(ANSAmed) - NAPLES, JUNE 17 - "We're starting from Naples to relaunch unitary work for a path of sustainable growth that sees the Mediterranean as the protagonist of a development model that holds together the demands of business and their social responsibility," said Georges Dassis, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) at the 4th edition of the Mediterranean Fair on Shared Social Responsibility in Naples.

"It's a job that must be done together with national States, to face the great question of migrants and refugees in the poorer countries," Dassis said.

During the expo, in fact, participants signed the "Naples Charter", a programmatic declaration to connect business and shared social responsibility. The charter will be the foundation of the proposal for the constitution of the Mediterranean Social Responsibility Forum, a platform for exchange, promotion and consistent programming with direction from the European Commission and the EESC.

"The union between businesses, unions, and social associations that we represent will be a determining factor for new policies in the European Union. A change that the Naples Charter launched here will be important for the future of the Mediterranean," Dassis said. Sergio Piazzi, secretary-general of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), said, "The support of the Naples Charter by Mediterranean parliaments aims to reshape the near future of the countries that face our sea. Important challenges await us, and Naples has all the characteristics to be a strategic place in the redefinition of a model of sustainable development that must concretely ensure business and labour".

The fair's president, Raffaella Papa, said the objective of the scenarios, strategies and determining tools is "to create a culture of sustainability that goes beyond just philanthropic features to activate real processes that determine a capacity to conduct responsible business".(ANSAmed).

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