From the 11th to the 12th July, 2013 the workshop "Inter-institutional Capacity Building & Awareness Workshop", organized by MED-SPRING in Beirut, conveyed senior officials and researchers of key organizations and main actors from Europe and South Mediterranean Countries to discuss prospects of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation on Science and Technology under a form of a more stable and sustainable cooperation.
The event was focused on the instruments for building a long-term and stable cooperation on research and innovation in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Participants discussed the main tools to promote and strengthen the cooperation and the research priorities and themes that should be addressed, in line with the principles of co-ownership and co-funding.
The Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Education, together with participants came from 11 countries and represent institutions, research centers & universities and the private sector, attended the workshop.
Beirut, 11 July 2013
In particular, ad-hoc sessions are organized to build a shared north-south knowledge, capacity and willingness to develop a common form of long term cooperation under - for example - ad-hoc EU instruments like the Article 185 of the new Lisbon Treaty. Please find the event agenda and a Logical Framework to support design of long-term Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation on research and innovation.
As shown in the next photo, on the first day of the Inter-institutional Capacity Building & Awareness Workshop, H.E. Hassan Diab, Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Education made a welcome speech to the participants, stressing the importance of cooperation on research and development between North and South of the Mediterranean.
Participants discussed the possibility of launching an TFEU Article 185 initiative addressed to the Euro-Mediterranean region. Representatives of existing Article 185 initiatives (EUROSTARS, BONUS) gave their vision on the legal, administrative and financial issues related to their implementation.
