Webinar : Harvesting Opportunities – Policy, Twinning, and Agri-Food Value Chains Across the Mediterranean 🌿

🗓️ Date: December 16, 2024
📍 Location: Online
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 3:15 PM CET

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Yasmine Seghirate, Administrator at the CIHEAM will take part in the webinar "Harvesting Opportunities: Policy, Twinning, and Agri-Food Value Chains Across the Mediterranean", organised by the Economic Research Forum and ANIMA Investment Network, dedicated to exploring the transformative potential of agrifood clusters in the Southern Mediterranean.

This one-day online event will bring together policymakers, cluster managers, entrepreneurs, academics, and industry leaders to discuss the latest insights, challenges, and opportunities in fostering innovation, sustainability, and cross-regional collaboration within the agrifood sector.

Agrifood clusters are at the heart of the Southern Mediterranean’s sustainable development, combining agriculture, technology, and culture to strengthen economic value chains. Key discussions will include:

• Showcasing success stories: Blending traditional farming techniques with modern technologies in Tunisia and Morocco.
• Unlocking collaboration: How Northern and Southern Mediterranean synergies enhance competitiveness and sustainability.
• Exploring policy frameworks: Leveraging tools like the EU Green Deal to support agrifood innovation and agro-biodiversity conservation.

Program

Opening Remarks

🕒 1:00 PM – 1:10 PM
Speakers:

• Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director, Economic Research Forum
• Emmanuel Noutary, General Delegate, ANIMA Investment Network

Panel 1: Agrifood Clusters & Ecosystems

🕒 1:30 PM – 2:10 PM
Speakers :

• Yasmine Fahim, Director of Research and Programs, ERF
• Ramy Bou Jawdeh, Berytech
• Leila Douggui Bensalem, Pôle de Compétitivité de Bizerte
• Yasmine Seghirate, Administrator, CIHEAM General Secretariat
• Mourad Bouattou, President, Cluster Boisson Agrologistique
• Anwar Haddad, Jodates

Panel 2: Strengthening Value Chains and Export Opportunities

🕒 2:10 PM – 2:40 PM
Speakers :

• Fatma M. Abdelaziz, Senior Research Associate, IFPRI
• Mahdi Khomsi, International Relations Coordinator, BUSINESSMED
• Jennifer Smolak, Agrifood Systems and Agribusiness, FAO
• Amr Khafagy, Senior Lecturer in Finance, London Metropolitan University
• Donatella Saccone, Assistant Professor of Economic Policy, UNISG

Panel 3: Mediterranean Synergies – Collaborative Clusters and Funding Opportunities

🕒 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM
Speakers :

• Zoé Luçon & Andy Ramorasata, ANIMA Network

Closing Remarks

🕒 3:10 PM – 3:15 PM
Speakers:

• Yasmine Fahim, ERF
• Emmanuel Noutary, ANIMA Investment Network