WP5

The aim of the Task 5.4 is to organize brokerage-venturing events for innovation on selected societal challenges (water, food and energy) in MPCs. The brokerage aims at supporting the creation of partnerships and critical mass of local/regional idea-carriers and young entrepreneurs with potential investors in the region, favouring positive feedbacks on the creation of innovative start-ups opportunities, especially for youth. In the present deliverable the process to develop and implement such an innovative event is summarized.

This report maps and analyses the science and technology (S&T) cluster initiatives in eight Mediterranean Countries, six of the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia) as well as Israel and Turkey. Cluster initiatives in the sense of this report are “organised efforts to increase growth and competitiveness of clusters in a region, involving cluster firms, government and the research community”.