Tethys

On the occasion of the 2020 General Assembly of the Téthys Consortium of Euro-Mediterranean Universities, Eric Berton, President of Aix-Marseille University, appointed Mauve Carbonell President of the Consortium in accordance with the statutes. Eric Berton also warmly thanked Mr. Michel Autric for his commitment to the service of the network as President since 2016 and before as Director.

Following the evolution of the health situation related to COVID-19 and the cancellation of the General Assembly initially planned in April, we are delighted to welcome you to our rescheduled virtual General Assembly which will take place on the 5th of October 2020.

It is important for us to hold a 2020 edition of the General Assembly in order to celebrate the network’s 20 years anniversary.

In the context of CIVIS WP5, Università Sapienza di Roma is organizing the webinar "The contribution of Cultural Heritage to sustainable development in the MENA area", which will be held on October 1st from 9.00 to 12.30.

The webinar will discuss strategies toward the preservation and promotion of Cultural Heritage in the MENA area in a situation of political crisis likely to be made worse by the present COVID19 emergency.

Please find attached the program.

A key step of the +RESILIENT "Mediterranean Open Resources for Social innovation of Socially Responsive Enterprises" project took place on the 3rd of September at the UrbanProd association’s offices in Marseille.

IMéRA is the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University.

Each year it hosts about thirty scientists and artists from all disciplines (residents), selected after an evaluation procedure with the most stringent international standards, shortlisting of applications and external evaluators.

The 2021-2022 calls for residency are structured in line with three programme : Art, Science and Society, Global Phenomena and Regulation, and Mediterranean.