Within the framework of OCR Incendi (cooperation programme between administrative districts to manage forest fire risks), the Observatoire de la Forêt Méditerranéenne (Observatory of the Mediterranean Forest) and Andalucia community's Environment Consejeria have produced a comparative survey on autoprotection devices for buildings put at forest fire risks in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Andalucia.

OCR Incendi partner territories:
- FRANCE: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Languedoc-Roussillon, Var, Vaucluse, Bouches-du-Rhône,  Alpes-Maritimes, Gard, Hérault, Pyrénées orientales, Aude, Haute-Corse
- GREECE: Northern Aegean
- ITALY: Tuscany (Livorno, Grosseto), Sardinia, Nuoro
- MOROCCO: Tangiers Tetouan
- PORTUGAL: Algarve
- SPAIN: Andalucia, Balearic Islands

Source: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur office in Brussels newsletter July-August 2008

For Moroccan national holiday, M. Abdelmalek Chibeb, consul general of Morocco in Marseilles, invited lots of Marseille key figures at the Parc Chanot.

It was the occasion to remember Marseille's twinning with Marrakech, as well as cooperation agreements with Casablanca, Meknes and Rabat, in fields like economic development, hazard prevention, youth, culture and health.

Source: La Provence July 31st 2008

The workshop "Competitiveness cluster and clustering around free software" organized on July 22nd 2008 at the Elgazala technopark has welcomed French and Tunisian experts, as well as Lamia Chafia Sghaier, Secretary of State at the Tunisian IT Ministry, responsible for IT, Internet and free software.

Among IT professionals from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur were Traian Muntean, research manager at SCS competitiveness cluster, Anne-Ingrid De Miras, communication manager at Libertis (FLOSS cluster), and Lotfi Hamdi, head of the international relationships department at Marseille Innovation.

Libertis representative suggested to create a CD with open source freeware. Moreover, Hassen Hamdi, Tunisian doctorate student, will soon go to Tunisia to chair a workshop on Internet monitoring software free of charge.

Tunisia could be the guest of honour at a professional trade show on free software in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur for the second time. Invitations have been launched for the next IT event in Marseilles.

Source: Webmanagercenter July 23rd 2008