A look back in pictures at the innovation Hackathon “Students’ Innov’Up” organized by the European Union, the European Investment Bank and Euromed University of Fes

This hackathon is part of the European Union’s actions in favor of youth, in particular the communication campaign “Men Chabab Qrab”, launched by the European Union in 2023. Its objective is to encourage young students to undertake and innovate by developing entrepreneurial solutions related to the environment and climate change. 

The event of May 12, 2023, concludes a four-week pre-hackathon period, which allowed 12 selected teams, from nearly 200 applications received, to benefit from an intensive training program with trainers and coaches from the entrepreneurship sector, mobilized to support them in structuring and refining their project idea around the theme of the environment and sustainable development.  

This support was accelerated with numerous additional sessions held during a hackathon bringing together the 12 teams on May 11 and 12, 2023 at Euromed University of Fes. Four teams presented solutions in sustainable agriculture, three in water resource economics, two in waste management, one in sustainable mobility, one in biodiversity preservation and one in biomaterials.

The jury was composed of Ms. Patricia Llombart Cussac, Ambassador of the European Union to Morocco, Ms. Anna Barone, Head of Representation of the European Investment Bank in Morocco, Prof. Mostapha Bousmina, President of Euromed University of Fes, Mr. Omar Tajmouati, President of the Fès-Meknès regional branch of the CGEM and Mr. Omar Amrani, Director of Innovation and Pedagogy at StartUp Station.