On 5 October, Seville hosted the launching conference of the EU-funded MedTOWN project, an online meeting with more than 500 participants from 16 countries.

The interventions were divided into two panels of one hour each. The first series of presentations was entitled “Towards an inclusive focus on policy making” and examined the current state of the regulatory frameworks of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) at national level in various Mediterranean countries.

The second block, entitled “Working together on improving the knowledge and capacities of SSE actors on social inclusion and integration”, focused on international efforts to create a political environment conducive to the success of the SSE in the Mediterranean region.

The conference initiated the training of trainers that will run throughout the week and involve virtually 40 people from the countries involved in MedTOWN.

MedTOWN is a cooperation project financed by the European Union through the European Neighbourhood Instrument for Cross-Border Cooperation, in the framework of the Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme 2014-2020 (ENI CBC Med). The aim is to support the role and capacities of SSE actors in the fight against poverty, inequality, social exclusion and environmental unsustainability. Nine partner organisations from six countries are involved (Spain, Greece, Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia and Portugal) with a total budget of €3.4 million (86.5% of the programme’s contribution) and an estimated duration of 36 months, until September 2022.

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