BUSINESSMED represented by its Program Coordinator, Mr. Marco Cunetto, participated in the 6th Edition of the Mediterranean Corporate Social Responsibility Forum, organized from 24 to 25 October 2018 at the Naples Chamber of Commerce and industry.

Designed as a cultural meeting place that inspires new ideas, initiatives, partnerships and fruitful collaborations, the Social Responsibility Fair, organized by Spazio alla Responsabilità, is the only event dedicated to responsible innovation for the territories sustainable development.

The Forum was inaugurated by a session dedicated to the Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mediterranean in the presence of the European Economic and Social Committee, Confindustria, the Malta Employers Association, the Parliamentary Assembly in the Mediterranean as well as institutional representatives of the public and private sector of the region.

On this occasion, Mr. Marco Cunetto, Regional Project Coordinator of the EBSOMED project highlighted the need for a better synergy of programs and initiatives on inclusive development in the Southern Neighbourhood Countries in order to adjust the asymmetry of economic development in these countries.

He added that, beyond the alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda, the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and SMEs in the Mediterranean is among the objectives of EBSOMED project - Enhancing Business Support Organizations and Business Networks in the Southern Neighbourhood. In this sense, promoting a favourable environment for companies by supporting SMEs, especially those run by women and young entrepreneurs, in their strategy to access to market internationalization through the assistance of Business Support Organizations, could be the key to creating new jobs.

This meeting was an opportunity for BUSINESSMED to strengthen institutional networking as well as a space for exchange with civil society actors, institutions and business representatives on corporate and social responsibility across representative countries of the union for the Mediterranean.