[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...
[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...
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...
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...
[New Website] Dialogue of the Two Shores
Dec 14, 2020 / Highlight
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...
Water and Climate Change Entrepreneurial E-Bootcamp
Nov 24, 2020 / Highlight
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Rationale
Back in June 2020, in the framework of the World Water Day organized annually by the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), the CMI, Cewas Middle East and the Mediterranean Youth for Water MedYWat network, jointly implemented an e-Hackathon which gathered 61 young participants from the Mediterranean...
[CMI-FEMISE Webinar Series] Navigating through COVID-19 in the Mediterranean Act 1: Strategies for Integration and Resilience
Nov 23, 2020 / Highlight
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Context
The recent coronavirus crisis threatens the health, economies and societies of any country, regardless of its level of development. In the countries of the East and South of the Mediterranean the fight against the pandemic is even more complicated. It must be done with limited healthcare and economic...
CMI and FEMISE Seal Partnership: Cooperation for Knowledge Creation and Policy Impact
Nov 10, 2020 / Highlight
Marseille, France, 10 November 2020 – The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), and FEMISE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking the launch of a new collaboration agreement between the two organizations. CMI and FEMISE will conduct joint initiatives to reinforce Mediterranean dialogue and build synergies among Mediterranean...
MENA Countries Can Improve Trade and Regional Integration to Improve the Economy After COVID-19
Oct 27, 2020 / Library
In this interview, MENA Economic Update authors Ha Nguyen, World Bank Senior Economist for MENA, and Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Integration, explain just how trade openness in the region can be significant in achieving inclusiveness and alleviating poverty, and how there is a key opportunity now to move towards...
[Webinar Series] Enhancing the Protection of Ecosystems through Youth Empowerment
Oct 22, 2020 / Highlight
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Background
The Mediterranean region has been classified as one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the world (IPCC, 2013). Building territorial resilience has become essential to adapt to stresses and shocks, whether the stresses are climatic, socio-economic, or pandemic related. One of the key elements of territorial...
Trading Together: Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-Covid Era
Oct 21, 2020 / Highlight
مع انهيار النمو الاقتصادي بالمنطقة، تتدهور أرصدة الموازنة وحسابات المعاملات الجارية، ومن المتوقع أن يرتفع الدين العام ارتفاعاً ملموساً.
واشنطن، 19 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2020 – ذكر البنك الدولي في تقريره الاقتصادي أن التجارة والتكامل داخل منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، ومع بقية بلدان العالم، سيشكلان عاملاً حيوياً في خفض معدلات الفقر وتمكين...
A Digital Financial Education to Support the «New Normal» in the Post-Pandemic Era
Oct 20, 2020 / 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.
Achieving Territorial Resilience Through Youth Empowerment: 1st Meeting of the Mediterranean Youth for Climate Action Network
Sep 29, 2020 / Highlight
Background
The Mediterranean is one of the most affected regions by climate change. Building territorial resilience has become essential to adapt to stresses and shocks, whether the stresses are climatic, socio-economic, or pandemic related. One of the key elements of territorial resilience pathways includes youth empowerment....
Responsive Transportation-Oriented Policies for the MED Region in the Face of Covid-19
Sep 29, 2020 / Library
This article is part of the CMI/FEMISE joint “COVID-19 Med Brief Series”, aimed at addressing the urgent issue of the COVID-19 socio-economic effects and impact on the EU-Mediterranean region.
Achieving Territorial Resilience Through Youth Empowerment: 1st Meeting of the Mediterranean Youth for Climate Action Network (AGENDA)
[Youth Forum] Young Med Voices Regional Virtual Forum: Harnessing Youth-Led Efforts for A Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda
Sep 18, 2020 / Highlight
Context & Rationale
Held for the second year, the Euro-Med Debate and Policy Forum, is an inter-regional dialogue-based high-level event bringing together young leaders from across the two shores of the Mediterranean, trained in policy debate and active civil society players, for a program of online intercultural debates, policy...
[MedYWat Working Papers] Water & Climate Change
Local Economic Development in Municipalities Hosting Refugees
Jul 08, 2020 / Library
This report collects the outcomes of discussions and surveys carried out in 3 years among members of the Host Municipalities Learning Network (HMLN). It provides an overview of the findings collected in five opinion surveys and workshop discussions from May 2016 to July 2019 and derives an overview of main challenges, priorities,...
[TRAINING SERIES] Online Workshop 3 - Private Sector Engagement in Host Communities: Adapting to the COVID-19 Crisis
Jul 02, 2020 / Highlight
شبكة التعلم الخاصة بالبلديات المستضيفة المتوسطية
سلسلة ورش العمل التدريبية الافتراضية - ورشة العمل 3
"مشاركة القطاع الخاص في المجتمعات المستضيفة: التكيف مع أزمة كوفيد-19"
السياق
تأتي هذه الورشة التدريبية الافتراضية لتشكل الجزء الثالث من سلسلة ورش العمل التدريبية الافتراضية "الوظائف ريادة الأعمال ومشاركة القطاع الخاص في المجتمعات المستضيفة:...
Summit of the Two Shores: A Project Implementation Platform at the CMI
Jun 29, 2020 / Library
French Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian entrusted the CMI with hosting a platform for facilitating and monitoring the implementation of the projects emerging from the Sommet des Deux Rives (Summit of the Two Shores).
The Summit of the Two Shores is an initiative launched by French President Macron, involving...
Webinar Online Workshop 2 - Presentation - Boustani - Haddad
Webinar Online Workshop 2 - Presentation - Nida Hussein
Online Workshop 2 - Presentation - Maroun Antoun
Webinar Online Workshop 2 - Presentation - Nadine Chehade
Webinar Online Workshop 2 - Presentation - Lady Manoukian Habchy
[TRAINING SERIES] Online Workshop 2 - Fostering Employment and Entrepreneurship for Locals and Refugees: New Challenges from COVID-19 Crisis for Host Local Authorities – Part 2
Jun 10, 2020 / Highlight
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شبكة التعلم الخاصة بالبلديات المستضيفة المتوسطية
سلسلة ورش العمل التدريبية الافتراضية - ورشة العمل 2
"تشجيع التوظيف وريادة الأعمال بين السكان المحليين واللاجئين: التحديات الجديدة التي فرضتها أزمة كوفيد-19 على السلطات المحلية المستضيفة - الجزء 2"
السياق
الورشة التدريبية الافتراضية لتشكل الجزء الثاني من سلسلة ورش العمل التدريبية الافتراضية...
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Nadine Burbar
Webinar Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Fuat Ozharat
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Mauro Testaverde
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Mohamad Abu Gaoud
Oct 26, 2016
