Centre for Transportation Studies for the Western Mediterranean
CETMO

The Covid-19 impact on economic and social activity was evident from the beginning causing a global contraction of 3.5% of real GDP by 2020, as well as of 3.9% and 6.6% in MENA and EU regions.

The 10th Conference of Transport Ministers of the Western Mediterranean countries took place on 6th October 2021 within the framework of the activities of the GTMO 5+5.

Olivier Meynot
Directorate General of Civil Aviation, France

If we want to guarantee the development of air transport, the creation of a single aviation market in the Western Mediterranean must be underpinned by harmonization of the regulations.

Francisco Cardoso dos Reis
IP, Infraestruturas de Portugal

To increase the transport sector’s contribution to economic, social and environmental sustainability, innovation must be at the service of the common good, as well as the environmental, health-related and operational challenges.

Jaafar Sallouhi
Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Morocco

During this crisis, road transport companies played a critical role, moving goods and people, all while increasing the risk to their employees’ health and well-being.

Roel Janssens
Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics, UNECE

UNECE has taken different measures to contribute to better decision-making to facilitate the operation of essential transport services during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Anwar Zibaoui
General Coordinator of ASCAME

The coronavirus outbreak is redefining how we stay connected. And with a fifth of the planet already isolated, it is imperative to keep the flow of goods so that critical supplies can get where they are needed.

Oumnia Boutaleb
Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

The current health crisis has redefined world geopolitics. The large transport networks must readapt and adjust to the geopolitical evolutions and the new world dynamics.

Josep Vicent Boira and Matteo Berzi
Spanish Comissioner for the Mediterranean Corridor

There are potential synergies between the Mediterranean Corridor, developed within the TEN-T and Trans-Maghreb Multimodal Corridor (TMC) in the post COVID19 Era.

Isabel Velasco Ortiz
EUROPLATFORMS EEIG

There are many speculations about the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on economic activity, but in the transport and logistics sector it is increasingly obvious that its effect will go far beyond changes in processes and operations.