WestMED Mauritania at the Atlantic Marine, Energy and Industrial Support Summit 2025

The Atlantic Marine, Energy and Industrial Support Summit (AMEISS), jointly organised by Oneport and the National Federation of Industry, Mines and Energy, was held in Nouakchott at the Fasq Hotel on 28 and 29 October 2025 and attended by several industrial, institutional and research stakeholders and experts from Mauritania and Spain to discuss opportunities for partnerships in the field of energy and maritime development between the Canary Islands and Mauritania.

WestMED intervention
The Mauritanian National Hub actively participated as a panellist in the Blue Economy, Governance and Collaboration Panel on ‘Response to maritime emergencies, efforts and collaboration of the blue economy in Mauritania’.

During these presentations, Dr Mohamed Lemine Abdel Hamid, Mauritania National Hub, first presented the European Union’s WestMED Initiative, its history, objectives, members and the structure of its assistance mechanism. He recalled that Mauritania had the opportunity to co-chair the initiative in 2022 and 2023. He then presented the main achievements of the National Hub in promoting the blue economy in Mauritania, including the organisation of six dedicated national events between 2019 and 2025, the creation of the Mauritanian maritime cluster, which brings together the main maritime stakeholders, and the institutionalisation of a Technical Advisor position in charge of the Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime and Port Infrastructure. He recalled that the efforts of the WestMED Initiative in Mauritania had inspired other partners in Mauritania.

In this context, he cited the World Bank, which is currently preparing a major WACA+ project that should include a component dedicated to promoting the blue economy in Mauritania. Similarly, the BIE has just signed a €20 million loan agreement with a Mauritanian bank (BEA-Al AMANA) to finance projects in the blue economy sector in Mauritania.

The presentation by the Mauritania National Hub generated a great deal of interest among participants.

On the sidelines of this event, the Mauritania National Hub met with the Canary Islands Maritime Cluster to discuss opportunities for collaboration.

For more information contact the WestMED National Hub Mauritania (Mohamed Lemine): mauritania@westmed-initiative.ec.europa.eu