The Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) represented by its President, Mrs. Saida Neghza, its General Secretary, Mrs. Jihen Boutiba and an important business delegation of the General Confederation of Algerian Enterprises (CGEA), met, on February 2nd 2018 in Paris, the President of the Movement of French Enterprises (MEDEF), Mr. Pierre Gattaz, accompanied by Mr. Philippe Gautier, the General Director of MEDEF International.

This meeting, which is part of the annual high-level meetings conducted by BUSINESSMED among employers’ organizations in the Euro-Mediterranean region, focused on several priority themes such as: new patterns of economic development at the regional level and closer collaboration with Libya, a strategically important country in  the international scene; the consolidation of the business ecosystem between Algeria and France through the development of the entrepreneurial spirit of the diaspora generation in value-added sectors (blue economy, innovation, IT); job creation and capacity building for young people and women through training and professional integration programs; the major challenge of migration at the center of the region stabilization.

At the end of the meeting, the President of BUSINESSMED and the President of MEDEF highlighted the need to turn socio-political and economic crises into a competitive advantage for the private sector and especially for the entrepreneurial sector with variable geometry projects in the Mediterranean.

This meeting was the opportunity for BUSINESSMED to consolidate the partnership with MEDEF and MEDEF International, a founding member of the Organization, as well as an excellent opportunity to share common goals and visions to accelerate regional integration and multilateral cooperation and restore the Mediterranean to its central place in North-South relations through a new approach, the vertical axe Europe-Mediterranean-Africa.