Regional Cooperation Neighbourhood South

The working group highlighted the increasingly important role of trade and investment in the Moroccan economy as the main drivers of economic growth, job creation and sustainable development.

The meeting offered an opportunity to discuss the upcoming pipeline of projects and to touch upon crucial aspects at the technical level, such as data collection and monitoring in order to ensure the effectiveness of the Team Europe Initiative.

EBSOMED (Enhancing Business Support Organisations and Business Networks in the Southern Neighbourhood) Secretariat representative highlighted some challenges faced by MENA countries and how the project has contributed to addressing these challenges. This was also an occasion for presenting progress made on the digital platform BCD (Business Country Desk).

The consultations are an important milestone to connect EuroMeSCo’s annual research plan with relevant policy issues, events, trends and priorities.

The training aimed at setting a team of certified trainers who will raise awareness among Moroccan economic operators on the use of this tool, guide them in the search for new commercial opportunities and help them understand the conditions of access to the target market.

The event acknowledged the progress achieved by the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the sector and underlined the importance of connectivity in the region.

The participants to the event discussed startups' access to new markets and the export opportunities for their goods and services, how policy framework can create an enabling environment for the startups and how they can attract more foreign investment to the region.

The first meeting brought together the EU institutions, the regional Framework Partners and EU Delegations in beneficiary countries in order to provide direction and establish contacts among all the partners.

The aim of the event was to understand the status quo of the Mediterranean private sector in the green transition by means of discussions and exchanges between experts and private sector representatives to define concrete recommendations and best practices to promote green growth opportunities.

The training aimed at refreshing the knowledge of the participants on the tools to develop a solid project proposal for the European Commission (EC) and took place in the framework of the EBSOMED (Enhancing Business Support Organisations and Business Networks in the Southern Neighborhood) project, which aims to increase the overall capacity management of Business Support Organisations (BSOs) in the Euro-Mediterranean region by improving the services offered to SMEs.

The Mediterranean Sustainable Energy Investment Forums aim to facilitate dialogue between the financial sector, public authorities and all stakeholders involved in delivering investments in sustainable energy.

During the meeting, Southern Neighbourhood partner countries presented the functioning of their national environmental statistical systems and the national work plan for environmental statistics.