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...

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...

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...

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...

Context The Mediterranean region is likely to figure prominently in the discussions taking place on the road from COP21 to COP22, and during the COP22 event itself. The Paris agreement addressed how much developing countries should take on climate change mitigation responsibilities, how developed countries should support developing countries...

For so long, celebrating Tunisia usually went hand in hand with celebrating its youth. “Tunisian youth were rather the solution and not the problem” this was the slogan communicated throughout the Ben Ali tenure. The ousted president made youth-leveraging as his personal brand.   Over twenty years of branding and marketing to hide the ugly...

بعد خمس سنوات على الثورة، أقرت الحكومة التونسية بالتحديات الاقتصادية بما في ذلك نقص الاستثمارات الأجنبية وارتفاع معدل البطالة. ويدعو كثير من التونسيين إلى ثورة ثانية للمطالبة بفرص اقتصادية هذه المرة تشمل ريادة الأعمال وما تهيئه من فرص عمل. و مع إن العمل في ريادة الأعمال في تونس ليس دائما بالأمر الهين، فمجرد تسجيل شركة قد يصبح عملية صعبة إلا أن ...

Over 50 participants from several ministries and public agencies from the water, agriculture and environment sectors as well as local and regional water administrations, representatives of water users groups, experts and researchers, and representatives from international finance institutions and agencies convened in Tunis to share the knowledge...