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Enable, Upgrade and Spread Employability, Entrepreneurship and Digital Skills of the Eastern Mediterranean youth through dedicated university centers
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Inside EUSEEDS project with Nathalie Bitar
In an interview with Interreg TESIM NEXT, Nathalie Bitar shares how the EUSEEDS initiative is tackling youth unemployment across the Mediterranean by strengthening the link between education and labour market needs, while promoting digital, entrepreneurial, and soft skills development through cross-border cooperation.
EUSEEDS : Hiring a Technical Consultant in Palestine
As part of the EUSEEDS project, the Palestinian Information and Communications Technology Incubator (PICTI) is launching a call for an External Technical Consultant. The assignment will focus on validating, standardizing, and documenting procurement-ready requirements for six university innovation centers in Palestine, in line with the programme’s framework.
EUSEEDS Project: Aix-Marseille University delivers a series of trainings for employability centers
From March 30 to April 7, Aix-Marseille University led a series of online trainings under the EUSEEDS project to support 24 partner universities in developing employability centers. The sessions combined practical tools, shared experiences, and institutional insights helping participants adapt and strengthen their own structures.
EUSEEDS community gather to strengthen communication and project implementation
The Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie gathered representatives from the 24 EUSEEDS partner universities to align on communication practices, visibility requirements, and next steps, with a strong focus on proper acknowledgment of the European Union and the Interreg NEXT MED Programme.
EUSEEDS : call for tenders to select a qualified IT agency
EUSEEDS announces the launch of a call for the selection of a qualified IT firm or agency to design, develop, deploy and maintain the EUSEEDS Digital Platform on behalf of the Palestine Information and Communications Technology Incubator (PICTI). This initiative is implemented within the framework of the EUSEEDS project, co-funded by the European Union under the Interreg NEXT MED Programme.
EUSEEDS project kick-off meeting with the 24 beneficiary universities
Selected universities in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus and Palestine will benefit from support to pilot an employability center, including equipment support, to train over 7,000 students and fresh graduates during the project, in digital and soft skills, as well as entrepreneurship, bridging the gap between higher education and labor market needs.
Lebanese EUSEEDS partners at the Interreg NEXT MED launch event in Beirut
Lebanese partners of the EUSEEDS project joined the launch of newly approved Interreg NEXT MED projects in Beirut on 10 February 2026. The event highlighted Lebanon’s role in Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. On this occasion, Jean-Noël Baléo, Regional Director of Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie Middle East, presented EUSEEDS, which supports 24 universities in enhancing students’ digital and entrepreneurial skills.
EUSEEDS : Appel d’offres pour sélectionner une agence de voyages au Liban
L’AUF lance un appel d’offres pour la sélection d’une agence de voyages basée au Liban afin d’assurer les services de transport, d’hébergement et les prestations annexes (location de voitures, assurances, taxis) dans le cadre du projet « EUSEEDS », cofinancé par l’Union européenne (Interreg NEXT MED).
24 universities selected to join the EUSEEDS project and strengthen young people’s employability and digital skills
The Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) has selected 24 universities to benefit from the EUSEEDS project aiming to enhance young people’s employability, entrepreneurship and digital skills across five Eastern Mediterranean countries.