Metropolitan Workshops 2021: Brochure
Valuing Water: Religious, social, cultural perspectives from Palestine
Promoting Data-Driven Processes in the Response and Recovery from the Pandemic through Regional Collaboration and Peer Learning
Apr 21, 2021 / Library
This policy brief investigates the vital role of data-driven decision-making in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It begins with setting the context by elaborating on existing practices and challenges towards a data-driven approach in decision making. The brief cites regional examples from the South Mediterranean, sub-Saharan Africa, and...
[Interview] International Vision on Vaccination
Apr 20, 2021 / Library
Interviewed by Paco Doblas for Aragón Radio, CMI Manager, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, weighs that the COVID-19 crisis is not one about vaccination rather about strengthen the health systems of the poorer countries and enabling them to manufacture their own medicines and vaccines in the future.
[Summary] World Bank BBL: “From Knowledge to Action: Supporting Operations with Recommendations, Needs and Priorities from Host Local Authorities on Private Sector Engagement”
[Presentation] Beakout Session : Air Quality
[Presentation] Breakout Session: Mobility and Emissions Reduction
[Presentation] Cristian Chiavetta: Achieving Food Security and Ecosystem Resilience
[Presentation] Nathalie Beckett: Ecotourism and Protected Areas
[Presentation] Breakout Session: Nature Based Solutions
[Presentation] Opening Remarks: Andres Alcantara
[Presentation] Dalia Abulfotuh: Food Systems Summit and Youth
[Presentation] Opening Remarks: Frederic de Dinechin
[Presentation] Dani Harake: Intro Covid19 Impact on the Environment
[Presentation] Hayfe Chamkhi: Wildlife Conservation
Energy Transition, Sustainability, and Labor Market Policies: Implications and Recommendations for the South Mediterranean Countries
Apr 14, 2021 / Library
COVID-19 intensifies the urgency for a sustainability transition. The Paris Agreement, the UN Agenda 2030, and the European Green Deal make a priority the increase of renewable energy sources in the energy mix and the decarbonization of the economies. This energy transition will have a significant impact on the South Mediterranean countries,...
Mediterranean Platform for Knowledge Exchange on Green Hydrogen
Apr 13, 2021 / Program
Reaching carbon neutrality cannot rely on renewable energy resources and electrification alone and will need the widespread development of hydrogen as a vector of decarbonization. Developing countries in the Mediterranean region with good renewable energy resources could produce green hydrogen locally, generating economic opportunities, increasing...
[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...
CMI Newsletter #63 Edition | February / March 2021
[Webinar] Hydrogen in the Mediterranean: National Policies and Strategies in Selected Countries
Apr 12, 2021 / Highlight
World Bank – CMI Joint Webinar Series
Knowledge Exchange on Green Hydrogen for the Mediterranean Region
Hydrogen in the Mediterranean: National Policies and Strategies in Selected Countries
Thursday April 29, 2021 | 09:00 EDT/15:00CET
Background
The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the World Bank are organizing a series of...
CMI Mediterranean Forced Displacement & Migration Newsletter – Issue #21 - (EN/AR)
Promoting Virtual Exchange as a Resilient Way to Strengthen Academic Internationalization in the South Mediterranean Region
Apr 07, 2021 / Library
Summary: Against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, this policy brief focuses on Virtual Exchange (VE), a methodology that can contribute to solving the current education and mobility challenges faced by South Mediterranean countries by enhancing the quality and inclusiveness of Higher Education, despite the severe limitations to...
[Presentation] Valuing Water
[CALL FOR CONTRIBUTION] SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE FOR TOMORROW: PAVING THE WAY FOR YOUTH!
[Call for Contributions] Youth for Sustainable Food Systems: #Youth4SFS
Apr 06, 2021 / Highlight
Rationale
The CIHEAM Watch Letter is an electronic publication sharing short contributions on the issues of agricultural and rural development , fisheries and coastal development and more generally on food systems in the Mediterranean to a large and heterogeneous audience.
For this special edition (No 41) the International Center for Advanced...
[Blanca's PPT] Setting the Stage: A New Vision for the Mediterranean
[Fofack's PPT] Setting the Stage: A New Vision for the Mediterranean
[Agenda] - Funding Opportunities for Development Projects in Municipalities Hosting Refugees
[Interview] International Vision on Water
Mar 29, 2021 / Library
Interviewed by Ainhara Güerri for Aragón Radio, CMI Manager, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, stresses on the importance of fostering dialogue between science and politics on one hand, and between engineering logic and popular sentiments on the other, in order to solve the issue of water consumption in the Mediterranean.
CMI Annual Report 2020
Mar 29, 2021 / Highlight
Following opening statements by Stefan Koeberle, Director for the World Bank’s MENA Strategy and Operations; Karim Amellal, Ambassador and Inter-Ministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean for France’s Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs; Mohamed Benchaaboun, Morocco’s Minister of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform; Rania Al-Mashat,...