EuroMED Cluster Forward

Overview

The economic landscape of Europe and the southern Mediterranean has changed significantly, presenting new challenges and opportunities. Collaboration across the Mediterranean enhances partnerships between these markets, encouraging regional value chain development and promoting sustainable, inclusive growth.

In this context, clusters play a crucial role in driving innovation, enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, and contributing to sectoral transformation, thereby improving Mediterranean economies.

The Euromed Clusters Forward Project  is  a four years program, co-funded by the European Union, and is led by ANIMA with the aim of strengthening clusters and their members in 7 Southern Mediterranean countries ( namely Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia), promoting inclusive innovation and competitiveness in the Euromed region in order to improve growth, economic diversification, sustainable development and employment.

Led by ANIMA Investment Network, ECF brings together a rich consortium that includes the Economic Research Forum (ERF), Berytech and Leaders International (Qeiadat) as lead partners and more than 8 affiliates (e.g., FEMISE, Malta Enterprise, etc.) from the Mediterranean region.

Project Objectives:

• FOSTERING: the regulatory frameworks of clusters and collaboration between EU and the Southern Neighborhood region clusters to support the development and competitiveness of member businesses
• ACTIVATING: Euromed value chains by promoting forward-looking sectoral visions and supporting the creation of alliances of EU and Southern Mediterranean clusters in key regional value chains.
• STRENGTHENING: the capacities of cluster organizations to develop forward-looking strategies and provide quality services to their members, increasing their business performance, innovation capacity and job creation.

For more details, please visit the project main page: https://anima.coop/en/our-projects/euromed-clusters-forward/#aPropos