METIC

The “METIC” project (Mediterranean Trading and Innovation Centre), financed under the INTERREG III A Sicilia – Malta EU initiative. Its aim was to encourage the interregional cooperation and to promote the economic cohesion between the two regions. The project has been carried out and implemented by a partnership made up of Sicilian partners, among which the University of Palermo, Confindustria Sicilia, Provinces of Trapani and Caltanissetta, Ass.For.Seo Rome and Maltese Partners: University of Malta and Malta Federation of Industries. The main activities conducted by Med Europe Export have been aimed at encouraging the Sicilian companies to work with their Maltese counterparts to carry out projects and to reach common goals; at setting up a dynamic network among enterprises, research centres and universities; at promoting internationalization throughout meetings between the companies involved in the project events; at consolidating trade relations in the Mediterranean Area.