FEMISE presented its report on: ” Social and Solidarity Economy: a Driver for inclusiveness and job creation in the Mediterranean partner countries?” on November 8th, 2014 , during the Tenth Conference of Rendez-vous de la Méditerranée, organized by the Institute of the Mediterranean, FEMISE and the Circle of Economists*.

Dr. Constantin Tsakas, Economist of FEMISE and General Manager of l’institut de la Mediterranee hilighted the importance of this sector and the necessary tools that could support this sector and lead to job creation. (Click here to link to the youtube regarding Dr. Tsakas presenation 3min40s)

Downlaod the report (in pdf, 118 p, 2 GB, French only)

Downlaod an Exectuvie summary (in pdf, English)

The importance of this issue comes from the fact that this sector can become an important element in the policies of development of the countries of the south of the Mediterranean .

The objective of this report is twofold: (i) on the one hand, to give an overview of the ESS in the Mediterranean and identify potential and current bottlenecks (by focusing on the case Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia ) ; and ii) to put forward possible actions to develop the sector by suggesting possible operational tools that could be introduced, perhaps with support from international sources of funds.

*To read more about the Rendez-vous de la Méditerranée, click here