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El II Foro Euro-Mediterráneo de Sostenibilidad se celebrará en EcomedUnder the theme "Sustainable development, challenges and prospects", it will take place on 8 and 9 March
The Euro-Mediterranean Forum II of sustainability will be held in Ecomed
The first edition of the Forum, in Ecomed 2003, had 350 professionals from various Mediterranean countries among which were more than 150 business meetings, as one of its objectives is to promote debate, reflection and the exchange of ideas on the new challengesscenarios of competitiveness and economic development opportunities, that free trade Euro-Mediterranean area will be starting in 2010.
Program
The Euro-Mediterranean Forum II of sustainability focus its debate on the impact of actions not sustainable in companies of various sectors of activity, as well as the consequences in the political and social level that can be developed within the framework of the new marketplace of free trade.
Thus, Tuesday 8 March and under the chairmanship of the Prince of Asturias, the opening session will feature the participation of the Commissioner of environmental protection in the EU, Margot Wallström; the Minister of environment, Cristina Narbona; the President of Ascame, Jilani Benmbarek; the Counsellor of Medi Ambient de la Generalitat of Catalunya, Salvador Milà; the President of the Chamber of Commerce, industry and navigation of Barcelona, Miquel Valls; the President of Ecomed, Joan Ras; and the President of the Fundación Forum Ambiental, Ramón Roca.
Following the first plenary meeting will be held "towards the creation of the free trade area", the year 2010 that offer a current view of the area of the environment, the different approaches of Governments, private companies and multinational institutions, and sustainable development as element inclusive of three components: the environmental, economic, and social.
The Secretary of State of environment of Morocco, Balatfrej Taha, and the Director of the unit for sustainable development and productivity (UN/ESCWA), Anhel Hegazi, are some of the rapporteurs who have confirmed their participation at the meeting, in which it is expected that also involved the Director of the Department of water and environment in middle and North Africa, Ingeríd Andersen; Economist and former Minister of economy of Lebanon, George Corm, and the director of the European Environment Agency, Domingo Jiménez, among others. Business meetings coordinated by Ascame will be held in the afternoon.
The Forum will show some of the best experiences of Mediterranean companies in sustainable development policies
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The high cost of low implementation of policies for sustainability in the Mediterranean: an expensive price for companies and for the economic growth of the region", is the title of the second plenary meeting to be held in the course of the Euro-Mediterranean Forum II of sustainability Wednesday, March 9. The objective of the meeting is to analyze the cost that represents the absence of a sustainable management, as well as the advantages and business opportunities for the company adapted to sustainable management. To talk about it, and present some practical cases, the assistance of the Chairman of the
Sustainable Business Associates (SBA), Karim Zein and the Director of environment of the Prime Minister of Jordan, Raouf Dabas is confirmed. He is expected also to the participation of other personalities including, among others, Mohamed Bentir, Secretary general of the
Association for the promotion of eco-efficiency and the quality of companies (Algeria).
The third and final meeting "The great business opportunities and business experiences in the Mediterranean", will show some of the best experiences of Mediterranean companies in sustainable development policies, as well as the investments planned in the countries of the South of the Mediterranean. The session will feature presentations of Alaa Mo'ezz, director general of
EnviroEgypt (Egypt) and Elia Shajrawi, President of
quality food company (Jordan), among others. At the end of the session, will be held another round of business meetings that will be finished the II Euro-Mediterranean Forum of sustainability.
