EUROMED Invest Academy Barcelona Declaration+20: Trade and Investment for a Mediterranean of shared prosperity 24&25 November 2015 Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Program
EUROMED Invest Academy Agenda Monday 23 November 2015 Arrival of the participants Tuesday 24 November 2015 Venue: Casa Llotja de Mar (Headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona) Pg. Isabel II, 1-08003 Barcelona 8.30 9.30 Registration of participants 9.30 10.30 Introductory session Joan Ramon Rovira, International Director, Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona Anwar Zibaoui, Coordinator, ASCAME Maria Helena de Felipe, President, AFAEMME Mark Jeffery, Head of Communication, EU Representation in Catalonia 10.30 10.45 Coffee break Presentation of the EUROMED Invest project Fearghus Roche, Chief Operations Officer, ASCAME 10.45 12.15 Session 1 A Mediterranean of Projects: Union for the Mediterranean, Regional Development Initiatives Introduction: Guy Fleuret, Managing Director for Transport and Urban Development Transport - Salvatore d Alfonso, Senior Project Manager Urban Development - Guy Fleuret, Managing Director for Infrastructures and Urban Development Energy - Olgu Okumuş, Project Manager 12.15 13.00 Session 2 Med4Jobs: supporting job creation in the Mediterranean Ongoing initiatives in the framework of Med4Jobs - Emmanuelle Gardan, Programme Manager Higher Education and Research 13.00 14.00 Break
14.00 15.30 Session 3 Tools for improving Mediterranean business competitiveness: Case studies Intellectual Property - Alaa Ezz, Secretary General, Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Financing Knowledge Based Economy: Lebanon Case Nicolas Rouhana - General Manager IM Capital & Board of Director Berytech European Enterprise Network in the Mediterranean - Berta Pérez, Head of European Projects Office, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce 15.30 15.45 Coffee break 15.45 16.15 16.15-16:45 Session 4 Situation of women owned businesses in the Mediterranean Najoua Attia, President, CCI Cap Bon Session 5 Young Women as Job Creators: Stimulating Women Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean Stella Mally, Project Coordinator, AFAEMME Fatiha Hassouni, Project coordinator, Social and Civil affairs Division Union for the Mediterranean 16.45-17.15 Session 6 Business Development Support for Women Entrepreneurs: Case studies Paloma Miranda, Head of Entrepreneurship, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce Maria Rizkallah, Head of Public Relations, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Zahle & the Bekaa 19.30 21.30 Dinner with networking activities
Wednesday 25 November 2015 8.30 9.00 Registration of participants 9.00-10.00 10:00-10:45 Official Inauguration of the IX Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders Jose Manuel Soria, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Energy, Government of Spain. Yassine Brahim, Minister of Investment, Development and International Cooperation, Government of Tunisia Artur Mas i Gavarró, President of the Generalitat of Catalunya, Spain Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Josep Luis Bonet Ferrer, President, Chamber of Commerce of Spain Mohamed Choucair, President of the Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) Miquel Valls, President of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona, Spain Senén Florensa, Executive President, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) Fouad Makhzoumi, Chairman and CEO, Future Pipes Group Mediterranean and European Private Sector Meeting Presentation of the 20+20 Declaration 10.45-11.15 Coffee break 12 th NORTH AFRICA BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM 11.15-12.00 12.00-13.00 Private sector Initiatives, Models and opportunities towards an integration of the Maghreb Economic Council Morocco-Spain (CEME) - Co-president CEME, Mario Rotllant; Vice-President Coca-Cola Iberian partners Co-president CEME, Salaheddine Kadmiri; President Schiele Morocco Key Session North African Global Energy: Gas, Petroleum and Renewable Energies. New Scenario: New response? A New Equation between Producers and Consumers? Chair: Javier Albarracín, Director of Socioeconomic Development Department, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) Amine Mazouzi, CEO, Sonatrach, Algeria
Alfonso Vigre, Head LNG Supply Contracts Management, Gas Natural Fenosa Djamel Eddine Bouabdallah, President, Algerian-Spanish Circle of Commerce and Industry (CCIAE), Algeria Roger Carvalho, President, SPTEC Advisory Fouad Lahlou, Associate Senior Expert - sustainable energy, Institute MENA Renewables and Sustainability MENARES Houda Allal, Director General, Mediterranean Energy Observatory (OME) Mariano Marzo, Energy Expert, University of Barcelona 13.00-14.30 Talent Mobility to the North of Africa Moderator: Nina Hendricks, Country Manager Spain, BBi Communication Spanish Company present in North Africa: Evelyn Garcia, Acciona Spanish Company present in North Africa: Hussein El-Ashmawi, ACC International Business School: Olivier Benielli, Toulouse Business School Expert in leadership and international communication: Astrid Moix, BBi Communication Expert in leadership and international communication: Dr. Abdelkader Belgacem Expert in leadership and international communication: Mohammed Chaib, Comsa Emte 14.30 15.30 Break 15.30 15.50 Session 7 From ENPI to ENI: the new 2014-2020 ENI CBC Med Programme Federico Martire, Coordinator of the Branch office for the Western Mediterranean - Valencia, ENPI CBC MED 15.50-17.15 17.15-17.30 Session 8 Success stories in international cooperation for Southern Mediterranean business organizations and SMEs Moderator: Federico Martire Energy & Water: SHAAMS, Aline Farajian, CCIA Beirut and Mount Lebanon Tourism: UMAYYAD, Lucenzo Tambuzzo, General Director I World Transport & Logistics: OPTIMED, Adriana Díaz, Projects, Knowledge & Quality Manager European School Short Sea Shipping Agrifood: MedDiet, Hédia Kefi Taka, CCI Tunis Coffee break 17.30-18:00
Session 9 European Territorial Cooperation: effects on Renewable Energy use and promotion in the Mediterranean Javier Gómez Prieto, Project Officer, MED Programme 18:00 End of the event.