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Green Entrepreneurs and Civil Society, main drivers in the transition to Green Economies
Enrique de Villamore Martin, Director
Enabling Green and Inclusive Markets in the Black Sea region, Istanbul, 23th November
Programme adopted in 1976 to ensure the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean
A global treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants to protect human health and
environment from harmful chemicals
CP/RAC Mandate“To promote sustainable patterns of consumption and production in the Mediterranean countries”
Lebanon
Syria
Israel
Cyprus
TurkeyGreece
Italy
Slovenia
Croatia
Spain
France
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Montenegro
Albania
Tunisia
Libya Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
Monaco
Malta
Lebanon
Syria
Israel
Cyprus
TurkeyGreece
Italy
SloveniaCroatia
Bosnia & HerzegovinaMontenegro
Albania
Libya Egypt
Malta
CP/RAC’s Action plan to build a Green and competitive entrepreneurial Mediterranean network
3 Phases to follow…
Entrepreneurs: key drivers of economic progress, contributors to technological
innovation and new job growth
World Economic Forum
FIRST: Identification of Local Key Drivers (champions) and scoping exercises: State of the Art on Green Entrepreneurship and collection of successful business cases in the Mediterranean Countries (Italy, Tunisia, Turkey, Montenegro, Bosnia &Herzegovina, Morocco, Croatia etc...)
Find them in: http://www.cprac.org/
TWO: Awareness Raising and Introductory Trainings on GE to governments, businesses, universities, civil society’s, and financial institutions (workshops, capacity building activities, seminars...)
Boğaziçi University Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
THREE: Moving into action: Mediterranean Training and Support Program for Green Entrepreneurs and Civil Society as drivers to Green Economies
HOW?
EuropeAid Development and Co-operation
Leapfrogging to Green Economies in the Mediterranean
Division of Technology, Industry and Economy
Funding: 17M € + 20% partners cofinancing
STEERING COMMITTEE:EC, MAP, DTIE, UNIDO,
Union for the Mediterranean
Policy componentUNEP/MAP
Networking facilityCP/RAC
Demo componentUNIDO
Regional policy component
Integrate SCP into the
Barcelona Convention
National policy component
mainstreaming SCP in countries
development policies
MED TESTUNIDO
Green Entrepreuneurship and Civil society
CP/RAC
Pilot activities SCP NAPs
DTIE-CP/RAC
STEERING COMMITTEE:EC, MAP, DTIE, UNIDO,
Union for the Mediterranean
Policy componentUNEP/MAP
Networking facilityCP/RAC
Demo componentUNIDO
Regional policy component
Integrate SCP into the
Barcelona Convention
National policy component
mainstreaming SCP in countries
development policies
MED TESTUNIDO
Green Entrepreuneurship and Civil society
CP/RAC
Pilot activities SCP NAPs
DTIE-CP/RAC
Mediterranean Training and Support Program for Green Entrepreneurs and Civil Society
Spaces: web-based platform- Connection with eco-communities- Inspiring Business Cases
Networking- Multi-stakeholders roundtable- Elevator Pitch meetings
Training and Guiding- TESTED Methodological guide- On-site & On-line trainings- Ongoing advising
Access to finance- Connection with banks
- Investors forum- Crowd-funding
Target countries (1st phase): Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel
Objective 1 Expected Result: 200 Green Businesses created by capacitate GEs. 20 Granted to access to financial mechanisms
50 trainers trained
20 green businesses created & established
2000 green entrepreneurs guided
200 New entries at
ConsumpediaMED
Awareness raising and Capacity building
activities5
New sustainable grassroots initiatives
Bottom up eco
communities
Objective 2Expected Result: Empowering Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as agent of change to start up bottom-up community innovations
