ECCP EU-South Med Matchmaking, in Frankfurt, 11-13 June, Germany 2024
The European Commission (EC) organised the EU – South Med Matchmaking Event in the frame of ACHEMA expo on 10-14 June 2024.
The event was jointly organised by the European Commission through the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP), in collaboration with ANIMA Investment Network (for the Euromed Cluster Forward initiative), Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) and Chamber of Commerce and Industry Frankfurt am Main.
The EU – South Med Matchmaking Event brought together cluster organisations and SMEs from the European Union (EU), non-EU countries participating in the Single Market Programme/COSME Strand, and South Med countries (from Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Tunisia). It will provide participants an excellent chance to promote Cluster to Cluster (C2C), Cluster to Business (C2B), and Business to Business (B2B) collaborations.
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🗓️ Final Agenda
Objectives
The objectives for the participants included:
- Strengthening EU-South MED cluster cooperation for the benefit of their members, including a seminar, a cluster matchmaking event, and site visits.
- Identifying potential areas of common interest for cooperation and synergies, in terms of the sectoral, value chain, and market focus of their SMEs and other companies.
- Improving, through clusters, the EU-South MED industry and academia-industry collaboration in research, development, and innovation. For its members, the clusters will identify possible areas of RDI collaboration (academia, research organisations, industries...).
Agenda and Activities
The EU – South MED Matchmaking Event included the following activities:
- Inspirational Webinar – a pre-event Webinar where all attendees received more information about the overall concept of the EU-South MED Matchmaking Event and why to attend (13 May 2024).
- Technical Webinar – a practical session helping future participants of the matchmaking event to make the most of their profiling in the B2Match tool and explain the procedures to optimise the booking of meetings (28 May 2024).
- Seminar on knowledge exchange to foster EU- South MED cooperation. (11 June 2024)
- Pitching and Matchmaking meetings between cluster organisations and SMEs from EU (and non-EU countries participating in SMP/COSME Strand) countries and South MED Countries. All preselected South MED organisations are listed here. (11 June 2024)
- Debriefing session to collect feedback and testimonials from cluster participants (11 June 2024)
- Site visits (12 June)
- Participation at the global leading digital summit ACHEMA expo (12 – 13 June 2024)
Focus areas
- Green techs and energy
- Digital techs and ICT
- Mechanical engineering and manufacturing
- Pharma and biotechs
Technical Webinar the EU-South Med Matchmaking Event - 28 May 2024
А practical session helping future participants of the matchmaking event to make the most of their profiling in the B2Match tool and explain the procedures to optimise the booking of meetings was held on 28 May 2024. The presentation from the webinar is available here.
Inspirational Webinar: Building Connections: Explore the EU-South Med Matchmaking Event - 13 May 2024
An inspirational Webinar, themed Building Connections: Explore the EU-South Med Matchmaking Event was held on 13 May 2024. The presentation from the webinar is available here.
Presentations delivered in the frame of the onsite matchmaking event
EU-South Med Matchmaking Event 2024, 11 June 2024, Master Presentation - download presentation
Pitching Session, Round 1
Andrius Rakickas, Director, LAUGEA cluster - download presentation
Omar Amrani Nejjar, Head of Partnership, Cluster Maintenance 4.0 - download presentation
Stefan Hristozov, CASTRA - download presentation
Nourdine Bouyaakoub, CEO, CE3M(Electronic, mechatronic and mechanic cluster) - download presentation
Sotiris A. Bouzeas, Founder & CEO, TIASI - download presentation
Ayman Haiba, Prsident, SEDA - download presentation
Amine Sellami, Tunisian Mecatronic Cluster - download presentation
Nina Pona, Project Manager, Pôle MEDEE Cluster - download presentation
M.Sc.Yasser A.Khalil, ERECRI Cluster Facilitator - download presentation
Pitching Session, Round 2
Hesham Wahby, Cultive LLC - download presentation
Sabrina Monsonis, Amec’s Projects and partnerships manager - download presentation
Jose Ramón Natal, Cluster Manager, MetaIndustry4. Advanced Manufacturing Cluster of Metal Industry in Asturias - download presentation
Ahmed Kamal, CEO, Egyptian Resource Efficiency Cluster - download presentation
Adel Kehalil, Coordinator, Coordinator - download presentation
Amelie Beutel, Expert on sustainability & innovation processes, bwcon research gGmbH - download presentation
Pedro Rocha, Executive Director, PRODUTECH - download presentation
Bechara Maalouf, Business Development Manager, SWORD - download presentation
Skirmantė Baležentienė, Coordinator of Lithuanian Photovoltaics Industrial Technology Cluster - download presentation
Looking back at past missions to the South Med region (2019 - 2023)
The EU-South Med Cluster Matchmaking Event held in 2019 aimed to foster collaboration between European and South Mediterranean clusters in innovation and technology. The event provided an opportunity to network and explore potential partnerships in areas such as renewable energy, ICT, and healthcare. During three days, cluster participants attended various activities, including a cluster matchmaking event (150 meetings took place), workshops on business development, industry 4.0 and clusters in Maghreb. They visited LOGISMED 2019, a transport and logistics exhibition, MASCiR, ESITH, and CTI. Read more about 2019.
In 2021, the event continued its focus on collaboration and innovation, particularly emphasizing digital transformation and the green economy. It brought together key players from Europe and the South Mediterranean to share knowledge, ideas, and best practices and explore opportunities for cooperation. They discussed common visions and initiated discussions and co-creative processes by proposing pilot project ideas. Have a look at the 2021 agenda.
The 2023 edition of EU-South Med Cluster Matchmaking Event focused on fostering business connections, enhancing knowledge sharing and promoting innovative collaborations in the following sectors: Agri-Food, Cosmetics, Textiles, ICT, CleanTech and Energy. South-Med countries represent a diverse range of opportunities for the EU and its Member States, being our 6th largest trading partner, and 5th biggest export market (€115 billion) - with €227 billion of trade happening between the two in 2022 alone.
Clusters and their members were invited to discuss common visions and explore potential partnerships. The event provided a unique opportunity to share best practices, learn about the latest industry trends, and explore common areas of interest to strengthen economic ties and pursue trade, investment and partnering opportunities.
A total of 51 participants attended the event including 17 from Europe and 34 from South Med countries. Our delegation was composed of members from Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Hungary, Jordan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain & Tunisia and ranged from SMEs, clusters, and public institutions to business support and R&D organisations. There were also ECCP representatives from Belgium, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. Read more about 2023.