On Thursday, the Council decided that the EU would accede to the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, known as the Istanbul Convention. Bringing this issue to a successful conclusion has been a priority for Sweden during its presidency of the EU Council of Ministers. Sweden’s Minister for Gender Equality …
The Council today approved conclusions stressing the importance of integrating a stronganti-corruption perspectiveinto all development efforts. The negative economic impact of corruption is estimated to be nine times global official development assistance (ODA). Corruption erodes democracy, trust in institutions, the rule of law, and the realization and exercise of human rights. It is also a …
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AVITEM becomes a member of the Friends of the Mediterranean Macro-Region. The declaration was signed by the President of AVITEM, Mrs. Agnès RAMPAL on April 24, 2023, in Brussels. Find here the declaration in French version. and here in English version. The main objective is to bring together efforts to make the Mediterranean macro-regional strategy …
The Council today approved conclusions reaffirming that the EU climate and energy diplomacy is an essential component of EU foreign policy and underlining the EU’s commitment to dialogue and collaboration with partners around the world to implement the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the …
The Council today approved conclusions reaffirming that EU climate and energy diplomacy is an essential component of EU foreign policy and underlining the EU’s determination to engage and collaborate with partners around the world to implement the Paris Agreement, limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the …
In June 2025, France will host for the first time the United Nations Conference on the Oceans: UNOC 2025. To host this global event, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron and the United Nations have selected the city of Nice. Nice: an eco-responsible destination The President of the Republic announced it on social networks …
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After the rich exploration of the Metropolis of Izmir, AVITEM has the privilege to organize the second metropolitan seminar of the 2022 /2023 cycle in Beirut! Our seminar in Beirut will aim to understand how the functioning of this metropolis, which represents 50% of the population of Lebanon, can revive a development dynamic, which will …
At the beginning of 2023, AViTeM is launching a new initiative to support tourism companies in their ecological transition in an unprecedented way : the First Mile project. The First Mile project, co-financed by the European program for the competitiveness of SMEs (COSME), relies on knowledge frombehavioral sciences to facilitate eco-responsible decision making by travelers and …
Launch of the CEFoodCycle project on circularity in food chains
Brittany is one of the most innovative regions in terms of tourism development. By focusing on identity and transitions, this region and its actors are changing the way tourism is promoted and developed in a territory. In this special issue of ESPACES, France’s leading magazine on tourism, travel and leisure, we have contributed to the …