Conference

Webinar: Boosting the insertion of EU southern neighbours into regional and global value chains

16 March 2021

Online Event

EuroMeSCo will hold a webinar on Boosting the insertion of EU southern neighbours into regional and global value chains – Overcoming barriers, mapping the sectorial potential, creating jobs. It will tackle the potential for near shoring in the Southern Mediterranean.

The seminar involves EU officials as well as practitioners and representatives of the private sector, of investment agencies from Southern Mediterranean countries and Euro-Mediterranean networks.

This meeting is a closed-doors event and will be held in accordance with the “Chatham house” rules.

Agenda

Chair

James Moran Associate Senior Research Fellow Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Introduction

Josep Ferré Gavarró Director General European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)

Henrike Trautmann Head of Unit, Regional Programmes Neighbourhood South Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission

Hamed El Etreby Senior Economic Advisor Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Speakers

Carlos Conde Programme Coordinator, MENA Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Giorgia Giovannetti Visiting Fellow, Global Governance Programme European University Institute (EUI)

Debate

After the initial intervention by the speakers, the floor will be opened to participants in order to debate on the main issues tackled during the presentation.