is an entrepreneur, ecosystem builder and digital transformation expert. She is president of Tunisian Startups, the association giving a voice to Tunisian startups. She is the co-founder of BetaCube a venture builder in Fintech. She is an innovation and digital transformation activist acting for instance as a board member for the Digital Center of Excellence of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
12 Priorities for Action
Looking back at the 'EUMED means business'
event 21-22 May
’EU Med means Business' conference
is about to kick off in Brussels.
Sima Najjar
is a young entrepreneur, explaining the business needs of Jordanian designers. She will attend the EU Med means Business conference on 21 and 22 May.
Yahya Bouhlel
is a Tunisian CEO, highlighting the importance of bridging the digital skills of young people with the needs of businesses around the world.
Amina Mourid
is a cultural entrepreneur, showing what art and culture can do to stimulate the economy in Morocco.
Participants
Agenda
09:00 am
Registration & welcome coffee
(optional
10:00 am
Opening session
moderated by Michael Köhler, Director for the Neighborhood South, DG NEAR, European Commission
- Opening trailer on the EU and entrepreneurship in the Neighbourhood South
- Keynote speech by Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
- Introduction to the conference themes by a young entrepreneur
10:45 am
Town hall debate - Bringing down barriers to investment and SME growth
includes exchanges with parallel local workshops in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco via web streaming
01:00 pm
Lunch
(optional)
02:00 pm
Workshops
Discuss and develop recommendations in three parallel workshops:
- Investment and job creation - how to make it work
- Unleashing the entrepreneurial potential
- How to grow and retain talent - making young entrepreneurs fit for purpose
03:30 pm
Networking and coffee break
(optional)
04:00 pm
Workshops continue
05:30 pm
End of day one
09:00 pm
Dinner and breaking the fast
(Palace Ballroom I & II, Crown Plaza Le Palace Hotel, Rue Gineste 3, 1210 Brussels)
10:30 am
Welcome coffee
(optional)
11:00 am
Presentation and voting of recommendations opened by Christian Danielsson, Director-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
12:30 am
Closing session - handover of recommendations and closing statement by Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
In the presence of Nasser Kamel, Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and Christian Danielsson
01:00 pm
Family photo