The consortium consisted of 11 partners both from the EU and the MPC region. Four specialized SMEs (ATC-Greece, PLANET-Greece, IT Consult-Germany, Sigma Orionis-France) from EU worked together with seven MPC academia, governmental & associations (CNI-Tunisia, PSUT-Jordan, ISGP-Algeria, USMBA-Morocco, CNRS-Lebanon, PALAST-Palestine, MCIT-Egypt), all playing an influential role in the shaping of their National Research & development and Innovation policies.