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The European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council) is a private, non-profit and non-partisan association that promotes authoritative and intellectual exchanges across borders, cultures and languages with the primary objective of promoting constructive dialogue, new partnerships and strong cooperation between Europe, Africa and the MENA region.

History and Development
The European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council) believes in the critical importance of investing in primary and secondary healthcare systems.

Founded on the direct initiative of Kamel Ghribi (President of GKSD Investment Holding) and Paolo Rotelli (President of Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele), the ECAM Council is devoted to raise awareness in both the private and public sector of healthcare and education. It aims to contribute to the improvement of international relations among countries through a high-level annual Summit in Rome where top government officials gather to discuss a range of vital issues.

The Summit is promoted by Gruppo San Donato (GSD) and GKSD Investment Holding in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti. Kamel Ghribi serves as President of The European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East. Currently he is a President of GKSD Holding Italy, President of GSD Healthcare Middle East, Vice President of GSD (Gruppo San Donato), Vice President of the San Raffaele Hospital and Chairman of Swiss based GK Investment Holding Group.

Building bridges for an open communication between Europe, Africa and MENA
The purpose of the ECAM Council is to promote and develop relations between the countries of Europe, Africa and the MENA region, with Italy playing a leading role focusing on pursuing constructive analysis and examination of the complex challenges facing the Middle East and Africa today. The ECAM Council works closely with governments, institutions and business and targets forums to specific areas such as investment in healthcare, education and training.

Healthcare
The ECAM Council believes that access to affordable healthcare is a human and moral imperative. It supports healthcare models where governments, private investment and charitable foundations can join forces to form a framework of incentives that create robust and innovative healthcare systems. As The ECAM Council is the product of both Gruppo San Donato and GKSD Holding, it shares their fundamental vision of a patient centred healthcare and access to an affordable one.

Educational Sector
Most of Africa's education and training programs suffer from low-quality teaching and learning, as well as inequalities and exclusion at all levels where a large number of children still remain out of school. Therefore, ECAM Council promotes cultural understanding and acceptance in the form of real-life exchanges, education programmes and a know-how directly from experienced professionals.

Projects
The European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East is involved in the planning, development and management of projects committed to developing the foundation’s core values of access to healthcare and education.

Children's Heart Catherization Room – 11 June 2021 – La Rabta Hospital, Tunis
In an attempt to alleviate paediatric cardiovascular centres’ shortcoming in Africa, Kamel Ghribi together with the Tunisian Health Minister and members of the Gruppo San Donato International Team inaugurated the “Children’s Heart Catherization Room” at La Rabta Hospital. This highly specialised examination room provides essential diagnostic imaging equipment that can allow cardiologist to see the arteries and chambers of the heart and successfully treat any stenosis or abnormalities found.

Oxygen for Tunisian hospitals – 24 July 2021 – Tunisia
Early in August, 20,000 litres arrived in the North African country from the San Donato Hospital and Kamel Ghribi. The cargo was welcomed by the Italian ambassador to Tunisia, Lorenzo Fanara, and the Tunisian Minister of Health, Ali Mrabet.

A humanitarian donation for Algeria– 04 August 2021 – Algeria
In an overwhelming context of oxygen shortage in the African country, Kamel Ghribi donated essential medical equipment and two types of power plants, one to supply a hospital with a centralized distribution system and one for filling oxygen cylinders, to allow Algeria to prolong supplies and help fight the pandemic.

Bilateral meeting - Rome 2020
The purpose of the 1st ECAM Council Summit was to discuss the principal existing and future challenges, as well as existing opportunities, that have inevitably risen during the post COVID-19 reality within the field of healthcare across Africa and the Middle East.

ECAM Council Summit - Rome 2021
The Second ECAM Council Summit offered delegates the opportunity to focus on health developments in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The theme of 2021’s summit was ‘Finding New Ways to Care’ with particular focus on the urgency of supporting and encouraging public-private approaches to healthcare provision and investment. Many speeches centered on the question of how healthcare systems can be changed and improved post pandemic and in preparation for future pandemics as well as multilateral cooperation, financial burden and debt incurred by poorer nations as a result of the pandemic.