Based in Tunis since January 2004, The Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) is a regional professional organisation created thanks to the will, determination and militantism of the federation presidents of the twelve founder members and which aims to show the way to economic integration and social and economic development in the region.

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Founder members (2002): La Confédération Générale des Enteprises Algériennes (CGEA), Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB), Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), Manufacturers' Association of Israel (MAI), Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI), Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI), Malta Federation of Industry (MFOI), Confédération Générale des Employeurs du Maroc (CGEM), Palestinian Federation of Industry (PFI), Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce (FSCC), International Chamber of Commerce Syria (ICC), Union Tunisienne de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat (UTICA), Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD), Turkish Confederation of Employers' Association (TISK).

Active members (2008) :

1) Confédération Générale des Entreprises Algériennes – CGEA ;
2) Confédération Algérienne du Patronat – CAP ;
3) Club des Entrepreneurs et Industriels de la Mitidja – CEIMI (Algérie)
4) Confédérations des Industriels et Producteurs Algériens – CIPA
5) Confederation of German Employers' Associations - BDA
6) Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation - OEB
7) Federation of Egyptian Industries - FEI
8) Confédération Espagnole des Organisations d’Employeurs - CEOE
9) Mouvement des Entreprises de France - MEDEF
10) Federation of Greek Industries – FGI- SEV
11) Agence de Développement Euro-Méditerranéen des Pouvoirs Locaux et Regionaux – ASEM (Italie)
12) Confindustria- (Italie)
13) Jordan Chamber of Industry - JCI
14) Association of Lebanese Industrialists - ALI
15) Malta Federation of Industry - MFOI
16) Confédération Générale des Employeurs du Maroc - CGEM
17) Confédération Nationale du Patronat de Mauritanie - CNPM
18) Palestinian Federation of Industry – PFI
19) Association of Industry Portuguese - AIP
20) Union of Employers of Serbia - UES
21) Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce - FSCC
22) International Chamber of Commerce Syria - ICC
23) Union Tunisienne de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat - UTICA
24) Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association - TUSIAD
25) Turkish Confederation of Employers' Association - TISK

BUSINESSMED Missions:

• Create a Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area
• Establish an economic and social climate that favours the development of investment flows.
• Increase SME competitiveness among BUSINESSMED member countries.
• Promote North-South and South-South investments.
• Promote North-South and South-South investments so as to create jobs.
• Establish a formal link with Mediterranean and European professional organisations (BUSINESSEUROPE) to help opening markets to export, facilitate technological transfer and create North-South and South-South clusters and supply systems.