Center for Mediterranean Integration

The Center for Mediterranean Integration is a multi-partner Cooperative Arrangement to facilitate access to advanced and best practices while generating support among public and independent institutions to increase cooperation, enhance sustainable development and integrate policies in the Mediterranean Region. CMI programme strives to provide solid inputs for evidence-based policy choices and, in so doing, help to improve government's strategies and actions, increase the level of innovative activites and investments in the Region, and stimulate cooperation between countries around the Mediterranean.

Anima Investment Network

ANIMA Investment Network is a multi-country platform supporting the economic development of the Mediterranean. The network gathers around 80 governmental agencies and international networks. The objective of ANIMA is to contribute to a better investment and business climate and to the growth of capital flows into the Mediterranean region.

European Commission

The Regional Representation of the European Commission informs and discusses with political, economic and social actors, journalists and citizen about European policies and developments. It analyses the national debate on European issues, as well as significant national developments in order to support the work of the European Commission in Brussels.

Territoires Solidaires

Territoires Solidaires is the network of international cooperation actors in Provence Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Its objectives are the the development and qualitative improvements of decentralized cooperation and international solidarity actions undertaken by both public and private actors in PACA region.

Cercle des Economistes

The Cercle des économistes, or economists’ circle, is made up of 30 academics. Based on the multiple and varied opinions of the group, their objective is to encourage economic debate. The Circle carries out regular activities: daily program on Radio Classique or weekly columns in “Les Echos”.
Every year, it organizes the “Best Young Economist Award” with the newspaper “Le Monde”; an event in Aix-en-Provence to discuss a topic related to trends in the world economy; a public debate on world finance at the Paris Dauphine University, in partnership with NYSE Euronext and the “Rendez-vous de la Méditerranée” in Marseille in partnership with the Institut de la Méditerranée. The Cercle des économistes also publishes books and collections of essays.

FEMISE

The FEMISE Euro-Mediterranean network has been established as a French non-profit association and is composed of 90 economic research institutes from the 37 countries of the Barcelona Process. Supported by the European Commission within the MEDA regional framework its three main objectives are:
1.Conducting socio-economic research and making recommendations on topics identified as priorities for the future of the Euro-Mediterranean region.
2.Publishing and disseminating this research to public and private institutions—national or multilateral—and to the academic world.
3.Encouraging the broadest possible dissemination through the most appropriate means.

Institut de la Méditerranée

The FEMISE is coordinated be the Institut de la Méditerranée (France) and the Economic Research Forum (Egypt) as part of its mission of lobbying and influence. The Institut de la Méditerranée was created in 1994 as an association by Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, the French department of Bouches du Rhône, the City of Marseilles and the Marseille-Provence Chamber of commerce, Euromed Management. The activities of the Institute revolve around two major and complementary functions: on the one hand, lobbying and on the other, the identification and follow-up of projects for founding members, which make it a tool of analysis, of expertise and project development on the great Euro-Mediterranean region.

RMEM/RMEI

The Mediterranean Network of Business School (RMEM) has been created in 2003 to promote research and exchanges in management in the Mediterranean region and gather around twenty schools and faculties. It cooperates closely with the "Mediterranean Network of Engineers Schools" (RMEI) that brings together 1hhh00 000 students (engineers) from 73 universities in 15 conutries, with the ambition to promote sustainable development and local innovation in the Mediterranean. The final goal of this network is to promote peace and prosperity in the Mediterranean, the birthplace of our civilization. RMEI actions target ingineesr, institutions, the business, the business sector and local authorities as well.

Finances & Conseil Méditerranée (FCM)

FCM is a French association and network located in Marseille, gathering about 95 members around the Mediterranean area (south of France, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria). Its members are mostly bankers, accountants, lawyers, consulting firms… working for the economic development of small and medium entreprises.
FCM obtained the label PRIDES (which corresponds to a “cluster” for innovation, international, training and new technologies) from the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in july 2008. Since then, we have developed a complete program to contribute to SEM’s growth, in financing issues as well as export needs.

French Foreign Trade Advisors (CEE's)

CCE's are men and women involved in world business, in which they have gained international experience. The CEE's network is composed of 4.300 members.

For more than a hundred years, this network of private business people has shared on a voluntary basis the experience of its members:

• In providing governments with their recommendations

• In sponsoring small companies in their international expansion

• In educating and informing young people about international trade careers

Junior Chamber International Marseille

JCI is an international movement of young people who propose new areas of development, whether economic, community, cultural, social or humanitarian.
His actions are based on civic values of free enterprise, individual liberty, respect for the law and enhancement of the human person.
Junior Chamber International of Marseille – JCI Marseille - was founded in 1953.
She has worked at in the Mediterranean city on these various themes, in close cooperation with local authorities and the economic, social and culture of Provence.
JCI Marseille is also a school to taking responsibility. It allows to gain in confidence and often to discover its true potential, that, through the active participation of its members in its actions, supported by the many opportunities to form.

The Maritime Union for the Mediterranean

The Maritime Union for the Mediterranean is an association that seeks to promote exchanges between European Union countries and Mediterranean countries in fields related to port activities, the maritime sector and any related activities.
The association’s main activities include professional training, information technology media, and in general, information exchanges on projects that may promote maritime transfers between the countries concerned.
An initiative of Marseille-Fos port professionals, the association looks forward to welcoming port professionals from the Euro-Mediterranean area.