1. Mustapha Mezghani Mona Laroussi Lions Club Tunis Tanit District 414 - Tunisia

2.  A strong Mediterranean Integration  Risks and contributions of Technology Regional Intergration  Advances of the Mediterranean Northern Bank  Assets of the Southern Banks  And in the Lions…

3.  An Historical Integration: The mediterranean zone belonging is historically stronger than the belonging to Europ or Africa  Free Trade Agreements between South Mediterranea and European Union (Operational or in process)  A Strong Economic integration: more than 80% of the North African Trade is with Europ. Concern mainly natural ressources and low added value products

4.  Impoverishment of the southern bank the Mediterranean  Increase of migration from South to North  Increase of the influence of other regions of the world (China, India, USA,…): case of sub-saharian Africa

5.  Increase of Investments and job creation in South Mediterranean countries and job retention in North Mediterranean (France case)  Revenu increase in South and North Mediterranean  Increase in the economy (and political) weight of the Mediterranean  Benefit from the language and cultural proximity

6. Based on WEF rankings

7. EconomyRank/139Score Israel4195,0 France2150,4 Italy2522,5 Malta2615,0 Slovenia2711,0 Spain287,1 Cyprus334,4 Croatia353,6 Greece373,0 Portugal451,6 Lebanon570,7 Bosnia & Herzegovina690,3 Turkey700,3 Jordan760,2 Egypt840,0 Morocco860,0 Algeria900,0 Tunisia900,0 Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011

8. EconomyRank/139Score Israel145,1 Portugal304,5 Slovenia374,2 Tunisia414,1 France444,0 Cyprus454,0 Spain464,0 Malta563,8 Italy703,5 Croatia753,4 Turkey823,4 Jordan993,1 Morocco1043,1 Lebanon1093,1 Greece1123,0 Bosnia & Herzegovina1173,0 Algeria1192,9 Egypt1202,8

9. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Israel114,7 France134,7 Slovenia323,7 Tunisia353,6 Italy393,5 Cyprus433,4 Portugal453,4 Spain473,2 Malta553,1 Croatia603,1 Turkey623,0 Egypt743,0 Morocco972,7 Bosnia & Herzegovina1042,6 Algeria1062,6 Jordan1162,5 Lebanon1192,5 Greece1262,4

10. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Israel16,2 France195,2 Slovenia274,7 Portugal284,7 Tunisia384,3 Cyprus414,2 Spain434,2 Croatia514,0 Italy653,8 Malta703,5 Greece883,3 Turkey893,3 Morocco933,1 Algeria963,1 Jordan983,1 Bosnia & Herzegovina1043,0 Egypt1102,9 Lebanon1302,4

11. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Israel75,3 France85,1 Slovenia224,2 Italy274,0 Tunisia363,5 Portugal393,5 Spain423,4 Cyprus433,4 Malta543,1 Turkey553,1 Croatia663,0 Morocco942,7 Jordan962,6 Lebanon992,6 Greece1052,5 Egypt1092,5 Bosnia & Herzegovina1162,4 Algeria1252,3

12. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Israel66,4 France166,4 Portugal196,3 Malta306,0 Spain325,8 Cyprus365,7 Slovenia385,6 Tunisia425,6 Turkey485,5 Jordan495,5 Croatia555,4 Greece595,2 Morocco685,0 Italy735,0 Lebanon754,9 Egypt914,6 Algeria1094,2 Bosnia & Herzegovina1164,2

13. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Israel324.4 Cyprus364.3 France414.1 Tunisia424.1 Malta444.0 Slovenia483.8 Spain523.7 Portugal653.4 Jordan663.4 Morocco763.2 Turkey903.0 Italy922.8 Greece1032.7 Lebanon1132.5 Egypt1142.5 Croatia1222.3 Algeria1252.2 Bosnia & Herzegovina1382.0 Does your country retain and attract talented people? 1 = no, the best and brightest normally leave to pursue opportunities in other countries; 7 = yes, there are many opportunities for talented people within the country

14. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score France55.9 Spain265.0 Tunisia275.0 Israel304.9 Slovenia354.7 Italy374.7 Portugal404.6 Cyprus434.5 Malta444.5 Jordan484.4 Lebanon534.4 Turkey584.2 Morocco604.2 Croatia614.2 Egypt644.1 Greece883.7 Algeria1053.4 Bosnia & Herzegovina1283.0 Mitigated

15. South Mediterranean countries presents many assets

16. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Cyprus135.1 Lebanon165.0 Tunisia205.0 Malta214.9 France294.7 Slovenia474.2 Jordan553.9 Israel743.6 Portugal763.6 Italy833.4 Croatia893.3 Turkey953.2 Bosnia & Herzegovina1023.1 Morocco1053.1 Spain1073.1 Algeria1172.9 Greece1182.9 Egypt1312.5

17. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Tunisia75,6 France125,3 Israel175,1 Greece215,0 Egypt254,9 Jordan264,9 Cyprus324,7 Lebanon364,6 Portugal384,6 Algeria434,5 Turkey444,5 Morocco464,5 Spain474,4 Italy544,3 Slovenia734,0 Malta744,0 Croatia853,8 Bosnia & Herzegovina1153,3

18. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Israel76,1 France235,6 Portugal275,6 Jordan295,5 Malta315,5 Tunisia335,4 Cyprus435,3 Spain495,2 Turkey515,1 Egypt585,0 Lebanon684,8 Slovenia724,8 Morocco744,8 Greece914,4 Croatia984,4 Italy1024,3 Bosnia & Herzegovina1194,0 Algeria1283,9

19. Source: WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2010–2011 EconomyRank/139Score Tunisia135,3 Portugal145,3 Malta215,2 Israel265,2 Jordan365,0 Morocco455,0 France514,9 Egypt534,9 Spain574,9 Turkey644,8 Cyprus754,6 Slovenia1014,2 Bosnia & Herzegovina1024,2 Greece1094,1 Croatia1114,0 Italy1124,0 Lebanon1173,9 Algeria1293,6

21.  Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordane, Maroc, Tunisie, Turkey,…  Tunisia case

22.  Moving some Technology production and research activities to the South: Retention and reinforcement of this activity in the initial country Competitiveness Improvement Proximity with customers  Tunisia case: ST Microelectronics: Nokia cameras Airbus & Boeing Development centres: Alcatel lucent, LG R&D centre, HR Access, HP, Sungard, Lear Corporation, SEA Latelec, …

23. District 414 Tunisia

24. As per exemple:  Distance learning centre for myopathes – 2001  GPS stick for blind people – 2010

25.  Objective: How to improve mobility, autonomy, and security of blinds in a pedestrian urban context?

27. Mustapha Mezghani Lions Club Tunis Tanit District 414 Tunisie mustapha.mezghani@planet.tn