PRE-ASSEMBLY EVENT

• 09:00 am – 5:00 pm UNIMED Start Cup Competition 2025

The “Start Cup Competition – Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean” is a contest of entrepreneurial ideas developed by university students enrolled in one of the universities around the Mediterranean. This competition aims to encourage participating teams from universities on both shores of the Mediterranean to present innovative ideas in the field of entrepreneurship.

The initiative was launched in 2018 in the framework of the ERASMUS+ Capacity Building project RESUME and is part of a series of initiatives organised by the UNIMED SubNetwork on Employability, whose objective is to promote cooperation between members on the theme of entrepreneurship and employability and to strengthen economic and social cohesion by promoting, on the one hand, cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation, and on the other hand, sustainable local development.

The Start Cup Competition is jointly organized by UNIMED and the Lebanese University, coordinator of the UNIMED SubNetwork on Employability, with the collaboration of the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the support of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie – Moyen Orient.

The Next Edition of the Start Cup Competition will take place on July 8th, 2025.

The announcement of the competition with all the eligibility criteria to apply is available here.

Participating universities:
● Mediterranean University of Albania, Albania
● University of Saida, Algeria
● Al-Mustaqbal University, Iraq
● Erbil Polytechnic University, Iraq
● University of Duhok, Iraq
● University of Calabria, Italy
● Saint Joseph University, Lebanon
● Holy Spirit University Of Kaslik, Lebanon
● Antonine University, Lebanon
● Misurata University, Libya
● Ibn Tofail University, Morocco
● Mohammed V University, Morocco
● Middle East College, Oman
● Palestine Technical University Khadoorie, Palestine
● An-Najah National University, Palestine
● Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine
● University of Évora, Portugal
● University of Barcelona, Spain
● Sousse University, Tunisia
● University of La Manouba, Tunisia
● Jendouba University, Tunisia
● University of Aden, Yemen