[COOL NOONS Project] Lisbon Cool Paths – green corridors connecting the city

Building a network of soft mobility and pedestrian paths, integrating urban design interventions and nature based-solustion providing thermal comfort, Cool Noons contribute to create cooler, more livable cities.  Mappping of new touristic routes and practices  Join a visit with the partners of the Cool Noons european project in Lisbon, guided by the Câmara Municipal de …

TRAINING PROGRAMME: join the 2025 Metropolitan Seminars

COLLECTIVE TRAINING: programme of Metropolitan Seminars 2025 Dive into the heart of metropolitan dynamics and take part in a collective co-production experience to shape tomorrow’s territories. Explore metropolitan contexts and experiences, compare and enhance your practices. Exchanges with local stakeholders, in a dialogue between territories. Deepen your practical, theoretical, and strategic knowledge on topics such …

[METROPOLITAN SEMINARS] Discover the PROGRAMME of the Bologna seminar 2025

In 2025, the immersive training programme of the Metropolitan Seminars will take place in Bologna (May 4-9) and Tirana (November 9-14). Your IMMERSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME in BOLOGNA A series of key themes to understand this metropolis, renowned for its urban values—solidarity, cohesion—its exemplary policies on climate change resilience, and its innovations in governance! Your week’s …

FEAST Project – Three preparatory days in the territory of Tirana

A key milestone for the FEAST project (Food sovereignty, Ecotourism, Agroecology and Sustainable Territories), which is helping to co-build more sustainable rural territories. Led by a partnership between France and Albania, with the support of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the project connects four Mediterranean territories: Tirana, Marseille, Arghjusta è Muricciu (South …

INTERVIEW with Mardig Boghossian, Mayor of Bourj Hammoud (Lebanon)

During a brief visit to Marseille, at the premises of Avitem, Mardig Boghossian, Mayor of Bourj Hammoud, accompanied by Georges Krikorian, Deputy Mayor, recently shared his vision for the “Bourj Hammoud 2021-2031” project amidst a growing crisis. The interview is available in French. Mardig Boghossian, maire de Bourj Hammoud (au centre), Georges Krikorian, adjoint au …

Culture and Ecological Transition Forum for a Sustainable Mediterranean

On 28 and 29 November 2024, the City of Nice is hosting the first open forum of the decentralized cooperation project “Territoires Cultivés,” coordinated by AVITEM. An event held under the banner of the Mediterranean Day, highlighting the cultural and environmental challenges faced by Mediterranean countries. Two days that will bring together key stakeholders from …

CIRCULAR ECONOMY: the Tripluch tool in service of composting for businesses

As part of the European alpine cooperation project CEFoodCycle, which aims to optimise organic waste in the food sector, a Circular Food Award was given to one exemplary practice in each of the five partner countries (France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany). Through the testimony of Maud Tribaudeau, discover the services of Tripluch, a tool that makes …

WORKSHOP – Climate change risk management in coastal cities

Join us in making a unified statement at the UN Ocean Summit UNOC 2025, positioning the Mediterranean as a pioneering region of resilience in the face of climate change risks. The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) will be held in Nice in June 2025, under the co-presided of France and Costa Rica. At …

Event : Alexandria Metropolitan Seminar

Kick off of the Alexandria Metropolitan Seminar in the presence of Heba el Rafey, Head of the Public Relations and Media sector of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina – مكتبة الإسكندرية , François-Xavier Léger, Director General of AVITEM, Lina Blin, Consul General of France in Alexandria, Vincent Languille, Mayor of Le Tholonet and Deputy Counsellor for the …

APPOINTMENT: AVITEM welcomes François-Xavier LEGER as Director General

On October 1st, 2024, François-Xavier LEGER joins AVITEM as Director General. As a diplomat with a 32-year career, he previously held the position of French Ambassador to Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Tuvalu and Kiribati (2021-2024), in the context of France’s re-engagement in the Pacific, with a specific focus on issues of climate change, economic development, human …