{"id":1629,"date":"2022-10-24T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion?event=propelling-smes-and-businesses-into-a-green-future-3"},"modified":"2022-11-13T11:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:02:35","slug":"propelling-smes-and-businesses-into-a-green-future-3","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/event\/propelling-smes-and-businesses-into-a-green-future-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Propelling SMEs and businesses into a green future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decarbonation of our economy is of vital importance to achieve <strong>net-zero transition<\/strong>. <strong>SMEs, which represent over 90% of businesses across the Mediterranean, have a key role to play in the shift towards a more sustainable future<\/strong>. The event will look at solutions and projects connected to the ENI CBC MED Programme that promote the adoption of <strong>environmental practices, green business models and circular economy principles<\/strong> to foster an economic growth that does not jeopardize our ecosystems and natural resources. <strong>Background<\/strong> Achieving the transition towards climate-neutrality requires a commitment at all levels, through unprecedented efforts from governments, citizens, and of course businesses: these latest have a<strong> responsibility toward nature and the environment and need to put sustainability at the heart of their business models<\/strong>. How can businesses, especially SMEs harness the potential of the green economy while maintain their competitiveness? How to make the green transition a real opportunity for SMEs rather than a burden? These issues and many others will be discussed during the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote address<\/strong> <br \/>H.E Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Alaa Ezz, Secretary General, Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEEBA)<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Gianluigi Bacchetta, Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, University of Cagliari &#8211; Italy<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Jihen Boutiba, General Director, Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED)<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Cynthia Echave, Senior Researcher, Euro-Mediterranean Association of Economists (EMEA)<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Oumaya Marzouk, Director of Circular Economy projects, CEREMA, France<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Alessandro Miraglia, Team Leader, Networking &amp; Communication Facility &#8211; MedWaves, the UNEP\/MAP Regional Activity Centre for SCP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Moderator<br \/><\/strong>Mr. Vincent Ernoux, coordinator of the Branch Office for the Western Mediterranean, ENI CBC MED Programme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","class_list":["post-1629","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561,"href":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1629\/revisions\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ufmsecretariat.org\/mediterraneanpavilion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}