On the 12th and 13th of June, more than two hundred experts, businesspeople and directors of professional networks from both sides of the Mediterranean, among which COPEAM, came to Barcelona for a debate, organised by IEMed (European Institute for the Mediterranean) and IPEMed, to discuss Euro-Mediterranean projects regarding the sectors of energy, finance, water and agriculture.
Three main objectives have thus been pursued and achieved on this occasion : introducing COPEAM’s network and projects to the industries and private sectors, exploring the possibilities of partnership (especially with IPEMed) and deepening its panoramic vision of the Mediterranean environment in which it evolves.
The geopolitical discussions were particularly interesting in the present political context, with the intervention of prestigious personalities such as Mr. André Azoulay, recently elected President of the Anna Lindh Fondation, or Mr. Alain Le Roy, French Ambassador in charge of the Union for the Mediterranean.The Thematic Workshops have allowed COPEAM to convey the idea that the audiovisual will be crucial for the rapprochement of the peoples and the success of the common projects planned by developing, within the Mediterranean region, new synergies between the economy and communication sectors. For example, the projects regarding water, for which the public opinion’s awareness of the stakes of this material is essential. COPEAM has therefore presented in this framework the documentaries project on water bear by one of its members : Arca CONSULTING.
Thus and once again, COPEAM has been able to put forward its members and its projects, among which especially TERRAMED, this time towards the public and private industrial sector, and that potentially bringing new economic opportunities. In this framework, COPEAM and IPEMed are considering the setting of a partnership.
For more information, you can visit the site of IPEMed