AFAEMME participates in the Economic Forum of the Western Mediterranean

AFAEMME participated in the first Economic Forum of the Western Mediterranean (Dialogue 5+5), which brought together more than 300 participants from the ten countries of the 5+5 Dialogue (Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia). Gathering business leaders and high-level representatives from major enterprises and employers’ associations from the Western Mediterranean, the event aimed at strengthening the economic cooperation between Western European countries and the Maghreb region.

Conceived as a platform for debate and identification of concrete areas of cooperation, the Forum sessions focused on the role of the Western Mediterranean in a global economy; the economic cooperation between Europe, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa; public services and sustainable urban development; Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as vectors of business development and economic growth; project funding for development; and Mediterranean arbitration.

The event brought together the Head of the Spanish Government, Mariano Rajoy; ten Ministers of Foreign Affairs; and Presidents of employers’ associations of Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia, as well as 200 business leaders from the region.