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The EU-funded TECHLOG project launches the 2nd Mediterranean Living Lab to support the transfer of innovative solutions for advanced (Trans) port training.
On 23rd November 2022 , The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of SFax-Tunisia (partner of the project), organizes and hosts the launch event of the West Living Lab, which will allow technology transfer for logistics innovation in the Mediterranean area, in Sfax, Tunisia. The Living Lab`s goal is to drive innovation by transferring research from the lab to real-world settings, where users are invited to cooperate with researchers and developers to contribute to the innovation process as a whole.
TECHLOG (Technological Transfer for Logistics Innovation in Mediterranean area) aims at strengthening links between research and industry in the trans(port) sector by creating a permanent EU-MED cross-border area, where research organizations and industry (trans)port will be able to co-develop, test and share new Technology Transfer Initiatives based on advanced simulation technologies.
TECHLOG is a 30-month European Union co-funded project with a total budget of €3.4 million, of which €3.1 million (90%) is funded under the ENI CBC Med Program. The project partners are the University of Cagliari in Italy (Lead Beneficiary), the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, crafts and Agriculture of Maremma and Tirreno (Italy), the Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport - AASTMT(Egypt), the European School of Short Sea Shipping- EEIG (Spain), and Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations – CEEBA (Egypt), the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon (Lebanon), Sfax Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Tunisia), and the University of Sfax (Tunisia).
The consortium is made up of members from Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon who will participate in the TECHLOG project meetings alongside the EU Delegation in Tunisia, the Ministry of Transport and important Tunisian players in ports, land transport and logistics, research and innovation laboratories and training institutions. The event will close with the signing of collaboration agreements in terms of innovation and training between the partners.
For more information on the project,
https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/techlog
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- Published on:Wednesday,23 Nov 2022
- tags: industry, innovation, tunisia