Project

Objectives

The last decades have witnessed a growing interest in solar energy initiatives in the Mediterranean region, coupled with a growing pressure to ensure an actual shift from traditional energies towards a more efficient energy system. While many successful national and regional projects have been implemented to develop market, policy and technical actions, the transition to solar energy needs to be supported by a comprehensive and unified process at Mediterranean level.

As a response to this challenge, SHAAMS aims to raise public awareness on energy efficiency through the transferability and implementation of good practices in legal, regulatory, economic, organisational issues and new financing mechanisms, to facilitate the take-up of solar technologies in Mediterranean countries.

This project will aim to establish efficiency-proven governance solutions aimed at identifying innovative, transferable and sustainable solar energy strategies, promote a cultural, behavioural and operational change towards the success of solar energy-driven solutions, and facilitate the transfer of solar technologies by implementing shared mechanisms and procedures.

Partners

Barcelona Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation (Spain)

AGEAS-SALERNO (Italy)

Naples Agency for Energy and the Environment (ANEA) (Italy)

Al Urdonia Lil Ebda’ Co. (Jordan)

Berytech Foundation (Lebanon)

Business Incubation Association in Tripoli (BIAT) (Lebanon)

Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon (CCIA-BML) (Lebanon)

Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) (Egypt)

FUNDITECH (Spain)

Sophia Antipolis Foundation (France)

WWF European Policy Programme – Rome Branch (Italy)

Technological Educational Institute of Crete (Greece)

Sectors

• Environment & Climate Change
• Green Economy
• Innovation & Research
• Renewable Energies (Water, Solar, Wind)
• Sustainable Development

Target groups

• Business Support Organisations (BSOs)
• Corporations
• Decision-makers (local, regional and national levels)
• Education & Research
• European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
• Experts
• Interest groups
• International organisations
• Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
• Press & Media
• Public
• Public services & Infrastructures
• Sectoral agencies
• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Beneficiaries

• Business Support Organisations (BSOs)
• Corporations
• Decision-makers (local, regional and national levels)
• Education & Research
• European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
• Experts
• Interest groups
• International organisations
• Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
• Press & Media
• Public
• Public services & Infrastructures
• Sectoral agencies
• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Budget

90% – European Union (ENPI CBC MED)
10% – Project co-financing

Timeline

Realisations

• 8 meetings/workshops and two exchange missions reached 800 attendees
• 53 companies and entities participated at the SHAAMS Matchmaking event
• 106 B2B Meetings, out of which 32 could lead to concrete cooperation