Knowledge Economy
Sep 20, 2012 / Program
Lead Organization
The World Bank.
Partners
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), European Investment Bank (EIB), INSEAD (Graduate business school), European Commission (EC) and others.
Challenges
The challenges cited below apply to the new phase of the Knowledge Economy Program (2015-2020) focusing on Tunisia:...
Conference on Climate Change and Natural Hazard Risks
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
The Middle East and North Africa region has the highest coastal concentration in the world and most of the forecasted population growth in the region will happen in coastal cities. Indeed, MENA coastal cities are home to over 60 million people today and an estimated 100 million by 2030. In addition, The Mediterranean region is one of the most...
Workshop on Managing International Labor Migration for Better Development Outcomes (June 13-15, 2011)
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
Background: The recent events across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are a strong reminder that one of the main challenges facing countries in the Arab World is to absorb the large cohort of young and increasingly well-educated labor market entrants into productive employment. The current inability to provide sufficient numbers of quality...
Legal Prosecutors Network against Marine Pollution Workshop
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
The Sustainable MED program is a 5 year program aimed at enhancing and accelerating the implementation of trans-boundary pollution reduction, improving water resources management, and developing biodiversity conservation measures in priority hotspots and sensitive areas in selected Mediterranean basin countries that would help to achieve the...
Workshop on regional flagship study - Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
From June 1 to 5, 2011, the Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) will host a meeting of the authors of a forthcoming World Bank/League of Arab States joint report on climate change adaptation in the Arab world. The report, entitled "Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab...
Workshop on Services for Innovating Firms, CMI
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
This workshop, jointly organized by the CMI, the EIB and the World Bank Institute took place in Villa Valmer, Marseille.
The objective of the workshop was to respond to the concerns of science park and incubator managers from the Mediterranean partner countries (MPCs) in order better to identify and assess the services required by the innovating...
Regional Study on Trade Facilitation and Infrastructure for North Africa Countries, Algiers
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
This workshop was hosted by the Algerian Government, Ministry of Finance, organised by the World Bank (Vice President of North Africa and Middle East). The Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) also sponsored the workshop.
The first objective of the workshop, based on specific theme issues, was to present the diagnosis and proposals of the...
Conference on Urban Development Strategies in the Mediterranean
Nov 02, 2011 / Highlight
General information:
Program
Executive summary of the Urban Development Strategies Report - عربي
Urban Development Strategies Report - French only
The Barcelona Call for Local Empowerment in the Mediterranean
Conclusions of the workshop
Link to the website of the conference
Objectives of the Conference:
The objective of this...
