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Emerging Mediterranean seeks Mediterranean start-ups to participate in its 2022 programme

04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Emerging Mediterranean is launching a new call for applications for the third cycle of this acceleration programme aimed at entrepreneurs with high social and environmental impacts from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

Sousse gives way to Dakar to host the World Social Economy Forum in 2023

10/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

WORLD. The city of Sousse (150 km south of Tunis in the Gulf of Hammamet) will not host the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) in 2023. Dakar, the only competitor to host this biennial event, has been awarded the organisation and management of the event. According to our information, the third...

Sousse to host the Global Social Economy Forum in 2023

07/06/2021 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The city of Sousse in Tunisia is officially applying to host the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) in 2023.

Solidarity finance is setting new records in France

06/07/2021 | Services

FRANCE. The 19th edition of the La Croix/Finansol Solidarity Finance Barometer shows a dynamism of this sector with a 33% increase in funds collected in 2020 to reach €20.33 billion in assets.

barometer of solidarity finance, finance, Finansol, France, Frédéric Tiberghien, Jon Sallé, La Croix, loi Pacte, savings, social and solidarity economy, solidarity finance

EU Member States commit to a more inclusive and social Europe

05/10/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU. At the Social Summit in Porto, all 27 EU Member States committed themselves to achieving the objectives set out by the European Commission in the European Social Rights Action Plan.

António Costa, Covid-19, employment, European Commission, European Union (EU), Porto, Portugal, social and solidarity economy, social rights, training, Ursula von der Leyen

AFD to support the development of the SSE in Morocco

04/06/2021 | Society / Institutions

MOROCCO / FRANCE. The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy sign a €1.5M grant agreement.

AFD Agence Française de Développement, France, Hélène Le Gal, Mihoub Mezouaghi, Morocco, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, Rabat, social and solidarity economy, SSE, SSE in Morocco

The Lab'ess of Tunis recruits fifteen project leaders in social innovation

04/02/2021 | Services

TUNISIA. The Laboratory of Social and Solidarity Economy of Tunisia launches its eighth call for applications to select fifteen positive impact projects that will integrate its incubator.

Afric'innov, boot camp, chabaka, France, incubator, Lab'ESS, Morocco, Paris, social and solidarity economy, social enterprise, SOS Plus, Tunis, Tunisia

"DarESS will spearhead the SSE in Tunisia"

03/11/2021 | Society / Institutions

Sonia Benyahia, director of ProgRESS Tunisia, matrix of a future national center of resources of the social and solidarity economy, and Rodérick Égal, president of iesMed, Mediterranean platform of accompaniment to the SSE, draw up, exclusively for econostrum.info, the panorama of the SSE in Tunisia. They reveal their projects in this country, while they are preparing to inaugurate in Tunis, DarESS, the house of the SSE.

CitESS, DarESS, economy, Greater Tunis, iesMed, Mahdia, MedESS, Mediterranean, Morocco, North Africa, ProgRESS Tunisia, Rodérick Égal, Sidi Bouzid, social and solidarity economy, Sonia Benyahia, Sousse, SSE, Tunis

Nine Member States receive €14bn loans to overcome their Covid-19 spending

02/02/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU. The European Commission has disbursed loans totalling €14 billion to nine Member States.

Barcelona's MedaWeek repositions the Mediterranean as a key player in the post-Covid-19 revival

11/20/2020 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Gathered virtually on the occasion of the 14th Mediterranean Economic Week in Barcelona, the economic actors of the region published a declaration including twenty-five initiatives for a "new model of economic development in the Mediterranean region".

Anwar Zibaoui, Ascame, Barcelona, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, blue economy, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, Europe, green economy, Meda Week Barcelona, Mediterranean Economic Week, Mediterranean Process, social and solidarity economy

750 bn of EU funds to make Member States resilient

11/17/2020 | Society / Institutions

EU. The joint debt of EU Member States will help finance national recovery plans, which are tools for resilience in the face of the economic and social crisis caused by the coronavirus. It opens a new era. The future multi-annual financial framework proposed by the European Commission and now supported by the European Council and the European Parliament.

European Commission provides €16 billion in financial assistance to Italy and Spain

10/27/2020 | Society / Institutions

ITALY / SPAIN. The European Commission has paid €17 billion to three countries within the framework of the SURE instrument, created to protect jobs and employees in the face of the consequences of Covid-19.

version française

coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, European Commission, European social obligations, European Union (EU), Italy, pandemic, Poland, social and solidarity economy, Spain, Sure, SURE instrument, unemployment

When Covid-19 brings public health and hygiene to question urban planning

07/24/2020 | Reflections

The Covid-19 pandemic was truly revealing and raised many questions: about the meaning to be given to the so-called international community at a time when borders were closing and when the temptation of every man for himself was trampling on the desire for solidarity, about territorial and social...

Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories, Avitem, Barcelona, Baron Haussmann, Bernard Valero, Casablanca, Covid-19, Durance, Healthy Cities Network, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean cities, Paris, social and solidarity economy, Tunis, urban planning, Venice

After the pandemic: towards resilient cities and territories in the Mediterranean, or the refusal of blindness

06/16/2020 | Reflections

SPECIAL FILE COVID-19. While the Covid19 pandemic is still far from over, the "After" is just beginning to take shape, veiled in shadows and uncertainties, tainted by the haunting question of the vaccine and overshadowed by the priority that will be that of restarting national economies and...

Covid-19: Europe and the post-economic crisis triggered by the pandemic

05/05/2020 | Reflections

SPECIAL FILE COVID-19. On 21 April 2020 a poll was published according to which 71% of Italians believed that the European Union had "reacted badly" to the health crisis and that they "no longer see any point in being part of it", while 58% of the same Italians considered that leaving the euro zone...

In Jordan and Lebanon, Social entrepreneurs reach-out to refugees

04/01/2020 | Socio-economic assessments

Jordan and Lebanon, two of the main host countries regarding the number of Syrian refugees, have seen an increase in vocations with social impact during the past two years. A different kind of entrepreneurs has continued to multiply, promoting mutual aid and solidarity rather than profit. A few months ago, Femise published a study on this phenomenon. An analysis which is more topical than ever with the Covid-19 pandemic which calls into question our current systems and sees the reinforcement of new behaviors focused on humanist values. Version française

Center for Social and Economic Research, Constantin Tsakas, Covid-19, Femise, Institut de la Méditerranée, Jordan, Katarzyna Sidlo, Lebanon, refugees, Royal Scientific Society, social and solidarity economy, social entrepreneurs, Syrian refugees

Emerging Valley makes African start-ups shine under the Provencal sun

12/05/2019 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE / AFRICA. The third edition of Emerging Valley provided an opportunity for exchanges between European, Mediterranean and African digital start-ups, their ecosystems and institutions. The event has established itself as the hub for reflection in this field between the two continents.

Acacias for all, AFD Agence Française de Développement, Africa, Aix-en-Provence, Anima Investment Network, Bosun Tijani, CCI métropolitaine Aix-Marseille-Provence, CCIMP, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Christophe Itier, Co-Creation Hub, Creadev, Didier Parakian, digital, digital economy, Emerging Valley, Emmanuel Macron Presidential Council for Africa, Emmanuel Noutary, Euroméditerranée, Europe, European Commission, Fatimah Nasser, France, La Factory, Laure-Agnès Caradec, Libya, Mariya Gabriel, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Mediterranean of the future, Mehdi Alaoui, Morocco, Mulliez, Pierre Fauvet, Samir Abdelkrim, Sarah Toumi, social and solidarity economy, start-up, Summit of the two shores, Taleb Sid Ahmed, The Camp, Yummy

Special issue: Fostering women's participation in Mediterranean economic life

05/15/2015 | Special report

With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

Barcelona, Mediterranean, Paris, social and solidarity economy, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), women

Women as drivers of economic development in the Mediterranean

05/15/2015 | Society / Institutions

With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

Encouraging women's participation in the economy is not merely a social issue; it is also essential for development.

digital economy, green economy, Mediterranean, social and solidarity economy, social rights, women

A social, solidarity… and female economy