The meeting of the project’s Steering Committee provided an opportunity to review the project’s progress, plan future actions and meet with representatives from the Liguria Region.
On 11 and 12 June 2026, the city of Genoa, Italy, hosted the second Steering Committee meeting of the MERAVIGLIA project, bringing together partners from 6 different countries in the Mediterranean region.
The meeting marked an important step in the process of building a Euro-Mediterranean network of third places dedicated to the development of environmental skills, youth eco-entrepreneurship and the sustainable growth of local communities.
All the project partners were present: Coopérative d’activité et d’emploi Petra Patrimonia (CDE Petra Patrimonia) – France, Coopérative d’Initiatives Jeunes Entrepreneur.e.s (CIJE) – France; CFLC – Formazione Lavoro e Competenze(CFLC), – Italy; AMESCI – Italy; Association for Environmental Education in Hammamet (AERE) – Tunisia; Association for the Development of Rural Capacities (ADR) – Lebanon; Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) – Jordan; Governor of Manisa (GoM), Türkiye.
These discussions provided an opportunity to monitor the progress of activities across the project’s various territories, to share approaches and tools, to align the next operational steps, and to strengthen joint efforts in the areas of training, support, local learning communities and the capitalisation of results.
The presence of the Liguria Region lent particular significance to the meeting. The presentation by Regional Councillor Mr Emilio Robotti confirmed the importance of the link between European programming, territorial policies and local development.
All participants emphasised a key aspect of the project: the ecological and social transition is not achieved through isolated initiatives, but within territorial ecosystems capable of bringing together skills, institutions, young people, businesses and communities.
Thus, within the framework of MERAVIGLIA, third places are not merely physical spaces or venues for events, but open and recognisable territorial infrastructures where residents, communities, social enterprises, institutions and citizens can meet, learn, experiment, co-create and develop new initiatives linked to sustainability, inclusion and social innovation.
Discussions with the project’s partner countries have highlighted another key point: Mediterranean regions face different challenges, but these are often linked to common issues such as youth employment, access to skills, social vulnerability, the green transition and the need to strengthen citizen participation. MERAVIGLIA focuses precisely on this area, seeking to develop shared tools without disregarding local specificities.
This Steering Committee has served as a genuine testing ground for a Mediterranean vision of development, based on proximity, cooperation and the ability of local areas to form part of a wider network.
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