Switchmed Barcelona : Conference on productive, circular and sharing economies in Mediterranean.

by Ghitta Laskrouif - 11:24 PM

a new great and first experience as an entrepreneur and not a designer, I had the chance to participate to switchmed connect last october as a switcher/changemaker!

It's so inspiring to meet people with the same dream and to discover the stories behind !

with more than 400 participants from all over the mediterranean! we shared expertise and experiences on social and eco innovations and, through interactive sessions and workshops, discuss challenges, barriers and opportunities for scaling up these innovations.

SwitchMed Connect:

SwitchMed Connect 2015 is the first annual gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social innovations. Leading start-ups and entrepreneurs, industry agents, initiatives, change agents, policy and financial institutions working on applications of productive, circular and sharing economies in the Mediterranean in Barcelona.

SwitchMed Initiative

SwitchMed is an initiative that supports and connects stakeholders to scale up eco and social innovations in the Mediterranean. It provide all Mediterranean stakeholders with tools and connections of supporting partners for the eco and social innovative solutions, to achieve productive, circular and sharing economies in the Mediterranean. switchmed train green business entrepreneurs and start-ups, empower grassroot innovative solutions, and build capacity for sustainable industry service providers.

SwitchMed SWITCHERS

Eco and social innovation living stories

Switchers are individuals, enterprises or civil society organizations that have been able to develop an eco and social innovative solution making an impact for sustainable living within the Mediterranean region, and contributing to the switch to a sustainable and fair consumption and production pattern .