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Suez Canal: an overprotected but still fragile infrastructure

Suez Canal: an overprotected but still fragile infrastructure
10/19/2021 - Gérard Tur | Transport
MEDITERRANEAN. The Provence regional association of auditors of the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) organised the "2019-2021 studies forum" on 7 October 2021 in Marseille. During this period, the association produced three reports on highly strategic and conflictual sites: the Straits of Gibraltar and the Bosphorus as well as the Suez Canal.
Bernard Dreyer, Egypt, IHEDN, Israel, maritime transport, Marseille, Suez Canal

Blanca Moreno-Dodson: "The move from the World Bank to the UN is a natural evolution for the CMI"

Blanca Moreno-Dodson: "The move from the World Bank to the UN is a natural evolution for the CMI"
09/22/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The director of the Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), Blanca Moreno-Dodson, tells econostrum.info exclusively about her transition from the World Bank to the United Nations and her new mandate: the implementation of the MDG 17 on partnerships in the Mediterranean. The CMI remains and will remain based in Marseille.
Barcelona, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Centre for Mediterranean Integration, civil society, climate change, CMI, Emmanuel Macron, Energy and Climate Change Forum, European Investment Bank, Italy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Madrid, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean of the Future, Mediterranean Week, Morocco, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, SDG 17, SDGs, Spain, Sustainable Development Goal, Tour La Marseillaise, Tunisia, Two Shores Dialogue, UN, UN Habitat, Union for the Mediterranean, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Office for Project Services, UNOPS, Villa Walmer, Ville de Marseille, World Bank

Emerging Mediterranean honours five start-ups from the Southern Mediterranean

Emerging Mediterranean honours five start-ups from the Southern Mediterranean
09/08/2021 - The editorial staff | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Emerging Mediterranean has selected the five finalist start-ups, one per country, of its acceleration programme.
AFD, Africa, Al Diagnosis Vision, Aladdin Elsgier, Algeria, Amira Irmal, Bootcamp des deux rives, Dawrrat, Emerging Valley, Europe, French Development Agency, Lamiae Benmakhlouf, Libya, Mama Diagana, Mariem Faghraoui, Mariem Kane, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mounia Attiga, MTC, Neolli, Neotic, Rym Jarou, Samir Abdelkrim, Saoussen Ayari, Social & Inclusive Business Camp, Souheil Guessoum, Startupbric, Tech for Good en Méditerranée, Tunisia

Two floating wind projects to emerge in the Mediterranean

Two floating wind projects to emerge in the Mediterranean
05/20/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Environment
FRANCE. The Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions will host two floating wind farm projects of 250 MW each. A public debate will start in July 2021 to validate their opportunity, impacts, characteristics and define their locations.
Ademe, Agency for Environment and Energy Management, Amidéole, Antoine Landeau Arec, Arthur Launeau, Aude, Baixas, Barbara Pompili, BW-Ideol, Calen, Carole Delga, Carros, CGN Europe Energy, CNDP, Commission nationale du débat public, Dominique de Lauzières, EDF Renouvelables, EDP Renewables, EFGL, Enbridge, energy, Engie, environment, Eolfi, EolMed, EOS, Europe, Floatgen, FOWT, France, GPMM, Grand port maritime de Marseille, Ideol, Ifremer, Jean-Michel Lopez, Leucate, Livière, Marion Galland, Marseille, Martine Bartolomei, Mathias Bourrissoux, Monaco, Méditerranée, Occitanie, PGL, Plan Littoral 21, Portugal, Principia, Principle Power, Provence Grand Large, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, public debate, Pyrénées orientales, Pôle Mer Méditerranée, Qair, Renaud Muselier, renewable energy, Repsol, SBM Offshore, Semper, Sophie Bertran de Balanda, Sébastien Fourmy, Tamareau, Total, Valeco, wind energy, WindFloat Atlantic, École Centrale de Nantes, Étienne Ballan

The Ouigo Madrid Barcelona high-speed line kicks off the battle for rail in Spain

The Ouigo Madrid Barcelona high-speed line kicks off the battle for rail in Spain
05/07/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
SPAIN / FRANCE. The Spanish railway operator Renfe is losing its monopoly with the launch of the high-speed line between Madrid and Barcelona marketed by Ouigo Spain, a subsidiary of Sncf Voyageurs.
Air Nostrum, Andalusia, Barcelona, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Grand Est, Hauts de France, Ilsa, Italy, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Montpellier, Ouigo, Ouigo Spain, Paris, rail transport, Renfe, Saragossa, Sncf, Sncf Voyageurs, Spain, Tarragona, Trenitalia, Valencia

Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification

Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification
04/20/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Libya must recover from ten years of internal conflict and tackle not only its reconstruction, but the diversification of its economy. However, a prerequisite for this is the establishment of a genuine state and administration.
Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, al-Qouwea, Alain Chouet, Algiers, Barah Mikaïl, Bernard Valero, CIA, Corsica, Cyrenaica, Cyrene, economy, Egypt, Eugène Antoniotti, Europe, Gaddafi, GDP Libya, Great artificial river, Henry Marty-Gauquier, Jean-François Coustillière, JFC Analysis Group, kasar, Libya, Libyan economic diversification, libyan economy, Marseille, Mecca, Mediterranean, Michel Vinciguerra, Morocco, Nubia Basin, Old city, Stractegia, Sudan, Taleb Rifai, tourism, Tripoli, Tunis, Unesco, World factbook, World Tourism Organisation, WTO

"Project leaders in the South of the Mediterranean have become aware of the opportunity to finance themselves via crowdfunding platforms"

"Project leaders in the South of the Mediterranean have become aware of the opportunity to finance themselves via crowdfunding platforms"
04/19/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Michel Kaluszynski, Director of Participatory Finance Africa Mediterranean (FPAM), gives an initial assessment of participatory finance in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
Africa, Africa-Mediterranean participatory finance, Algeria, Anima Investment Network, Cha9a9a, Chriky, Cofundy, Cosob, Cotizi, crowdfunding, Dakar, Defismed, Diafrikinvest, diaspora, Europe, FPAM, Marseille, Mediterranean, Michel Kaluszynski, Ninvesti, Senegal, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), Tunis, Wuluj

Samir Abdelkrim: "Digital has made Emerging Valley even more connected, denser and more essential for Africa-Europe innovation ecosystems"

Samir Abdelkrim: "Digital has made Emerging Valley even more connected, denser and more essential for Africa-Europe innovation ecosystems"
04/09/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Samir Abdelkrim organised the fourth edition of Emerging Valley in Marseille on 7 and 8 April 2021, which was broadcast online because of Covid-19. He explains the usefulness of this link between Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa for start-ups and innovation.
AFD Agence Française de Développement, Africa, Algeria, biodiversity, BootCamp, BootCamp des deux rives, Casablanca, digital economy, Dimed, Délégation interministérielle à la Méditerranée, Egypt, Emerging Mediterranean, Emerging Valley, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, North Africa, Partech Africa, Samir Abdelkrim, SIBC, Social Inclusive Business Camp, Société générale, Sommet des deux rives, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), start-up, Tech for Good, Tunisia

Ambassador Philippe Meunier becomes General Manager of Avitem

Ambassador Philippe Meunier becomes General Manager of Avitem
03/15/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | People
MEDITERRANEAN. To succeed Bernard Valéro, the Board of GIP Avitem (Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories) has appointed Philippe Meunier as Director General.
Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories, Avitem, France, Marseille, Philippe Meunier

Volotea positions itself in Algeria by opening eight routes serving seven Algerian cities

Volotea positions itself in Algeria by opening eight routes serving seven Algerian cities
03/15/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
FRANCE / ALGERIA. The Catalan airline is adding Algeria to its destinations with eight new flights starting in mid-September 2021 from Marseille, Bordeaux and Lyon.
Aigle Azur, Air France, air transport, Algeria, Algiers, Annaba, Atransport, Bordeaux, Béjaïa, Cohor, Constantine, France, London, Lyon, Lyon-Saint Exupéry, Marseille, Marseille Provence airport, Oran, Sétif, Tlemcen, Volotea

Six international organizations launch a Mediterranean Consortium for the protection of biodiversity

Six international organizations launch a Mediterranean Consortium for the protection of biodiversity
03/12/2021 - Eric Apim | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. A memorandum of understanding was signed in Marseille by six international organizations for the creation of a Mediterranean Consortium for the protection of biodiversity.
AFD Agence Française de Développement, Arles, biodiversity, Bouches-du-Rhône, Conservatoire du Littoral, cooperation, environment, FFEM, France, French Global Environment Facility, IAMF, IUCN, IUCN-Med, La Tour du Valat, Malaga, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Consortium for Biodiversity Protection, nature, PIM, Ramsar Convention

"The Mediterranean is a small region on the world map where the heaviest challenges are piled up"

"The Mediterranean is a small region on the world map where the heaviest challenges are piled up"
03/04/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Bernard Valéro is retiring after a rich career at the Quai d'Orsay, consul, ambassador and director general of Avitem (Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories) in Marseille for his last position. The sixty-six-year-old diplomat comments, unvarnished and exclusively on econostrum.info, on the highlights of his professional life confronted with the ups and downs of the Mediterranean region.
Agnès Rampal, Alexandria, Avitem, Barcelona, Barcelona process, Bernard Valero, conflicts, Cosquer cave, European Union (EU), Fathallah Sijilmassi, France, Genoa, Istanbul, Libya, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Erasmus, Mediterranean of the future, Nasser Kamal, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Quai d'Orsay, Renaud Muselier, Santiago de Compostela, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Summit of the 2 shores, sustainable development, Syria, Tangier, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Villa Méditerranée

The health crisis in the Maghreb impacts the results of the port of Marseille

The health crisis in the Maghreb impacts the results of the port of Marseille
01/25/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Transport
FRANCE. If the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille-Fos finally resisted well to the sanitary crisis on its goods segment, passenger transport has been hit hard by travel restrictions.
ADEO, Algeria, Cap Janet, Chantal Helman, coronavirus crisis, Corsica, Covid-19, cruise, Distriport, Elisabeth Ayrault, France, goods, GPMM, Hervé Martel, IDEC Life, Jean-Marc Forneri, Kenitra, La Feuillane, LNG, Maghreb, Marseille, Mediaco, Morocco, port of Marseille-Fos, ports, Renault, Tangier, Tunisia, Virtuo

The CCI estimates that the loop linking Marseille to Aix-en-Provence can be operational in 2030

The CCI estimates that the loop linking Marseille to Aix-en-Provence can be operational in 2030
01/19/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. The President of the Aix Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry Luc Chauvin strongly asserts his support for the project of fast underground exclusive right-of-way transport that would put Marseille fifteen minutes from Aix-en-Provence against forty-five minutes today by RER.
Aix-en-Provence, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Guillaume Nicoulaud, Jean-Luc Chauvin, loop Aix Marseille, Marseille, Mathieu Morateur, Michele Mocci, mobility, Métropole Aix Marseille Provence, RER, urban planning

The Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Water Agency launches workshops on the environmental challenges of coastal and island areas in the Mediterranean

The Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Water Agency launches workshops on the environmental challenges of coastal and island areas in the Mediterranean
01/14/2021 - Paul Boinet | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. Ico Solutions, a series of workshops proposed by the Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Water Agency and several Mediterranean partners...
Agnès Vince, Aix-Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry, CasCioMar, CCIAMP, Cenac, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Conservatoire du Littoral, Ecocean, Elisabeth Coquet-Reinier, French Smart Port, ICO, ICO Commitment Days, Island Coast Ocean, Laurent Roy, Marseille, Méditerranée, PIM Initiative, Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency, RMC, Smilo, Sulubaaï Foundation, UICN, water, World Conservation Congress

The revival of the Mediterranean tourism sector offers an opportunity to move towards sustainable tourism

The revival of the Mediterranean tourism sector offers an opportunity to move towards sustainable tourism
12/23/2020 - Bernard Valero, Director General of the Avitem | Reflections
Like many others, the tourism sector is being hit hard and globally by the pandemic. In the Mediterranean region, this crisis is even more acute since it has literally decimated a sector of activity that represents a larger share of GDP than elsewhere on all the banks of the Mare Nostrum. Today,...
Andalusia, Bernard Valero, Brussels, cooperation, coronavirus and tourism, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, cruise, Dubrovnik, European Union (EU), expert opinion, Mare Nostrum, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mont-Blanc, Nudge, ODD, Paris Climate Agreement, Pyrenees, reflection, sustainable development, sustainable tourism, tourism, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), United Nations, Venice

Marseille wants to bring its expertise on epidemics to Europe and the Mediterranean

Marseille wants to bring its expertise on epidemics to Europe and the Mediterranean
12/01/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. After the climate challenge in 2017, youth and innovation in 2018, investment in 2019, Act 4 of Mediterranean of the Future took place under the theme of resistance to pandemics in the Mediterranean.
Albert II, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, Didier Raoult, IHU, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean infection, Mediterranean of the future, Moderna, Monaco, pandemic, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Regions of France, Stéphane Bancel, University Hospital Institute, WHO, youth

La Méridionale opens a maritime line between Marseille and Tanger Med

La Méridionale opens a maritime line between Marseille and Tanger Med
12/01/2020 - Eric Apim | Transport
FRANCE / MOROCCO. The shipping company La Méridionale will offer, as from Wednesday 2 December 2020, a regular freight and passenger shipping line between Marseille and Tanger Med.
Benoït Dehaye, Eric Brioist, France, Girolata, La Méridionale, maritime transport, Marseille, Morocco, Pelagos, ports, Tanger Med, Tangier, transport

Marseille, a land of conclave for French tourism professionals

Marseille, a land of conclave for French tourism professionals
10/26/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
FRANCE. Twenty-four bosses of French tourism met in Marseilles in conclave to exchange on their vision of the future of the sector strongly disturbed by the Covid-19 crisis.
Adriana Minchella, Ama Tourisme, antigenic tests, Béziers, Cediv, Conclave des Patrons du Tourisme, Covid-19, Ditex, Ellipse Voyage, France, Grenoble, Jean Da Luz, Marseille, Maxime Tissot, Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Marseille, Palais du Pharo, PCR tests, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council, Selectour, tourism, TourMag.com, Valéry Muggeo

Marseille will host Tech Emerging Mediterranean while waiting for the Emerging Valley summit to be held in April 2021

Marseille will host Tech Emerging Mediterranean while waiting for the Emerging Valley summit to be held in April 2021
10/20/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. The fourth edition of Emerging Valley is postponed to 7 and 8 April 2021 while a Tech For Good event in the Mediterranean is added to the programme. version française
Africa, Algeria, Brighter Investment, Burkina-Faso, Covid-19, Emerging Valley, Europe, France, Ghana, Greentiska, innovation, Kooga Niger, Madagascar, Marseille, Maïa Africa, Mediterranean, Morocco, Natal Cares, Nigeria, Palais du Pharo, positive innovation, Samir Abdelkrim, Sciencia, SIBC, South Africa, Tech for good en Méditerranée, Tunisia

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