SHAAMS regional meeting gathering all Mediterranean partners was held on November 25, 2015 at the 2nd Mediterranean Solar Forum in Barcelona Spain.

SHAAMS project achievements and impact was also presented by The Chamber of Barcelona, during the forum among other EU solar projects gathering key stakeholders and professionals in the field.

This European project was born with the goal of defining and implementing strategic policies that fostered the production of solar energy within the Mediterranean regions.

In that context, the representatives of several solar energy projects, part of the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme, being developed in within the Mediterranean region, met in the 2nd Mediterranean Solar Forum, being a meeting point between business opportunities in the solar energy sector and SMEs and entrepreneurs of the Mediterranean area. The conferences focused on discussing the opportunities and challenges that solar energy faces in the region; B2B meetings between businesses in order to reach cooperation agreements, will also take place during the Forum.

Amongst other projects SHAAMS (Strategic Hubs for the Analysis and Acceleration of the Mediterranean Solar Sector) was presented in the Forum, led by Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, being a transnational cooperation plan, born with the goal of defining and implementing strategic policies that fostered the production of solar energy within the Mediterranean regions.

The 2nd Mediterranean Solar Forum took place within the framework of the 9th edition of the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders organized by ASCAME (the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry), Barcelona’s Chamber of Commerce and the Union for the Mediterranean. MEDAWEEK 2015 brought together about a hundred of speakers and a thousand of business leaders, political and economic representatives that will discuss the role of the private sector in economic growth in the Mediterranean region.

Kindly download the program MedaSolar Forum Programme EN

SHAAMS Impact:
SHAAMS has organised in the last two years: 16 workshops; 18 business exchanges; the creation of 10 jobs; six awareness sessions in 14 schools and about a hundred of other activities that have involved 750 specialists reaching more than 5.000 people.

BtoB meetings were organized between participants fostering regional collaboration and business development you can find the report of this activity here: SHAAMS-Post-event Report B2B

You can find event pictures here

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