Medressa started with a pilot activity in 1998 with three Mediterranean and two European Countries. In 2001 the second Medressa project was launched, now with four European and seven Mediterranean countries in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus. European offices are in Germany, France, Spain and Italy. Both projects were funded by the European Commission under the ESPRIT and IST Programme.

31 Events have been organised by these two projects, with an average local attendance of 80. In total 160 Europeans from the private sector and universities attended to present their products or IT developments, reaching an audience of over 2500.