main conclusion of the BMULTILATERAL s...

    March 6, 2024
    Interview with Ms. Sana Afouaiz, Founder and CEO of Womenpreneur Initiative: “There are lots of cultural norms that we need to defeat, to question, and to challenge”

    At just 25, Ms. Sana Afouaiz founded Womenpreneur Initiative, a network of 20,000 women entrepreneurs in 23 countries with the aim of advancing women’s place in the entrepreneurial scene, technology, innovation and society. Ms. Afouaiz also wrote the book Invisible women in ...

    March 4, 2024
    Empowering women leadership in the Mediterranean

    Businesswomen and women entrepreneurs are driving a positive change and shaping the economic landscape in the Mediterranean. For instance, one in three start-ups in the Mediterranean region is founded or led by a woman. This is a higher percentage than in Silicon Valley. In th...

    March 4, 2024
    Ms. Najoua Attia, President of the Cap Bon CCI (Tunisia) and President of ASCAME’s Women Entrepreneur Commission: “Chambers of commerce contribute to a more inclusive Mediterranean region”

    We interviewed Ms. Najoua Attia, a woman entrepreneur who is the President of ASCAME’s Women Entrepreneurs Commission and President of the Cap Bon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in Tunisia. We talked to her about the main challenges that facing by this institution, such a...

    March 4, 2024
    Interview with Mr. Daf Sehla DAF, Dr. of Diawling National Park (PND) in Mauritania, partner of the Reboot MED Project

    ASCAME is part of the Reboot MED Project, which aims to recover, experiment and boost ecotourism in the WestMed region. This is a 2-year flagship project, focused on the post-Covid-19 recovery of tourism in the Western Mediterranean. It is led by Petra Patrimonia Corsica and c...

    March 2, 2024
    Luís Roby, CDO & Board Vice-President of Grupo ÉRRE: “Public and private partnerships are crucial to foster cooperation among countries”

    Last year, ASCAME signed a collaboration agreement with Grupo ÉRRE, a Portuguese consultancy firm with a wide experience in advising companies from different sectors on TIC solutions, sustainable transition or communication services. In the following interview, we talk to Lu...

    February 14, 2024
    The CCI of Cagliari-Oristano organizes the ‘Sardegna -Turchia Business Forum’

    Exploring the opportunities that Turkey can offer to Sardinia was at the main focus of the “Sardegna-Turchia Business Forum” organized by ASCAME’s member Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Cagliari-Oristano, that toke place place on the 2nd of February at the airport of...

    February 5, 2024
    ASCAME at MID of MED Mediterranean Business Summit in Izmir (Turkey)

    ASCAME was so well represented at MID of MED Mediterranean Business Summit, that toke place in the city of Izmir (Turkey) on the 29th and 30th of January. The event, which was organized by the Association of Businesswomen of Izmir, got together more than a thousand business wo...

    February 2, 2024
    Vincent Ernoux, Coordinator of the Interreg NEXT MED Programme for the Western Mediterranean: “Cooperation is the key to face current challenges in the Mediterranean”

    Making cooperation happen in the Mediterranean. This is the main objective of Interreg NEXT MED Programme, the largest EU-funded external cooperation programme in the Mediterranean Sea Basin. The vision of this programme is to contribute to a smart, sustainable and fair develo...

    January 29, 2024