Second call for standard projects launched

Technical staff from ENAS (Regional Agency for Water Management in Sardinia, Italy), ONAS (Office National d’Assainissement de Tunisie), SONEDE (Société Nationale d'Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux, Tunisie) and Municipality of Ajim (Tunisia) will meet on the 3rd-6th October at Ajim-Djerba.

For the Mediterranean countries, tourism is a central economic issue.

L’Autorità di Gestione Congiunta ha organizzato una serie di eventi a supporto del lancio del bando ENPI CBC MED.

The Management Authority of the ENPI CBC MED has published the strategic projects 2011.

In the framework of the Programme ENPI CBC MED, of which Sardinia Region is the Joint Managing Authority, two calls for proposals are scheduled in 2011.

The European Commission has already earmarked 4 billion euro aid for partner countries in North Africa and the Middle East, a figure that includes 240 million € for Tunisia and 445 million € for Egypt.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has earmarked € 1.87 for Tunisian projects in order to assist the country along the path of democratic transition

The EU-Africa summit in Libya aims at creating new forms of cooperation that are more ambitious for the partnership between the two continents.

finances initiatives that aim at cooperating towards development, promoted by associated regional organizations, that are to be implemented in partnership with third countries and build on a co-development standpoint

The third B2B Meeting of the BESTMED initiative (co-financed by the program INVEST IN MED) is coming soon after the meetings in Thessaloniki (30 October 2009) and Cagliari (29 April 2010).

The OpenMed staff took part to the first assembly of the Italian Ascame chambers of commerce, held on 3 May, in Cagliari. It was a joint event of all 30 chambers associated to the network, organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Cagliari with the goal of encouraging the revitalisation of trade in the Mediterranean area.

The Management Authority of the ENPI CBC MED has confirmed the publication of the call for proposal for strategic projects for the second half of 2010.

Emanuele Cabras, partner of OpenMed, takes part as a speaker, to the workshop “Investment opportunities in the environmentally sustainable tourism” within the BEST MED project co-financed by the European Program Invest inMed.

We would like to inform you that the Joint Monitoring Committee has decided to postpone the deadline for the submission of the project proposals until March 3rd 2010.