ECAM Council 2023

The fourth edition of the ECAM Council was held in Rome on July 24, 2023, as a side event of a meeting of the Coordination Hub of UN Food Systems. The meeting was dedicated to the topic "Driving change today for a prosperous planet tomorrow: food security and sustainable healthcare", with a focus on healthcare and food security opportunities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The event was an opportunity to present the most significant initiatives promoted and developed by ECAM in selected countries, such as Iraq and Tunisia, among which training programmes and scholarships for young talents in the fields of healthcare and agriculture.

The European Corporate Council on African and the Middle East is a private and non-profit association, founded by the San Donato Group and GKSD Investment Holding, with the aim of developing realistic, effective and durable solutions for more sustainable healthcare systems, with particular attention to common issues affecting the southern hemisphere of the globe.

Plenary sessions:

GLOBAL LEADERS TODAY: MULTILATERALISM FOR A BETTER FUTURE

GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD: FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COOPERATION TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY

A MESSAGE OF PEACE FOR THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Among the speakers:

• Nana Akufo-Addo (President, Republic of Ghana)
• Vahagn Khachaturyan (President, Republic of Armenia)
• Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (President, Islamic Republic of Mauritania)
  
• Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou (Prime Minister, Republic of the Niger)
• Yerbol Karashukeyev  (Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Kazakhstan)
• Luigi Di Maio (European Union Special Envoy for the Gulf region)
  
• Kamel Ghribi (Executive Chairman, ECAM Council; President, GKSD Investment Holding; Vice President, Gruppo San Donato)
• Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi (Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council)
• Khalid Al Najim (Minister of Industry and Minerals, Republic of Iraq)
• Liam Smeeth (Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
• Barbara Serra (Journalist and broadcaster, Al Jazeera)