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On 26 and 27 July, the INTECMED project celebrated its 2nd Steering Committee Meeting in an online format, with the participation of representatives from 4 different Mediterranean countries as follows: Spain, Greece, Egypt and Tunisia.

The project will use a methodology of building resilience into risk management (BRIM) to develop a shared vision of how to build start-ups overcoming inexperience and gap between academic knowledge and business development.

This methodology will be implemented by creating regional alliances, facility points, mentorship programmes and innovation exhibitions, where investors and innovators have the opportunity exchange their ideas and business opportunities. Through mentorship, skills development in business planning, the commercialisation of research results of at least 48 entrepreneurs and researchers will be fostered and at least 4 new spin-offs will be launched.

The partners are working closely together on the development of a mentorship programme, which will be applied to local beneficiaries in a tailored-made manner.

During the two consecutive days, project team members discussed various issues and topics such as:
• The progress of the project's main achievements
• The progress of the Business-Ready Innovation Mechanism (BRIM)
• The creation of the mentorship program
• The beta version of the e-Bazaar platform

The main objective of the EU-funded INTECMED project is to develop an integrated innovation ecosystem at the local level to support technology transfer and commercialization of research results, in order to improve the linkages between the various innovation players, notably the science system and higher education, the government (especially at a local level), the private sector (mainly SMEs), and also the citizens.