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09-01-2013
The IMMB publishes a good practices guidebook to make the markets more competitive
Els Mercats de la Mediterrània. Models de gestió i bones pràctiques [Mediterranean Markets. Management Models and Goo...

11-06-2012
Light on Porta Palazzo: the market that never turns off
The protagonist of this in-depth research is Porta Palazzo, the biggest European open air market. Starting from this mar...

08-05-2012
SYMPOSIUM OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD MARKETS IN BARCELONA
The Barcelona Institute of Markets is organising the “Symposium of Mediterranean Food Markets and 8th Symposium of the...

30-03-2012
Porta Palazzo research – part two
The conclusion of our research on the Porta Palazzo market...

21-11-2011
230.000 VISITORS TO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE FAIR " MARKET OF MARKETS"
The Fair “Market of Markets” (Mercat de Mercats in its original name) has celebrated its second Edition the last 21 ...

10-11-2011
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINK BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND PRODUCERS ON FARMERS’ MARKETS IN MARSEILLE: A CHALLENGE FOR THERE EXISTENCES
This masters’s thesis is about five Farmers’ Markets in Marseille: the Cours Julien market was created in 2001, Gavo...

02-11-2011
EXPLAINED THE RESULTS OF THE MED EMPORION PROJECT TO THE MED FOLLOW UP COMITEE OF THE EU
Tuesday, the 18th of October, Raimond Blasi councillor of Commerce of the City of Barcelona, presented the MED EMPORION ...

07-10-2011
The “MARKET OF MARKETS” Second Edition
The big Fair of the City Markets and Mediterranean Products will soon arrive again to Barcelona, the 21st, 22nd and 23rd...

07-10-2011
MED FOLLOW UP COMMITTEE AND ANNUAL CONGRESS IN BARCELONA
The 7th MED Programme Monitoring Committee meeting will take place in Barcelona on the 18th October 2011. Members of ...

04-10-2011
THE MARKET, A PLACE TO LEAN: The pilot project of Barcelona will be this year extended.
An initiative from the IMMB and the Barcelona Provincial Council's Department of Commerce, its aim is to educate young p...

03-10-2011
Genoa, market of land & sea
A great success for the Food Market Festival in Genoa. Many Genoese people and many tourists have been attracted by the ...
12-09-2011
Discovering Porta Palazzo
“Med Emporion Research on Local Markets in the Mediterranean Area”. The interviews were divided by type of product...

11-02-2011
The MedEmporion Food Market Festival in Genoa
The MedEmporion Food Market Festival will take place in Genoa from the 16th to the 18th of September 2011. The most typi...

07-02-2011
Great Success of "Mercat de Mercats" of Barcelona
The first edition of “Mercat de Mercats” has been a big success either in general public assistance, Media’s impac...

01-02-2011
The Barcelona Manifesto on Markets
The 22nd of October 2010, within the framework of the MED EMPORION project and coinciding with the celebration in Barcel...

21-07-2010
“The Market of All Markets”, Barcelona 22-24 October 2010
In the Mediterranean culture, the market has contributed and continues to remain a central theme of city life, not just ...

19-07-2010
The Barcelona Pilot Project is launched: “Educating through the markets”.
The Pilot Program of Mercats de Barcelona aiming at transmitting the values of the Market as a social space and a servic...

18-07-2010
The Global Research on Mediterranean Markets, in motion.
One of the most ambitious objectives of the MED EMPORION project is the undertaking of a global study to increase our kn...

15-05-2010
The Pilot Project of Barcelona
The Pilot Program of Mercats de Barcelona tries to transmit the values of the Market is a social space and a service of ...

03-05-2010
The open-air Market of typical products
The “Porto Antico” area of Genoa will host from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June 2010 an agricultural market with ...

03-05-2010
Agricultural products from the country to the see
The 12th of March a new open-air agricultural market has been inaugurated; it will take place along the promenade at Cal...

19-01-2010
Seminar in Torino about street markets
Conservatoria del Piemonte, together the City of Torino and the Piemonte Region organise on february 1st in Torino an in...

19-01-2010
Barcelona Festival starts preparation
The city of Barcelona will live on October 2010 one extense set of activities organized by Markets of Barcelona and that...

02-12-2009
The Mediterranean market, a contribution to the European construction
A debate with experts in the Gastronomare Festival discusses about the future of mediterranean markets, and focus on the...

02-12-2009
Pilot Projects ready to start up
Every MedEmporion city has choosed a Pilot project to test new strategies in order to increase the relation of their cit...

01-12-2009
Are the Mediterranean markets, a good model for the European Union?
In the Mediterranean cities, food markets are still a central element of the trade and of the urban life. It is necessar...

25-09-2009
The Marseille Gastronomare Festival, a big success
Thousands of people participated in Gastronomare, the first MedEmporion event at Marseille's Old Port from September 18t...

21-09-2009
Marseille Med EMPORION summit, pilot projects adopted
The Marseille summit on september 21st 2009 adopted the pilot projects to be developed during the MedEmporion Project an...

04-08-2009
Presentation of Med EMPORION in Barcelona
The Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Jordi W. Carnes, together with the manager of the Barcelona Municipal Institute of Market...

16-07-2009
Med EMPORION kick off meeting in Barcelona
Med EMPORION kick off meeting in Barcelona establishes strategies, calendars and common work standards and develops ambi...