DESERTEC Foundation: Start

Initiated by the DESERTEC Foundation and Munich Re, the world’s leading reinsurance company, the Dii is a unique industry initiative which was launched as ‘Desertec Industrial Initiative’ in July 2009. The initiative aims at creating the conditions for an accelerated implementation of the DESERTEC concept in EUMENA. The Dii was founded under German law as a GmbH (limited liability company) in Munich on 30 October 2009.

Dii is a joint venture founded by 13 founding signatories. The shareholder base and the company network will be broadened continuously as further companies from north and south of the Mediterranean will join as shareholders or associated partners.

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