The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean Organic Agriculture: Executive Agreement
In the framework of ENI CBC MED Organic Ecosystem Project: “Boosting cross border Organic Ecosystem through enhancing agro-food alliances”, the main objective of WP3 is to establish a Cross-Border Organic Agro-Food Open Ecosystem (hereinafter called Ecosystem).
The Ecosystem is an open network where complex interactions among different players with complementary backgrounds are produced. It is established on a well-structured national and cross-border alliance, through a concrete collaborative approach and a synergistic effect. The Ecosystem aims at increasing cooperation and dialogue among private and public actors of the organic sector stimulating dynamic discussion and participatory exchange of experiences, problems, needs and possible sustainable solutions to scale up the Med organic sector and improve its competitiveness as well as to promote economic growth in Partner countries and in the Region.
This ExecutiveAgreement, signed by Organic Ecosystem beneficiaries (Partners, Associated Partners, MSMEs, actors of organic and innovation chain) aims to give an overview of general objectives, principles and conditions under which the partners of the Ecosystem intend to develop capacity-building activities, knowledge sharing and cooperation, aimed at strengthening organic MSMEs in the Partner Countries supported by Competent Authorities (CAs, members of the Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Network-MOAN).
Apart from the project partners, 285 stakeholders signed this agreement.
Organic agriculture operators from the Mediterranean: BOOKLET OF CONTACTS
The ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM project has brought together a consortium of operators and public-private partners from Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, and Greece, aiming to drive business alliances in the field of organic agriculture.
In an effort to foster collaboration and promote top-quality organic products, we have compiled a comprehensive booklet of contact information for all the SMEs and partners involved in the project.
This valuable resource includes contact details for 35 operators and public-private partners who have been actively working with ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM. By creating a network of like-minded organizations, the project sought to facilitate cooperation and knowledge exchange among participants.
For individuals or businesses in search of potential business partners offering top-quality organic products, this document will prove to be a useful tool. It provides a wide range of options from a diverse array of SMEs and operators across Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, and Greece.
We are proud to state that this network of Mediterranean SMEs is committed to the principles of organic agriculture and has a demonstrated track record of excellence in their respective fields.
To offer a glimpse into the potential of ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM's network, here are a few examples of the participating SMEs. In Jordan, we came across the first organic producer of poultry products in the MENA region, as well as a supplier of caffeine-free coffee made from date seeds. Lebanon boasts the largest carob bean farm in the Mediterranean and is one of the vast network of farms and biggest distributors of organic products in the MENA and GCC regions. In Greece, we discovered exceptional extra virgin olive oil derived from ancient Mediterranean olive trees, in addition to a company specialising in high phenolic olive oil. Lastly, Italy presented gourmet organic almonds.
In addition to the SMEs, the consortium involved in the ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM project included several esteemed partners. These partners played a crucial role in facilitating collaboration and providing expertise.
The consortium was composed of the Ministry of Agriculture of Jordan, the Jordan Exporters and Producers Association for Fruit and Vegetables (JEPA), the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Zahle and the Bekaa, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, INNOPOLIS- Centre for Innovation and Culture, and the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME).
The booklet of contact information provided in this project is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to collaborate with organizations that offer top-quality organic products.
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE PROSPECTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION [ENGLISH & ARABIC VERSION]
This document is a valuable source of information about the organic agriculture sector in the Mediterranean.
It provides updated country-specific details on organic agriculture in Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Italy, and Greece, including:
- Historical background
- Legislative and policy context
- Statistics on organic land, operators, and the market
- Organic livestock
- Imports and international markets
- Domestic markets
- Outlooks and future strategies
All the information in this document has been collected in the framework of the ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM project network through a bottom-up approach that emphasizes the exchange of experiences and people-to-people cooperation.
The ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM project, through this document, seeks to provide an analysis of the organic sector in the five pilot countries, considering the perspectives of various stakeholders, including the private sector.
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH & ARABIC
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-CULTURAL, SOLIDARITY BASED SOCIAL-CARE MODEL AND TOOLS
This activity represented the second step to carry out the Action Plan. After having analysed "Understand and listen to the community", we identified the objectives that are to be achieved through a planning of an action oriented to values and missions that guides the development of work in the community that has been determined. The methodology used to structure our Action Plan was based on VMOSA: Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans. The VMOSA is a practical planning process that is used to help community groups define a vision and develop practical ways to implement change.
VMOSA helped the organisation set and achieve short-term goals while maintaining a long-term vision. The implementation of this planning process in the efforts of your group supported the development of a clear mission, the creation of consensus and the establishment of community dreams.
TEC-MED model
The TEC-MED project aimed to develop and pilot a socio-ethic and cross-cultural care model in 6 countries from the Mediterranean basin (Spain, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia). As a results of the formative research carried out in the work package 3, the state of the art, which consists in three activities: analysis of the 20 most promising initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean basin aimed to the social care of elderly, analysis of the current social care systems in the countries participants though semiestructured interviews and SWOT analysis, a gap analysis through a Delphi study, and, finaly the TEC-MED model development and validation with experts in several meetings. The TEC-MED model is an integrative person-cented model of care for dependent and/or at risk of exclusion elderly people. It has six dimensions (subject of care, social and health providers, environment and system of care, technology, financing and governance), 5 key concepts (quality, research and dissemination, ethic, gender, social inclusion, transculturality), at the three level of management (micro, meso y macro level). The operationalization of the TEC-MED model could be a catalyst to promote quality services based on a socio-ethical and cross-cultural model for the elderly in the Mediterranean basin.
STATE OF THE ART – ANALYSIS AND CROSS-CULTURAL MODEL DEFINITION (WP3)
The WP3 “State of the art” was aimed to develop the foundation of the TEC-MED Model. It was composed of 3 activities sequenced over time. These activities were linked together, so that the result of the first activity allowed the development of the second and the third one. A.3.1.1. consisted in an integrative literature review in order to: 1) Analyze case studies about the most promising social care initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean basin to elderly people with dependence and risk of social exclusion, and 2) analyze the social care models in the participants countries. A state of the art was developed and a checklists and semi-structured interview guide, in different languages, to be use in the next activity. A.3.1.2. consisted in the development of qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups. With the results of these interviews and analyzing the background with the previous literature review a SWOT analysis to diagnosis the Social Care Practices in the participant countries was developed (Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Spain and Tunisia). Finally, in A.3.1.3, first, a consultation online technical Delphi panel was developed with expert from the participants countries. With all the previous information, the TEC-MED model, and them validated with expert in an international online workshop. Thanks to a deep literature review and to the consultation with 207 stakeholders related with vulnerable elderly population at micro, macro y mesolevel, as well as final beneficiaries.
VALIDATION OF TEC-MED SOCIAL CARE MODEL (WP5)
At the beginning, each country identified the professional profiles of the training agents based on information and professional experience, taking into account the sociocultural characteristics of their countries. The project ended with an evaluation of the training. Once the social care professionals (6 per country) have been trained, these capacities are expected to generate an action gap, determining the impact of new labor and social services. This training helped to strengthen the capacities of these professionals and to turn them into trainers of future social care professionals by giving them tools and knowledge to increase their skills and competencies related to the care of the elderly.WP5 was coordinated by the Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy & Applied Care (Lebanon) who was the leader of these activities:
- A.5.1.1. Implementation of TEC-MED model
- A.5.1.2. TEC-MED Model validation where PP5 led the validation and certification process of the model. The final revision of all documents was done by the LB.
COMMUNITY BUILDING, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTAND CAPACITY BUILDING (WP6)
In this document three activities are developed: A.6.1.1. Identification of stakeholders and planning of networking activities, A. 6.1.2. Community participation and network expansion and strengthening activities. A.6.1.3. Dedicated events, results validation and capacity building activities. All this in the framework of TEC-MED for Mediterranean elderly dependent people.
Our elders matters: their stories.
The result of an initiative of the European Commission and the University of Seville, it combines stories and illustrations, and is based on real stories of older people like Katerina, from Greece; Manuel, from Spain; Fatema, from Egypt; Hassen, from Tunisia; Sami, from Lebanon, and Alfonsina, from Italy. They have told us about their lives, their current circumstances, how they are and how they are at the moment. And we have narrated and illustrated them through micro-stories.