The Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association – EMEA, represented by its Founder and President, Prof. Rym Ayadi, and the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME), represented by its General Coordinator, Anwar Zibaoui, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the purpose to enhance collaboration on the Euro-Mediterranean and Africa ecosystems, enhance expert knowledge in the regions and support transparent inclusive social and economic development with a particular emphasis on expertise, sharing of knowledge, co-funding and dissemination to support a transformation towards a transparent sustainable transition in the Mediterranean and Africa.
In this sense, the Parties will cooperate where and when feasible and appropriate, aiming at maximizing bilateral and multilateral Euro-Mediterranean and Euro-African cooperation from a global and sustainable perspective.
The Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Mediterranean (ASCAME) is a non-profit international organisation that gathers more than 300 Chambers of Commerce and Industry and other similar entities from 23 Mediterranean countries. ASCAME defends the interests of millions of Mediterranean companies being considered the main representative of the Mediterranean private sector.
The Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association – EMEA is a Barcelona-based regional think-tank that serves as a leading independent and innovative policy research institution; a forum for debate on the political and socio-economic reforms in Mediterranean and Africa; and promoter of actions and initiatives that fulfil objectives of sustainability, inclusiveness, regional integration and prosperity.
