EUROMED Invest Kick off Meeting Sector Alliances Committees & 1st EUROMED Invest Academy 26-28 May 2014 Marseille, France PROGRAM DAY 1 Monday 26 May 2014 9:00 13:00 EUROMED Invest Kick-off meeting: Official launch of the Project Villa Méditerranée Marseille 09:00 09:30 Opening coffee & registration of participants 09:30 10:30 Opening Address Michel Vauzelle, President of PACA Region Opening speeches Emmanuel Noutary, General Delegate, ANIMA Investment Network Louis Aloccio, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille Provence Didier Parakian, Deputy Mayor of Marseille, in charge of economy, forward planning and relations with companies Irène Mingasson, Head of Unit, Regional Programmes Neighbourhood South, DEVCO, European Commission Presentation of the complementary regional programmes Vladimir Rojanski, Regional programmes manager-europeaid 10:30 11:45 Business and investment climate across the Euro-Mediterranean countries: Round table among EUROMED Invest project partners Emmanuel Noutary, General Delegate, ANIMA Investment Network Mohamed Sassi, Programme coordinator, BUSINESSMED Mohammed Ben Yousef, President, Euro- Arab Business Council Dirk Vantyghem, Director International Affairs, EUROCHAMBRES Alaa Ezz, Secretary General, GACIC Louis Aloccio, Vice President, ASCAME Giancarlo Aragona, President, EMDC Foundation 11:45 12:00 Signature of the Consortium Agreement 12.00-12.15 Coffee break 12.15 13:00 EUROMED Invest: Presentation of the project, context & objectives Q&A and exchanges among the audience and project partners 13:00 14:30 Networking lunch at Palais de la Bourse (salon d honneur)
DAY 1 Monday 26 May 2014 14:30-18:00 Sector Alliance Committees Palais de la Bourse, Marseille 14:30 16:15 In parallel: Sector Alliance Committee on Water and green energies by BUSINESSMED (room Europe Méditerranée) Sector Alliance Committee on Transports and logistics by ASCAME (room Club des élus) Sector Alliance Committee on Cultural and Creative Industries by ANIMA (room Provence) Presentation of EUROMED Invest Procedure Guide : how to use EUROMED Invest tools and operations Presentation of Sector strategies Discussion on next steps for EUROMED Invest sector strategies implementation 16:15 16:30 Coffee break 16:30 18:00 In parallel: Sector Alliance Committee on Agrifood by EMDC (room Europe Méditerranée) Sector Alliance Committee on Tourism by ASCAME (room Provence) Presentation of Sector strategies Discussion on next steps for EUROMED Invest sector strategies implementation 19.30-22:00 Gala dinner Restaurant La Nautique, 20 Quai de Rive Neuve, Marseille www.restaurantlanautique.fr
DAY 2-27 May 2014 9.30 18.00 1st EUROMED Invest Academy Palais de la Bourse, Marseille Three parallel seminars on: FDI promotion & investor servicing (room Club des élus) 10.00-12.15 Session 1: Trends in the investment arena 13.45 16.00 Session 2: How to use decentralised cooperation to promote its territory? 16.15 18.00 Session 3: How to use cluster partnerships to promote its territory? By ANIMA, EMDC Support services for new entrepreneurs (room Provence) 10.00-12.15 Session 1: Helping Small Business & Start-ups 13.45 16.00 Session 2: Matchmaking entrepreneurs and investors 16.15 18.00 Session 3: Women entrepreneurship how to mobilise the untapped economic potential and increase BSO membership Business support services for existing SMEs (room Europe Méditerranée) 10.00-12.15 Session 1: Foreign Trade Strategies for BSOs 13.45 16.00 Session 2: Vocational training services 16.15 18.00 Session 3: Management Skills for SMEs 12.15-13.45 Networking lunch at Palais de la Bourse (salon d honneur) 18.30 20.00 Visit to the Museum of History of Marseille http://www.marseille.fr/siteculture/les-lieux-culturels/musees/le-musee-dhistoire-de-marseille 20:00 21:30 Cocktail at the City Hall offered by the City of Marseille
DAY 3-28 May 2014 (morning) 9.00 11.15 1st EUROMED Invest Academy Palais de la Bourse Three parallel seminars on: FDI promotion & investor servicing (room Club des élus) 9.00 11.15 Session 4: Tools, Operations and follow up on the FDI Academy By ANIMA, EMDC Business support services for existing SMEs (room Europe Méditerranée) Support services for new entrepreneurs (room Provence) 9.00 11.15 Session 4: Innovative methods for business models and plans for SMEs 9.00 11.15 Session 4: Understanding Europe 11.30 13.30 Opportunities & networking session Palais de la Bourse Peer to peer meetings among affiliated entities 13.30 Final cocktail (salon d honneur)
Contacts & logistique Monica Airoldi ANIMA 0033(0)6 62 24 06 88; Manon Spina ANIMA 0033 (0)6 85 14 04 15