Ministerial Session: Digital Technology for a Connected Mediterranean
Jan 03, 2017 / Library
In the context of the 10th Mediterranean Economic Week, CMI organized a ministerial session on “Digital technology for a connected Mediterranean” facilitated by Wala KASMI, president of the “Youth Decides” association (Tunisia) with the participation of ministers from Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia and representatives of Agence Française de...
Economic and Social Inclusion to Prevent Violent Extremism
Dec 13, 2016 / Library
Bringing an end to civil wars and countering violent extremism are the highest priority for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While much of the effort involves the security sector, an economic perspective can shed light on the underlying causes of violent extremism. The MENA Economic Monitor is a product of the World Bank' Chief...
Youth Radicalization: Looking at the Supply Side
Dec 13, 2016 / Library
Tunisia is one of the most secular countries in the Arab region, and it has one of the most developed education systems. Yet, young people from there are attracted in their thousands—like in no other country—to jihadism.
Development and Violent Extremism Prevention
Nov 30, 2016 / Program
Countries Targeted
Countries from the North and South of the Mediterranean.
Partners
CMI, AFD, World Bank.
Regional Context
Recent terrorist attacks and the growth of ISIS have highlighted how the phenomenon of violent extremism is a regional public bad. Experts have identified common causes in northern and southern countries leading youth to...
Youth
Nov 30, 2016 / Program
Countries Targeted
Countries of the southern Mediterranean.
Partners
CMI, World Bank, Anna Lindh Foundation.
Regional Context
The decision of the CMI’s Oversight Committee in June 2015 to focus on youth constituted a fundamental shift in the CMI’s priorities. Since then, the CMI has placed youth at the center of its work by adopting...
Education, Innovation, Employability
Nov 29, 2016 / Program
Countries Targeted
Countries of the southern Mediterranean.
Partners
AFD; CMI; EIB; Islamic Development Bank (IsDB); Union for the Mediterranean (UfM); and the World Bank.
Regional Context
The quality of education remains the number one challenge to building inclusive Arab societies that are cohesive and stable. The pattern is...
Urban Development and Territorial Cohesion
Nov 29, 2016 / Program
Countries Targeted
Countries of Southern and Northern Mediterranean.
Partners
The Center for Mediterranean Integration in partnership with AFD, Agence des Villes et Territoires Méditerranéens Durables (Avitem), CDC, Cities Alliance, CODATU, GIZ, EIB, MedCities, World Bank, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), UCLG-MEWA.
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Mediterranean Forum on Energy and Climate Change
Nov 29, 2016 / Program
Countries Targeted
Countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.
Lead Organizations
European Commission (EC), Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), World Bank.
Partners
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Association of Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG), Association of...
Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Water Management Policies in The Mediterranean Region
Regional Water Security Initiative
Agenda: Regional Mediterranean Workshop on Desalination, Non Revenue Water Reduction and Public-Private Partnership under Water Scarcity
Regional Mediterranean Workshop on Desalination, Non Revenue Water Reduction and Public-Private Partnership under Water Scarcity
Nov 17, 2016 / Highlight
Context and Rationale
Currently almost a quarter of humanity live in countries of physical water scarcity, and this number may double in the next two decades. The challenge is particularly acute in the Mediterranean region, which is both the most water scarce region in the world and one of the most urbanized.
Faced with dwindling resources and...
MOOC : radicalisation et terrorisme
Oct 20, 2016 / Library
Le MOOC radicalisation et terrorisme vise à analyser le phénomène et à capitaliser sur la réflexion autour des moyens pour y remédier à l’échelle individuelle et collective. Il s’adresse à un large public et à tous les arabophones et francophones s’intéressant à la question. Le contenu de ce cours programmé sur 7 semaines propose...
Regional Knowledge Program on Water
Oct 20, 2016 / Program
Lead Organization(s)
Center for Mediterranean Integration
Partner Organization(s)
Agence Française de Développement
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
European Investment Bank
International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Plan Bleu
World Bank
Union for the Mediterranean
Global Water...
«Génération radicale» : Rapport de Malek Boutih sur le djihadisme
Fikra 2015: Youssef Seddik
Oct 12, 2016 / Library
Discours de Youssef Seddik: Philosophe, poète et anthropologue, dans le cadre du forum Fikra 2015, visant encourager la génération jeune au succès.
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Méditerranée une histoire à partager
Estimating Informal Trade across Tunisia’s Land Borders
Radicalisations ? Les paradoxes tunisiens
Oct 12, 2016 / Library
La tentation du Jihad intervient dans un contexte de double délitement du lien social et du lien national : lorsque des franges de la jeunesse se retrouvent littéralement «hors circuit». Mais le passage à l’acte, c’est-à-dire à la violence radicale n’en est pas pour autant automatique.
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After Ben Guerdane
Oct 12, 2016 / Library
Tunisians will remember the March 7, 2016 terrorist incursion in the border town of Ben Guerdane for a long time. Analysts and officials have speculated that the aim of the assailants was to establish a Daech emirate near the Tunisian-Libyan border.
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Education Reform to Create Entrepreneurs
Oct 10, 2016 / Blog entry
تتسارع دقات الساعة على ضفتي البحر المتوسط، فهناك قوة عاملة تتقدم في العمر على إحدى الضفتين، وعلى الضفة الأخرى هناك فائض في القوة العاملة. ورغم ذلك وأيا كانت الديناميكيات الديموجرافية، فإن منطقة البحر المتوسط تواجه تحدياً هائلاً: توفير مستقبل آمن يتسم بالقوة والازدهار لشبابه مما ينعكس بالفائدة على مجتمعاته وعلى تنميتها الاقتصادية وتقدمها.
ولا...
Arab World Start-ups Need Partners, Pathways, and Talent to Access Markets
Sep 26, 2016 / Blog entry
يعد الدخول إلى الأسواق مهم لنمو الشركات الناشئة في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا. فالشركات الناشئة التي تسعى إلى توسيع عملياتها في حاجة إلى التفكير في استراتيجيات النمو من أول يوم تولد فيه، ليس فقط على المستوى الوطني، بل أيضا على المستوى الإقليمي. ومع هذا، فإن المناورة للتوسع في دول جديدة هي عملية معقدة تتوقف على إيجاد الطرق المناسبة والأشخاص...
Management of Groundwater Resources as Common Goods
Sep 26, 2016 / Library
Synthesis report including i) a presentation of the theoretical background of common-pool resources management and the main instruments available, with emphasis on decentralized, local-level solutions as elaborated by Elinor Ostrom (Nobel Prize 2009) and her followers, and ii) a series of groundwater management case studies from Northern and...
Digital Technologies for Economic Development in the Mediterranean
Sep 26, 2016 / MDF
Starts: Nov 4, 2016 Ends: Nov 4, 2016
Location: Villa Méditerranée, Marseille, France
A multi-partner dialogue to try to answer the following questions: What is the impact of digital technologies on economic development? How can digital technologies provide solutions to operational improvements to promote growth, employment and fight...
Young, Loud and Clear
Jul 20, 2016 / Library
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), being young is a superpower. It is the youth who have started revolutions, led their countries to freedom and made history. In this set of videos, ten of the region’s most aspiring youth speak about their generation’s achievements, challenges, dreams and legacy.
You may also wish to watch the full...
Youth Radicalization—Looking at the Supply Side
Jul 07, 2016 / Blog entry
تونس هي واحدة من أكثر البلدان العربية انتهاجاً للعلمانية، وتتميز بنظام تعليم متطور في المنطقة. إلا أن الآلاف من شبابها أشد افتتانا بالجهاد من أي بلد آخر. قد نجد الإجابة على هذا التساؤل في الفصول المدرسية حيث تفترس الحركات الأصولية الأطفال في المدارس الابتدائية والثانوية، لاسيما الأطفال المحرومين الذين يشعرون بالتهميش في المجتمع العام.
وقد...
[Workshop] Preventing Violence and Radicalization in Schools
Jun 30, 2016 / Highlight
Context / Rationale
Violence and radicalization in schools, especially at the high school level, is a relatively new phenomenon in Tunisia. This challenge needs to be tackled collectively and with more force in order to minimise its impacts and progressively reduce its magnitude.
The workshop intended to begin a process of capacity building of...
The Paradox of Higher Education in MENA
Jun 30, 2016 / Blog entry
شر هذا المقال لأول مرة في مدونة التنمية في المستقبل.
ملحوظة: هذه هي النسخة العربية من كلمتي الرئيسية التي ألقيتها مؤخرا في مؤتمر منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا عن "تحولات جذرية في مفاهيم التعليم العالي" الذي عقد في الجزائر العاصمة يوم 30 مايو/أيار إلى 2 يونيو/حزيران.
لقد كانت منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا مهد التعليم العالي. حيث تحتضن...
Sustainable Urban Transport - Middle East and North Africa - Issue #1
Jun 22, 2016 / Library
First Webinar organized by the Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Transport : How to implement a mass transport project?
Monday, July 18, 2016
Rabat 10:00 / 11:00 Algiers, Tunis / Paris 12:00 / 13h00 Beirut
The implementation of mass transit projects includes difficult challenges for many southern cities in the Mediterranean. With...
Community of Practice on Sustainable Urban Transport
Jun 22, 2016 / Program
Countries Targeted
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza, and also Libya, Syria and other MENA countries
Lead Organization(s)
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Partners
CODATU (Cooperation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World)
CEREMA (Center for Studies and Expertise on Risks,...
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