The meeting organised with Dr. Alaa Ezz, Secretary General of the Confederation of Egyptian European Chambers CEEBA aimed to ensure that the economy works for people, that it is green, digital, and connected, supported by the coordination of financing instruments, and maximizing the use of private sector of blended finance and EU guarantees.

In that regards, revival of effective and successful EU economic integration initiatives like the Partenariate, Enterprise and Task Force is a must, supported by blending the various successful EU regional and cross border programmes such as Enhancing Business Support Organisations and Business Networks in the Southern Neighbourhood (EBSOMED)  and ENI CBC MED along with EU sectorial bilateral projects and EU Member States projects to ensure effectiveness and capitalization.

A major investment conference was proposed to be held in Cairo during the last quarter of 2023 to be replicated in other south Mediterranean countries with the support of the key regional business support organizations, namely BUSINESSMED, ASCAME, BusinessEurope and EuroChambres along with their members, hundreds of chambers and federations with over 20-million-member companies, where the EU EBSOMED Business Country Desk Platform (BCD) will provide pre-matchmaking to ensure realization of partnerships.