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FORMAEMPLOI-Mauritanie ARCHIPELAGO Call
The FORMAEMPLOI project seeks to strengthen the vocational training and entrepreneurship of young Mauritanians in order to improve their employability .
In 2021 , the project held 6 entrepreneurship courses for 83 Mauritanian women ; a MoU was negotiated with the public vocational training centre of Nouakchott to organise vocational training for 300 young Mauritanians in building electricity , plumbing , industrial refrigeration and renewable energies ; it organised a public call and selection of the Spanish training entities that will participate in the transfer of know-how and vocational training to young Mauritanians ; a meeting between Mauritanian teachers and Spanish teachers in Gran Canaria , and the launching ceremony of the vocational training activities on 2 December 2021 , which featured the participation of the Mauritanian Minister of Employment and the Spanish Ambassador , in addition to other authorities .
GREENinMED
The GREENinMED project , co-funded by the European ENI CBC MED Programme , seeks to foster collaboration between Mediterranean stakeholders and companies to strengthen innovation and efficiency levels in water and energy management by companies in the tourism sector .
In 2021 , 10 SMEs linked to tourism activity in the Mediterranean were selected for the prize constituting an innovation bonus for each of them . This bonus offers advisory services and support to test or implement innovative solutions in the area of water and energy . Furthermore , the AIDIMME technology centre was awarded the contract to provide technological advice on water and energy to the selected SMEs . The results of the project notably include 40 % of the beneficiary companies having estimated energy savings of between 5 % and 10 %.