The economic actors of the Indian Ocean will meet once more, for three days, on the occasion of the 13th which will be held in Mauritius from next October 11th.
“RETHINK tomorrow”. It is under this theme that the 13th Indian Ocean Islands Economic Forum, FEIOI, will be held. After more than two years of scarcity, due to the health crisis, the event marks its return on October 11, 12 and 13 at the Caudan Arts Center, in Port-Louis, Mauritius. Conferences, round tables and workshops, as well as B2B meetings are on the program.
Co-organized by Cap Business Océan Indien and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Mauritius, MCCI, with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), this 13th edition aims to “bring together economic players to reflect together on the major challenges of tomorrow”. “The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has confirmed our vulnerabilities revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular by accentuating tensions on international supply chains with the consequences that we are suffering: price increases, disruption of international trade transactions, shortages,” indicates the forthcoming FEOI explanatory memorandum.
The participants in the FEIOI will thus have the opportunity to discuss the fact that the current situation requires a constructive dialogue between actors, both public and private, to give new impetus to regional cooperation. It is also regarding “bringing together our businesses and our economies for a fairer, more sustainable and resilient future”, explained Joséphine Andriamamonjiarison, President of Cap Business Océan Indien.
A single platform
The program of this 13th FEIOI thus strives to take into account the concerns of the regional private sector in a complex global economic context. Several themes will be discussed by high-level local and international speakers. The forum will also be an opportunity to raise the business community’s awareness of the major issues, through fun workshops on “The climate fresco” on October 12 and 13, for example.
Organized for the first time in 2005 in Madagascar, the FEOI has ended up becoming a unique platform that allows economic players in the regional area to meet, share ideas and unearth business opportunities together in all activity area. Each edition brings together several hundred participants from the territories of the region, but also from Africa and other interested parties from many countries. Something concrete is expected. Regional economic cooperation has not yielded the results it has produced. To cite only the concept of “Vanilla Islands” to enhance the tourist assets of each. The coronavirus pandemic had also been there. A remobilization trial has been initiated. But the initiative was too discreet to be significant.
