Local kick – off meeting – El Mina (RL), 23 July 2009  Minutes

The Mayor, Mr Abdel Kader Alameddine, welcomed the group members and introduced the general framework of the STREAM Cities project and the commitment of the city council to make the project successful.
Dr. Samer Annous, the project coordinator, introduced the details of the STREAM Cities project and its objectives and phases. He emphasized the importance of the participatory meetings and that there will be several ones with the representatives of the civil society and municipality employees and the different specialised stakeholders (artisans, shop owners, tourism related employees, universities, NGOs, etc).