International Trade and Labor Markets: Evidence from Egypt and Post-Covid shocks
The Post-Covid-19 Complementary Agenda
[Agenda] Knowledge Event on “Trade, Employment and Post-COVID Integration in Global Value Chains (GVCs)” What accompanying policies are needed to reap employment benefits in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia?
On Trade Policy and Inclusiveness: What is at Stake?
[Webinar] Trade, Employment and Post-COVID Integration in Global Value Chains (GVCs)
Jul 15, 2021 / Highlight
[Webinar] Trade, Employment and Post-COVID Integration in Global Value Chains (GVCs)"
What accompanying policies are needed to reap employment benefits
in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia?
27 JULY 2021 | 15:00-17:30 PARIS TIME (09:00-11:30 AM EDT)
Rationale
By allowing countries to specialize in producing the goods and services where they have...
[Recording] New Dimensions of Regional Integration: From Trade to Deeper Integration
[Webinar] Flagship report: Transforming Markets for More and Better Jobs in MENA
May 31, 2021 / Highlight
Virtual consultative workshop
Flagship report “Transforming Markets for More and Better Jobs in MENA”: Virtual consultative
Context
The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the World Bank, in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South, are organizing a virtual consultative workshop on June 7, 2021, to engage youth...
[Agenda] Flagship report “Transforming Markets for More and Better Jobs in MENA”
[2021 Results] Socio-Economic Transformation: Co-Development and Integration
[2021 Results] Socio-Economic Transformation: Human Capital and Mobility
[2021 Results] Dialogue of the Two Shores
Youth, Actors for Change: Rethinking Mobility
May 25, 2021 / Library
English
“Youth, Actors for Change: Rethinking Mobility”
This paper aims to contribute to a new discourse – around education, employability, and mobility, to enable the youth to become drivers for change in the Mediterranean region – appealed for in the “Commitments for a New Ambition in the Mediterranean” made in the framework of the...
[Webinar] New Dimensions of Regional Integration: From Trade to Deeper Integration
May 18, 2021 / Highlight
Enhancing Mediterranean Integration: Regional Knowledge Series
Session 2. New Dimensions of Regional Integration: From Trade to Deeper Integration
Context
Despite displaying a large potential, the three interlinked dimensions of regional integration those being —foreign direct investment, trade of goods and services, and peoples’ mobility...
[ONLINE TRAINING] Approaches, Methods and Tools for Host Municipalities to Engage with the Private Sector
Apr 28, 2021 / Highlight
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المعلومات الأساسية
جلبت جائحة كوفيد-19 في عام 2020 تحديات جديدة في البلدان التي تكافح بالفعل لإدارة الضغط الاجتماعي والاقتصادي الإضافي الناشئ عن استضافة اللاجئين والنازحين. حيث أدت إجراءات الإغلاق التي فرضت في العديد من البلدان إلى إغلاق الشركات ووقف الأنشطة الاقتصادية. على الرغم من اتخاذ تدابير الدعم الاجتماعي، إلا أن عدد العمال الذين فقدوا...
Webinar Program and Agenda - How can Municipalities Hosting Refugees Work with The Private Sector for Economic Recovery?
Metropolitan Workshops 2021: From Projects to Action
Apr 21, 2021 / Highlight
Rationale
The Metropolitan Workshops is an initiative by the Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories (AViTeM), the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the French Development Agency (AFD). It consists in a series of three immersive and interactive trainings targeting urban practitioners, urban planners,...
[Webinar] How can Municipalities Hosting Refugees Work with The Private Sector for Economic Recovery?
Apr 13, 2021 / Highlight
Background
COVID-19 has had severe economic impacts on local economies and communities, particularly the most vulnerable. The pandemic has disrupted supply chains and led to reverse migration, stagnant rural non-farm economies, and devastating consequences for community/women groups, youth, and informal workers. Extreme poverty is likely to...
Revitalizing Mediterranean Integration: Why this is good for MENA
Mar 25, 2021 / Blog entry
قبل ربع قرن، التزمت منطقة المتوسط التزاماً سياسياً قوياً بوضع المنطقة على طريق السلام والاستقرار والرخاء من خلال إعلان برشلونة. ومع احتفالنا بذكرى هذا الإعلان، ينبغي أن نعيد إلى الأذهان أن البلدان الواقعة على ضفتي البحر المتوسط قد تعهدت ببدء المسار نحو تعميق التعاون الاقتصادي وتعزيز التجارة والاستثمار وتسهيل نقل التكنولوجيا وتدعيم الروابط...
[HMLN Webinar] Funding Opportunities for Development Projects in Municipalities Hosting Refugees
Mar 22, 2021 / Highlight
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المعلومات الأساسية
بناء على طلبات أعضاء شبكة التعلم الخاصة بالبلديات المستضيفة، يعمل مركز التكامل المتوسطي وبرنامج المدن الضامة التابع للوكالة الألمانية للتعاون الدولي جنباً إلى جنب من أجل زيادة القدرات البلدية في العثور على مصادر تمويل بديلة. ومن بين هذه الأنشطة، قاد برنامج المدن الضامة ورشة عمل للممارسين حول " التنمية الاقتصادية المحلية وخلق...
[Webinar] Setting the Stage: A New Vision for the Mediterranean
Mar 09, 2021 / Highlight
Enhancing Mediterranean Integration: Regional Knowledge Series
Session 1. Setting the Stage: A New Vision for the Mediterranean
Context
Previous studies on regional integration across the Mediterranean highlighted a large underexploited potential of increasing the trade flow of goods and services, contributing to the economic and social...
Reducing Gender Inequality and Unemployment among Women in the Mediterranean: Post-Covid Responses and Areas for More Regional Cooperation
Mar 08, 2021 / Library
This article is part of the CMI/FEMISE joint “COVID-19 Med Policy Brief Series”, aimed at addressing the urgent issue of the COVID-19 socio-economic effects and impact on the EU-Mediterranean region.
COVID-19 and Women Employment in Mediterranean Countries: Impact and Policies for Reducing Gender Inequality in Work Med
Mar 08, 2021 / Library
This article is part of the CMI/FEMISE joint “COVID-19 Med Policy Brief Series”, aimed at addressing the urgent issue of the COVID-19 socio-economic effects and impact on the EU-Mediterranean region.
Enhancing Mediterranean Integration
Jan 21, 2021 / Library
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, this report examines the various dimensions of Mediterranean integration in today’s context and provides policy recommendations for enhancing Mediterranean integration, beyond trade agreements. The report suggests enhancing growth through comprehensive trade reforms, while also...
[ONLINE WORKSHOP] Local Economic Development and Job Creation in MENA- Connective Cities Virtual Projects Workshop
Jan 15, 2021 / Highlight
Context
Local economic development (LED) is key to achieve sustainable development goals as well as a pathway to eradicate poverty and increase shared prosperity. Cities in MENA have registered relatively dynamic economic growth and investment rates during the first decade of the century, however, political instability and security threats have...
Guidance Document: Local Inclusion for Migrants and Refugees
Jan 15, 2021 / Library
After a first meeting at the margins of International Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Migration in 2018, the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and development (OECD), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United...
Internationalization of Tertiary Education in MENA in the COVID-19 Context
Jan 11, 2021 / Highlight
Context:
In the Mediterranean, youth are bearing the brunt of the crises and undergoing exclusion on the economic, social and political levels, with high unemployment and a lack of opportunities to take part in public life. Nevertheless, they represent the Mediterranean region’s best opportunity. A massive investment in human capital is needed, in...
Enhancing Mediterranean Integration
Dec 30, 2020 / Library
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, this report examines the various dimensions of Mediterranean integration in today’s context and provides policy recommendations for enhancing Mediterranean integration, beyond trade agreements. The report suggests enhancing growth through comprehensive trade reforms, while also...
General Guidelines for CMI-FEMISE “COVID-19 MED BRIEFS”
FDI in the Mediterannean & Post-Covid Opportunities
Dec 02, 2020 / Library
In the framework of the regional Mediterranean of the Future Act IV event, and as a follow-up to the commitments of the previous edition, the Mediterranean Club of Investors was launched on November 30, 2020. The CMI was invited to participate, and Blanca Moreno-Dodson, CMI manager, gave a presentation about Foreign Direct Investments (...
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