ANALYSIS – Local supply channels, an opportunity for Mediterranean countries

As part of the Mediterranean Worlds Forum, ANIMA Investment Network organised a business networking morning focussing on the revival of business exchanges in the Mediterranean post-pandemic.

ANIMA Investment Network was present in numbers at the Mediterranean Worlds Forum held in Marseille on 7th-8th February last. In partnership with the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolitan Authority, Aix-Marseille-Provence CCI and Africalink, the network organised a morning of business networking around the theme of the revival of business exchanges in the Mediterranean in the wake of the pandemic.

For ANIMA president Tarak Chérif, ongoing supply problems, compounded by the need to combat climate change, require “a new vision” that prioritizes “local supply channels. Freight costs between China and Europe have increased five-fold. Many companies are now seeing the limits of their subcontracting work to Asia.

We need to work to bring part of this business back to the Mediterranean.” A “difficult” objective for the Anima’s general delegate Emmanuel Noutary, but an “achievable” one.

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