2023 Edition of Competitiveness Summer School Closes

After a three year absence the Competitiveness Summer School returned to Barcelona with the theme of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

A week in which different aspects of social, environmental and ethical aspects of cluster-based economic development were explored concluded with an introduction to how DAOs (decentralized autonomous organization) & Tokenization can create opportunities for sustainable business models.

Our thanks go to all the instructors and especially to participants without whose commitment, energy, knowledge and contributions we would not had such a ground breaking Summer School.

Graduation Ceremony for the Participants in Benin

On Friday, December 16, 2022, the graduation was held at the Place des Anges in Cotonou in recognition of the participants who successfully completed the 8-months training programme on value chain competitiveness. The certificates were awarded by Sr. Jordi Conejos, member of our Board of Trustees Board and M. Saskia Bonnefoi, CEO Competitiveness, our partner in the programme.

The sixth and final training session ended earlier that day with the presentation of certificates to participants in the presence of Mr. Laurent GANGBES and Mrs. Noëlle SADELER, respectively Director General and Director of Operations of the Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Exports - APIEx Benin; Mrs. Kaliza KARURETWA, representing the World Bank in Benin and Mr. Gaëton KOUKPONOU, Director of PACOFIDE.

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