Mission

has defined its mission as "Promoting the commercial use of the Internet as a way for social and economic development in the Mediterranean area". There are four ways to accomplish our mission: R & D, awareness creation, training and lobbying.

  • The specific R&D fields for our teams are all about the problems around the commercial use of the Internet: technical issues (security, payment systems), legal issues (contracts, telework, property rights), economical issues (taxation, management) and sociological issues (marketing, computer mediated communication).

  • Awareness creation: electronic commerce in the Mediterranean requires to reach a critical mass of Internet business users. We promote the commercial use of the Internet permanently through our own servers, through campaigns in traditional media, and organising occasional events, conventions and exhibitions.

  • We offer practical training courses for entrepreneurs and SME staff. We conduct on line training courses for young technicians. We train trainers on electronic commerce tools.

  • Lobbying the public administrations to support the commercial use of the Internet in the Mediterranean area is the reason for our participation and collaboration with the Internet Society, the Aldana initiative and other groups.