COVID-19: A Catalyst for Decarbonization and Integration of the Mediterranean Energy Market
Jun 11, 2020 / Blog entry
This Opinion piece by Senior Advisor, Dr. Silvia Pariente-David analyses the implications of the COVID-19 crisis on energy markets and on greenhouse gas emissions. It argues that only ambitious green stimulus packages can prevent a massive rebound in emissions, centered on a massive renewable energy scale-up. It then explains why Mediterranean...
[Agenda] Achieving Territorial Resilience through Youth Empowerment
[Online Workshop] Achieving Territorial Resilience through Youth Empowerment
Jun 08, 2020 / Highlight
Background
The global crises the world is facing today are many and converge in different ways. Many scientists agree that climate change and the loss of ecosystems can be favorable to the spread of certain diseases and illnesses. Most research also recognizes that environmental degradation and, in particular, climate change will become a...
Water and Climate Change Entrepreneurship E-Hackathon
May 25, 2020 / Highlight
Solutions for the Mediterranean Region
Context
In the Framework of the World Water Day organized by the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), the CMI’s Regional Knowledge Program on Water in collaboration with the Mediterranean Youth for Water Network (MedYWat) and cewas Middle East organizing the Water and Climate Change...
CMI Mediterranean Forum on Energy and Climate Change Insights
May 14, 2020 / Library
This overview aims to inform members of the CMI Forum on Energy and Climate Change on the energy and climate policy developments in the region and on their implications for the creation of an integrated Euro-Mediterranean energy market. It focuses on EU policy developments, and related legislative changes, that are relevant to Southern and Eastern...
Middle East and North Africa Concentrating Solar Power Knowledge and Innovation Program
Apr 21, 2020 / Program
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MENA Concentrating Solar Power Knowledge and Innovation Program Website
Countries Targeted
Targeted countries include those eligible for CTF financing: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and West Bank and Gaza. Other countries in the Middle East and North Africa region are welcome to participate in knowledge...
[Agenda] World Water Day on Water and Climate Change
Mediterranean Youth Climate Heroes Contest
Mar 19, 2020 / Highlight
الهدف
الغرض من هذه المسابقة هو اختيار حوالي خمسين من شباب و شابات البحر الأبيض المتوسط ودعوتهم للمشاركة في منتدى شبابي متوسطي حول التغيير المناخي يعقده مركز التكامل المتوسطي وشركاؤه في صيف عام 2020 في إحدى البلدان المتوسطية أم عن بعد بشكل افتراضي.
لاختيار المشاركين من الشباب، يطلق مركز التكامل المتوسطي مسابقة على نطاق المتوسط وهي مسابقة...
[Youth E-conference] World Water Day on Water and Climate Change
Feb 24, 2020 / Highlight
إعلان
بسبب الإنتشار المتسارع للفيروس كورونا (COVID-19) والمخاوف الصحية المتزايدة المتعلقة بهذا المرض إضافة إلى التحديات اللوجستية التي نواجهها حاليًا على مستوى العالم نتيجة لهذا الوباء الصحي، قرر مركز التكامل المتوسطي (CMI) تحويل اليوم العالمي للمياه 2020 إلى ورشة عمل عن بعد.
اننا نوئكد أن دافعنا الرئيسي لاتخاذ هذا القرار هو ضمان صحة...
Mediterranean Water Knowledge Program
The Meaning of Mediterranean Integration Today: Beyond Trade, New Linkages and Towards Deeper Integration
CMI’s 11th Annual Meeting: Partnership for Knowledge, Knowledge for Action
Feb 12, 2020 / Highlight
Paris, France, 04 February: The CMI held its eleventh annual meeting with the presence of high-level representatives of its member countries as well as its partner organizations. The meeting, chaired by the world bank's Chief Economist for the MENA region, Rabah Arezki, gave an overview of the CMI work throughout the year and highlighted through...
[2019 Results] Resilience to Climate Change: Water
[2019 Results] Resilience to Climate Change: Energy
[2019 Results] Territorial Resilience
Adaptation du littoral au changement climatique : L'enjeu de l'érosion des plages en Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Dec 16, 2019 / Library
L’objectif de cet appel à projets est d’accompagner les collectivités et organismes gestionnaires de plages de la Région Sud dans leurs pratiques de gestion afin de les aider à mettre en œuvre des méthodes souples et/ou expérimenter des méthodes innovantes de gestion du trait de côte et d’aménagements côtiers favorables à la préservation des...
Metropolitan Workshops 2020: From Projects to Action
Dec 09, 2019 / Highlight
Rationale
The Mediterranean is now more than ever, facing major challenges created by its urban transformation, its integration into globalization, its ecological transition, its social and territorial cohesion or even the massification of its flows, and more especially migratory flows.
Territorial planning has shown its limits, particularly...
Fourth Mediterranean Water Heroes Contest on “Water and Climate Change”
Oct 30, 2019 / Highlight
في كل عام يلفت اليوم العالمي للمياه انتباه العالم إلى قضايا المياه الرئيسية في العالم. سيركز اليوم العالمي للمياه 2020 على المياه والتغير المناخي. للشباب دور هام في العمل على زيادة أمن المياه الإقليمية ونشر التوعية حول المياه، حيث يشارك الشباب في مشاريع مبتكرة متعلقة بالمياه والأبحاث ذات الصلة في جميع أنحاء البحر الأبيض المتوسط، ويشكلون...
Territorial Resilience to Climate Change
Sep 26, 2019 / Program
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Territorial resilience to climate change (TRCC), both mitigation and adaptation, refers to “the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a territory to survive, adapt, and grow, no matter what kinds of climatic and environmental chronic stresses and acute shocks they...
Water & Collaboration Know No Boundaries: Two MedYWat Members Win 100.000 Euro Grant for Joint Project
Sep 05, 2019 / Blog entry
منحة بحثية من المعهد الدولي لهندسة البني التحتية والهندسة الهيدرولية والبيئية في مجال المياه (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education) قدرها 100.000 يورو، كانت من نصيب غدير عرفه وفيصل عزيز، وهما عضوان من أعضاء شبكة شباب المتوسط من أجل المياه (MedYWat)، ليطورا مشروع "منارة: تقييم تكنولوجيات معالجة مياه الصرف الصحي وتعزيز أنظمة الري الذكية في منطقة...
[Brochure] The Mediterranean Youth for Water Network (MedYWat)
"Clean Energy for all Europeans" Package: Implications and Opportunities for the Mediterranean
Aug 12, 2019 / Library
In this briefing on the legislative package "Clean Energy for all Europeans" - CE4ALL, we explore various options for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries to cooperate with European Union Member States. The focus of cooperation options is in the area of deploying renewable energy sources, interconnections and electricity market...
World Water Week 2019 Water for Society – Including all
Aug 09, 2019 / Highlight
MENA FOCUS - Mediterranean Youth Unites Around Water
Rationale
The MENA Focus is the Water Week’s Regional Days dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa that were introduced in 2016 and coordinated ever since by GWP-Med. Being part of the MENA Focus, the showcase will discuss the context, objectives and activities of the joint...
Managing Urban Forced Displacement to Build Resilient Communities
Jul 03, 2019 / Blog entry
Globally, around 68.5 million people have fled their homes from conflict or persecution either as refugees, internally displaced persons, or asylum seekers. Contrary to what some may think, most of the displaced people don’t live in camps. In fact, it’s estimated that about 60%–80% of the world’s forcibly displaced population lives in urban areas...
[Summit of the Two Shores/Forum of the Mediterranean] Promoting Human, Economic and Sustainable Development in the Region
Jun 20, 2019 / Program
Background & Context
The Summit of the Two Shores, an initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron took place in Marseille on 24 June 2019. Building on unprecedented consultations with Mediterranean civil society, this event aims to boost cooperation between countries in the Western Mediterranean by implementing projects that support human,...
Palermo Conference Brochure
Summit of the Two Shores of the Mediterranean - Forum on Environment and Sustainable Development
May 09, 2019 / Highlight
Strategies Towards More Sustainable Food Systems in the Mediterranean Region
Background & Context: Summit of the Two Shores of the Mediterranean
On 27th August 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a Mediterranean summit penciled for 23rd and 24th June 2019 in Marseille, France: the Summit of the Two Shores of the Western...
Palermo Book of Abstracts
[Second Edition] She too is a #WaterHero
Apr 24, 2019 / Blog entry
لطالما كانت المرأة رمزاً للصمود. يتجلى هذا الصمود في قطاع المياه كذلك الأمر. ففي الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، أكثر مناطق العالم تأثراً بمشاكل المياه، تساهم النساء أيضاً في حماية المياه ومكافحة ندرتها.
استُهل هذا المشروع في ورشة العمل للشباب حول يوم المياه العالمي التي نظمها مركز التكامل المتوسطي: الحلول الطبيعية لأمن المياه في المتوسط في 2018،...
[Summit of the Two Shores - Youth, Education & Mobility Forum] CMI Advocates for a New Narrative on Education, Employability and Mobility
Apr 23, 2019 / Highlight
Background & Context
On 27th August 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a Mediterranean summit penciled for 23rd and 24th June 2019 in Marseille, France: the Summit of the Two Shores of the Western Mediterranean. This high-level meeting will bring together Heads of State/Governments from the 5+5 Western Mediterranean Dialogue...
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