As part of EBSOMED Project, BUSINESSMED's launch of the three Employers thematic committees will be held in Barcelona, Spain on 20 November 2018, and that in order to create an environment favourable to Mediterranean growth, promote full North-South and South-South economic integration and implement efficient partnership networks.

These three committees will be focusing on:

• Women and Youth Empowerment, for a cutting-edge and strategic support in women and youth programming in all development contexts.
• Education and R&D, to foster research and support industrial R&D on new energy technologies and hence, improving energy technology policies.
• Vocational Training, to monitor labour market trends and helping the European Commission, Euro-Mediterranean countries and employers’ organisations to match training provision to labour market needs.

The objectives of this activity are:

• Ensuring the follow up of the structural Macro-Economic progress in the target countries, according to the specific goals
• Ensuring the internal coherence of this progress with the aim of private sector promotion, sustainable growth and employment