High Opportunity for Mediterranean Executives Recruitment HOMERe High Opportunity for Mediterranean Executives Recruitment An initiative : RMEI –Réseau Méditerranéen des Ecoles d’Ingénieurs et de management CCEF- Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France With participation of ASCAME, BUSINESSMED, and a Regional Consortium Noha FATHI, Responsible HOMERe for the Southern Bank, Rania Ben Saber HOMERe Intern, Léo VINCENT, Responsible HOMERe

AN AMBITION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN HOMERe’s Ambition Unemployment is high among young university graduates Acceptance of underqualified jobs Risk of instability and radicalization of youth Increasing in talent drains AN AMBITION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN Yes X UNEMPLOYMENT Low-qualified Jobs Recruitment in their origin country

HOMERe’s Objectives “Connecting graduates to Business through international internships in the Mediterranean” Improve the access of the most talented students to qualified first job positions Maintain these talented students in and for the Mediterranean economy Improve the employability prospects of young talented graduates in their native country

An Efficient Internship The HOMERe Internship Some Key Words A real need of a company A professionalizing project in a team An international experiment Acquiring soft skills Discovering the capacities of the intern Loving the internship place Integration in the local society Proudness of being a Mediterranean Objectives

A transparent and valid process 1st phase 1 – Expression of the needs by the company 2 – Pre-selection of students 3 – Selection by the company 4 – Preparation for expatriation 5 – Internship abroad 6 – Local Recruitment 7 – HOMERe Social Network ALUMNI HOMERe Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13552628/ HOMERe

Regional Consortium Objectives Algerian Talents and Leaders Association (ATLAS) Association des Chambres de Commerce et d’Industrie de la Méditerranée (ASCAME) Association des Ingénieurs Francophones en Egypte (AIFE) Association Scientifique Algérienne des géosynthétiques (ASAG) Associazione Kronos BusinessMed Club des entrepreneurs et industriels de la Mitidja (CEIMI) Comunità delle Università Mediterranee (CUM) Confédération Générale des Entreprises Algériennes (CGEA) Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur Français (CCEF) Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri (CNI) Fédération des Experts-Comptables Méditerranéens (FCM) Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) Hard Workers HOMERe France Ingénierie méditerranéenne pour l'export et le développement (Imed) Ordre des Ingénieurs Tunisiens (OIT) Réseau des Villes Euromed (Euromed) Réseau Méditerranéen des Ecoles d’Ingénieur et de Management (RMEI) Union Tunisienne de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat (UTICA) Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo (UNIMED) Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) Partnership: l’iesMed Objectives

May 31, 2018: some HOMERe figures 417 HOMERe Interns since 2008 228 Since 2015 293 Maroccan students 102 Tunisian students 12 Lebanese students 6 French students 4 Other countries 47 % female Companies Alcatel Lucent Enterprise, CGI, Eaux de Marseille, IBM, Orange, AtoS, Capgemini, NCA Rouiba, BNP-Paribas, Cegedim … and several SMEs Locations 400 in France, 10 in Morocco, …

14 universities / engineering schools 25 Business Unit An example in Information Technologies : HOMERe-OTI / HOMERe-IT network between France and Morocco 14 universities / engineering schools Year Nb internships 2008 15 2009 27 2010 20 2011 48 2012 35 2013 2014 19 2015 22 2016 24 2017 28 2018 23 including 12 young women Objectives 2019 40 including 1 PhD student CIFRE France/Morocco 25 Business Unit HOMERe-OTI a solidarity bridge between the university and the socio-economic world of Morocco in Information Technologies 293 interns A hiring rate in the continuity of the internship of 90% of which 70% in Morocco

Testimony Rania Ben Saber Age : 25 Nationality : Tunisia 2018 : A six-month Internship at NCA Rouiba (Algeria) 2018 : Biology engineer diploma from the Tunis Private Polytechnic School 2015 : Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy. HOMERe Responsible : Wided Carpentier (HW)

Next steps Development of national HOMERe Committees in each country of implementation. Promotion of the ”Club des Entreprises HOMERe” Taking into account the objectives of local, national and regional authorities. For instance joining the EU objectives regarding legal migration Implementing a sustainable governance with the management of 1000 interns / a year

Summary A new intra-Mediterranean internship mobility programme providing companies with a matchmaking platform for sourcing young talents from the region to become their interns and perhaps after their future employees. Strengthened linkages between business and universities. Potential employment opportunities for students in their country of origin after the internship ends. A regional network of internationally skilled alumni with a Mediterranean focus.

YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ! All Together for HOMERe and for the Mediterranean YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ! homere@remei.info www.homere-med.org Contacts Léo VINCENT leo.vincent@rmei.info Noha FATHI nfathi@The-Marketer.net « On parle du Futur de la Méditerranée. HOMERe est le présent de la Méditerranée ! » F. Sijilmassi