The CIHEAM participates in the Innovation Fair 2025 in Brussels
Brussels, 23 October 2025
The CIHEAM took part in the Innovation Fair 2025, organised in Brussels by the European Commission in partnership with the African Union and the Union for the Mediterranean. The event, which gathered more than 500 participants on site and over 200 online, aimed to promote innovative solutions in the fields of public health, food security, energy transition, emerging technologies and the strengthening of scientific capacities.
The CIHEAM was present at the exhibition area with an institutional stand presenting its activities in research, training and cooperation, as well as projects carried out by its four institutes. The Secretary General, Teodoro Miano, was notably present to talk with partners and innovation stakeholders. Like other international and European organisations attending the Fair, the participation of the CIHEAM was part of a broader intercontinental dynamic aimed at developing concrete solutions to the shared challenges faced by the Euro-Mediterranean and African regions.
This Brussels edition follows on from previous events in Nairobi, Cape Town and Cairo, which have gradually structured an innovation space connecting entrepreneurs, researchers, technology firms, public institutions and funding bodies. The Innovation Fair 2025 highlighted the emergence of projects capable of moving from experimentation to application, supported by regional mechanisms for networking, funding and capacity building.
In this context, agricultural innovation holds a strategic place. It responds to tangible needs related to climate adaptation, sustainable water management, product diversification, value creation in rural territories and the integration of young people into economic ecosystems of the future. For the CIHEAM, which has a long-standing commitment to the sustainable development of Mediterranean agri-food systems, these exchanges provide an opportunity to deepen partnerships and support the dissemination of solutions developed by the regions themselves, whether in the form of technologies, cooperative models or entrepreneurial initiatives.