Highlights

The EU-funded FP7 bilateral project EU-Tunisia ETC (European Tunisian Cooperation) a network for the coordination of science and technology cooperation, organized an EU-Med conference event in Tunis which brought together experts, policy makers, and practitioners in research and innovation to reflect on and analyze innovation support mechanisms within their regional context. This conference was an opportunity to review existing frameworks and innovation policies, discuss outcomes and impacts of current projects and identify synergies and collaboration opportunities. The CMI's knowledge economy work was also presented.