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Zeineb Messaoud: "Tunisian start-ups need know-how and capital"

12/17/2021 | Services

In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info during the Emerging Valley event (Marseille, 14 December 2021), Zeineb Messaoud, executive director of The Dot, a digital innovation hub in Tunis, discusses the recent history of start-up development in Tunisia and highlights the ambition of her newly created structure.

Africa, Anava, ELIFE, Emerging Valley, EU-Africa Summit, Expensya, Expertise France, Fondation Tunisie pour le Développement, GIZ, Innov'i, innovation, InstaDeep, Les Berges du Lac, start-up, Start-up Act, The Dot, Tunis, Tunisia, Zeineb Messaoud

Accélérateur M and Connect Innov pool support for start-ups

12/16/2021 | Services

FRANCE / TUNISIA. The Marseilles-based Accélérateur M and the Tunisian Connect Innov unveil their desire to join forces to pool their start-up support services on both sides of the Mediterranean.

Start-ups and tech transfers boosting Mediterranean clusters

06/10/2021 | Talent for a new economy

Mediterranean clusters need to find a new direction in order to better reconcile local industries’ needs with the innovation emanating from research stakeholders and start-ups. Version française

Private and public sector working together in Mediterranean innovation

02/04/2021 | Talent for a new economy

From the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region to Tunisia, via Spain, institutions and innovation stakeholders are working more closely together to counter the effects of the pandemic and prepare for the post Covid-19 world. Version française

ACCIO Aurea Rodriguez, Anima Investment Network, Catalan Agency for business competitiveness, Catalonia, Covid-19, Emmanuel Noutary, FIPA, France, innovation, Jean-François Royer, Mediterranean, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, risingSUD, Spain, Tunisia, Tunisian Foreign Investment Agency, Zied Lahbib

Covid-19 crisis boosting innovation in Mediterranean

01/26/2021 | Talent for a new economy

Mediterranean countries have mobilized their innovation skills to find solutions to the economic fallout from Covid-19, skills that will help them adapt to the post Covid world. Version française

EU provides €8m to fund 55 European researchers

01/08/2021 | Industry

EU. As part of the "Proof of Concept" programme, the European Union is allocating an additional €8.25 million to promote the marketing of research results, particularly in the health and social fields.

Covid-19, ERC, European Research Council, European Union (EU), Horizon 2020, innovation, Mariya Gabriel, research

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

10/20/2020 | 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.

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Six Challenge My Med start-up winners innovate to protect the Mediterranean and its coastline

09/17/2020 | Environment

FRANCE. Six winning start-ups responded to the six challenges of the My Med Challenge, which aimed to "imagine the Mediterranean coast of tomorrow and find concrete answers to the major economic, environmental and societal challenges it faces".

Med'Innovant seeks innovations to (re)think the city of tomorrow

09/01/2020 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE. The Euroméditerranée public development establishment is launching the ninth edition of Med'Innovant, a competition open to start-ups, Tpe et Sme based in France and abroad.

Euroméditerranée, innovation, La Coque, Marseille, Med'Innovant, Mediterranean, urban planning

The Next Society proposes 29 recommendations to strengthen technology transfer in Lebanon

05/26/2020 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. The Next Society, a European programme, has just published a report on the strengthening of technology transfer in Lebanon.

Anima Investment Network, Berytech, Egypt, innovation, Innovety, Jordan, Lebanon, Mohab Anis, Morocco, Palestine, technology transfer, technology transfer in Lebanon, The Next Society, Tunisia

The Next Society launches the first innovation dashboard for Southern Mediterranean countries

05/15/2020 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. In the framework of the European programme The Next Society, the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Sciences Institutes (Femise) and the Anima Investment Network, are publishing the first innovation scoreboard adapted to the specificities of the Southern Mediterranean countries.

Algeria, Anima Investment Network, Brain drain, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, innovation, Jordan, Lebanon, Marseille, Mathias Fillon, Mediterranean, Mediterranean innovation scoreboard, Morocco, Palestine, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), The Next Society, Tunisia

Innovante nascent and early stage entrepreneurship in the southern mediterranean – evidence on Jordan and Morocco

04/19/2019 | EMNES reports

April 2019. Written by Serena Sandri, Nooh Ashyab, Elyas Azzioui This study builds on the result of in-depth interviews conducted over a sample of 72 innovative nascent and early stage entrepreneurs in Jordan and Morocco and, herewith, provides an overview of the main characteristics of innovative...

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When the location of a firm affects its productivity

06/20/2018 | Socio-economic assessments

Should firms give in to the sirens of globalization? Stimulating R & D, sharing knowledge, skills, subcontracting ... Productivity rises when firms in the same sector are in geographical proximity analyzes the latest Femise report. Version française

aeronautical, automobile industry, clusters, Femise, Fiat, foreign direct investment, innovation, Italy, location, Oyak-Renault, productivity, Tunisia, Turkey

Economic Analysis of Supply Functions, Private Returns to Investment in Education and Skill Mismatch in Egypt

04/03/2018 | EMNES reports

Publié en avril 2018. Rédigé par Marwa Biltagy The main objective of this paper is to estimate the demand and supply functions for schooling in Egypt using the data of the Egypt Labour Market Panel Survey 2012. It is concluded that, the number of years of schooling and the family...

Do Exports and Innovation Matter for the Demand of Skilled Labor? Evidence from MENA Countries

04/03/2018 | EMNES reports

Publié en avril 2018. rédigé par Nora Aboushady, Chahir Zaki The objective of the paper is to test the impact of exports and innovation on the demand of skilled labor in the MENA region using firm-level data. In this matter, our contribution is threefold. First, we examine the connection between...

Innovation a key factor in VSE/SME growth in MENA region

04/03/2018 | Development models in Mediterranean

VSEs and SMEs account for a very small number of jobs in Egypte, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisa. Innovation could provide a springboard for development. Version française

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Anima Investment Network innovates with The Next Society

05/22/2017 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. A project supported by the European Union but also a federating movement, The Next Society aims to rethink innovation in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean by associating start-ups, sectoral clusters and public/private technology transfer centres.

FEMISE exploring innovation boost for Southern Mediterranean economies

02/24/2016 | Socio-economic assessments

How to develop technologies in Middle-Eastern and North African countries? Whether it's educational reforms or the fight against corruption, improving the regional economy faces many challenges. Experts from the FEMISE and Economic Research Forum have identified several avenues that could provide new momentum through innovation. Version française

economy, Egypt, Femise, innovation, Jean-Eric Aubert, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), youth

Innovation funds fill the gaps left by the Moroccan State

10/26/2015 | Services

Special edition no.15: FEMIP
Morocco has not reached the targets it set itself in 2009 in its Moroccan Innovation Strategy (Stratégie Maroc Innovation) plan. Innovative project holders are consequently struggling to find funding, especially in the initial stages of their business ventures.

European Investment Bank, FEMIP, innovation, Moroccan Solar Plan (MSP), Morocco

Tunisia : “We are prioritising innovation in energy and the environment”