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”

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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 the Middle East with one objective: shedding light on the invisible stories and the complexities of women in

Empowering women leadership in the Mediterranean

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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 the Mediterranean region, women are becoming a force to be reckoned with on the start-up scene.

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”

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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 as the empowerment of women in North Africa, the key role of chambers of commerce in

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

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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 co-financed by the European Fund for Maritime Fisheries and Fisheries (EMFAF) and aims to generate

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

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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 Luís Roby, CDO & Board Vice-President of Grupo ÉRRE about sustainable transition, digital transformation, public-private cooperation in the Mediterranean. Let’s start

The CCI of Cagliari-Oristano organizes the ‘Sardegna -Turchia Business Forum’

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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 Cagliari Elmas. The event counted with the collaboration of the Special Agency for Promotional Services Center for

ASCAME at MID of MED Mediterranean Business Summit in Izmir (Turkey)

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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 world organisations, international companies, enterprises and venture capital, public representatives and academicians with

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

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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 development for all across the Mediterranean Basin by supporting a balanced, long-lasting and far-reaching cooperation as well as multilevel