The EIB works closely with the other EU institutions, especially the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission. The European Investment Fund is a subsidiary of the EIB.
The Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) was launched in 2009 with the mandate of creating a platform for integration in the Mediterranean through high-level policy dialogue and the sharing of knowledge in key development areas that are of primary importance for the region: urban and spatial development; skills, employment and labour mobility; the environment and water; transport and logistics; the knowledge economy and innovation. The founding members are Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon Morocco and Tunisia, together with the World Bank (WB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Workshop Collaborators American University of Beirut, the Samih Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the Olayan School of Business of the American University of Beirut is dedicated to the study of innovation and entrepreneurship in the region with a view to documenting and enhancing innovative practices in the business community. It seeks to generate reliable information to guide evidence-based decision making in this key sector that holds strategic importance in a knowledge economy. Its scope includes research, field studies, benchmarking, seminars and workshops as well as conferences all focused on the pivotal domain of organizational renewal and wealth creation through creative enterprise.
JCI Syria is part of the International JCI network and collaborated in the workshop with a participative delegation of highly qualified members as well as providing a team to assist with research and the collation of results for this booklet.
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