World Bank Launches Women Risk Management Start-up Competition in the Middle East and North Africa
Feb 23, 2015 / Highlight
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The World Bank is organizing a women risk management start-up competition in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This competition is a public-private partnership between the World Bank, the IFC, MIT Enterprise Forum, IE Business School, Johnson and Johnson, Arab Urban Development Institute, the MENA Early Stage Investment...
CoMun Program Presents Findings at Annual German-Maghreb Dialogue on Urban Development
Feb 02, 2015 / Highlight
February 2-4, 2015 – Berlin, Germany
GIZ/CMI experts working on the CoMun program attended the annual German-Maghreb Dialogue on Urban Development, organized by the GIZ. Some 100 participants (including representatives from the Maghreb region and Germany, central governments, associations, civil society and academics) were able to discuss...
Urban Risk Assesment and Climate Change Adaptation in Algiers: a new step towards resilient cities in the Mediterranean
Jan 29, 2015 / Highlight
In 2030, North-African coastal cities will be home to 100 million people, these cities are also exposed to serious risks of natural disasters, such as flash floods, landslides, coastal erosion, water scarcity and earthquakes, most of which will be intensified by climate change in the coming decades. The city of Algiers gathers 3 million...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 28, 2015 / Blog entry
جاك ولد عودية*
ماذا سنناقش؟ الهجرة الدولية والمغتربون، والتنمية، والمواطن الأصلية للمهاجرين، والبلدان المضيفة ... والروابط التي يقيمها المهاجرون كل يوم والتي تضم جميع هذه العناصر. سنناقش هذه القضايا في 8 مشاركات. يرجى عدم التردد في التعليق وتوجيه النقد وتقديم الاقتراحات وطرح الأسئلة والاتفاق... هذا المساحة مخصصة للتعبير عن أنفسكم.
الحلقة...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 26, 2015 / Blog entry
جاك ولد عودية*
ماذا سنناقش؟ الهجرة الدولية والمغتربون، والتنمية، والمواطن الأصلية للمهاجرين، والبلدان المضيفة ... والروابط التي يقيمها المهاجرون كل يوم والتي تضم جميع هذه العناصر. سنناقش هذه القضايا في 8 مشاركات. يرجى عدم التردد في التعليق وتوجيه النقد وتقديم الاقتراحات وطرح الأسئلة والاتفاق... هذا المساحة مخصصة للتعبير عن أنفسكم.
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Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 23, 2015 / Blog entry
جاك ولد عودية*
ماذا سنناقش؟ الهجرة الدولية والمغتربون، والتنمية، والمواطن الأصلية للمهاجرين، والبلدان المضيفة ... والروابط التي يقيمها المهاجرون كل يوم والتي تضم جميع هذه العناصر. سنناقش هذه القضايا في 8 مشاركات. يرجى عدم التردد في التعليق وتوجيه النقد وتقديم الاقتراحات وطرح الأسئلة والاتفاق... هذا المساحة مخصصة للتعبير عن أنفسكم.
الحلقة 6...
Consultations with MENA Diaspora on their Contributions to their Countries of Origin (Part 2)
Jan 23, 2015 / Highlight
January 23 and 26, 2015 – Paris, France
The World Bank/CMI MENA integration program partnered with IPEMED and organized focus group discussions with Moroccan and Algerian members of diaspora, to investigate instruments contributing to the economic development of their countries of origin, thus enhancing regional and global integration...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 21, 2015 / Blog entry
جاك ولد عودية*
ماذا سنناقش؟ الهجرة الدولية والمغتربون، والتنمية، والمواطن الأصلية للمهاجرين، والبلدان المضيفة ... والروابط التي يقيمها المهاجرون كل يوم والتي تضم جميع هذه العناصر. سنناقش هذه القضايا في 8 مشاركات. يرجى عدم التردد في التعليق وتوجيه النقد وتقديم الاقتراحات وطرح الأسئلة والاتفاق... هذا المساحة مخصصة للتعبير عن أنفسكم.
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CMI Participates in Marseille Debate on Climate Change in Preparation for “Conference Paris Climat 2015” (COP 21)
Jan 21, 2015 / Highlight
January 21, 2015 – Marseille, France
In preparation for the “Conference Paris Climat 2015” (COP 21), CMI Green Growth experts participated in a debate on climate change focusing on the questions resulting from the Lima climate change conference (December 2014). The debate was organized by Aix-Marseille University and involved...
Network of Urban Developers Discusses Integrating Sustainable Economics within Urban Development Projects in the Mediterranean
Jan 20, 2015 / Highlight
The Network of Urban Developers in the Mediterranean gathered for a workshop at the Villa Valmer in Marseille on October 22, 23 and 24.
Entitled «Implementing economic development strategies in large, sustainable urban projects in the Mediterranean : Employment and innovation policy in sustainable urban projects”, the workshop was organized by...
Demographic Changes: Were the Revolutions in the Arab Countries Inevitable?
Jan 16, 2015 / Blog entry
يوسف كرباج*
سيظل عام 2011 في تاريخ المنطقة بل وحتى في تاريخ الإنسانية عام المعجزات. إذ أدت الاضطرابات السياسية التي شهدتها بلدان مثل تونس ومصر وليبيا وسوريا واليمن والبحرين، إلى تحولات كبرى طرأت على مختلف الأصعدة الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والثقافية والإيديولوجية والدينية. ولكن هل نحن مدركون تماما أن لها بعدا ديموغرافيا أيضا؟
سنتطرق في البداية...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 16, 2015 / Blog entry
جاك ولد عودية*
ماذا سنناقش؟ الهجرة الدولية والمغتربون، والتنمية، والمواطن الأصلية للمهاجرين، والبلدان المضيفة ... والروابط التي يقيمها المهاجرون كل يوم والتي تضم جميع هذه العناصر. سنناقش هذه القضايا في 8 مشاركات. يرجى عدم التردد في التعليق وتوجيه النقد وتقديم الاقتراحات وطرح الأسئلة والاتفاق... هذا المساحة مخصصة للتعبير عن أنفسكم.
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Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 16, 2015 / Blog entry
جاك ولد عودية*
ماذا سنناقش؟ الهجرة الدولية والمغتربون، والتنمية، والمواطن الأصلية للمهاجرين، والبلدان المضيفة ... والروابط التي يقيمها المهاجرون كل يوم والتي تضم جميع هذه العناصر. سنناقش هذه القضايا في 8 مشاركات. يرجى عدم التردد في التعليق وتوجيه النقد وتقديم الاقتراحات وطرح الأسئلة والاتفاق... هذا المساحة مخصصة للتعبير عن أنفسكم.
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Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 12, 2015 / Blog entry
CMI Participates in Arab Forum for Scientific Research and Sustainable Development: “Towards a Return to Leadership in Science”
Dec 19, 2014 / Highlight
December 19-21, 2014 – El Sharqah, United Arab Emirates
CMI Innovation Capacities program (a European Investment Bank-led program) was present at the Forum's second instalment, organized by the Arab League’s Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) in cooperation with the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF...
Let’s Talk Results: CMI Programs and Dialogues Posters
Dec 16, 2014 / Highlight
In the context of its 6th Annual Meeting held in December 2014, the CMI produced a series of posters featuring snapshots of its multi-partners programs and dialogues. As such, a series of 26 posters were produced and highlighted main CMI results. View the gallery here.
CMI Participates in Arab Forum for Scientific Research and Sustainable Development on the Theme “Towards a Return to Leadership in Science”
Dec 16, 2014 / Highlight
Research and development are the most important generators of knowledge and major knowledge transfer channels within knowledge-based economies systems; so that the partnerships among universities, research & development institutions on the one hand and nationalization aided by public policy and private sector investment on the other, is...
CMI Organizes Mediterranean Graffiti Exhibit “Walls of Change, Voices of Youth”
Dec 16, 2014 / Blog entry
Graffiti, just like Facebook and Twitter, can act as a powerful driver of change: graffiti can be anonymous, it is seen by all, and reflects constantly evolving messages. Most importantly, graffiti marks the streets with the voices of citizens.
In December 2014, in the context of its 6th Annual Meeting, the CMI organized “Walls of Change, Voices...
CMI 2014 Annual Report: “Knowledge. Solutions. Change”
Dec 16, 2014 / Highlight
Following opening statements by Inger Andersen World Bank MENA Vice president, Hakim Ben Hammouda Minister of Economy and Finance in Tunisia, Michel Vauzelle President of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region and Mourad Ezzine CMI Manager, the report provides an overview of the Center’s main achievements since its creation in 2009, a review of 2014...
Reframing Europe’s Immigration Questions through an Urban Lens
Dec 16, 2014 / Blog entry
By Manjula Luthria* and Casey Weston**
This year’s European parliamentary elections revealed three important paradoxes in European migration dialogue. First, public discourse displayed egregious misalignment between popular perceptions of immigration and immigration realities. These unfounded perceptions of immigration’s impacts fueled the...
A Participatory Approach: Citizens as Key Players in Urban Development
Dec 11, 2014 / Blog entry
CFAD Training Course on "Local Democracy and Citizen Participation in Municipal Action"
By Agnes Wiedemann*
Tunisian municipalities play a key role in the process of democratic transition of the country. The new constitution (adapted in January 2014) emphasizes that "local authorities shall adopt the mechanisms of participatory democracy and...
CMI Contributes to the Discussion in Preparation for MEDCOP21
Dec 11, 2014 / Highlight
December 19, 2014 – Marseille, France
The CMI joined actors at a Technical Committee meeting held at the Villa Méditerranée and organized by the French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and the French Presidency of the Republic. The Center represented its partners and contributed to the discussion of the agenda of the MEDCOP21 meeting: a...
CMI Presents Turn Down the Heat at Climate Meeting of Local and Regional Elected Officials of the Mediterranean
Dec 11, 2014 / Highlight
December 11, 2014 – Marseille, France
CMI experts moderated a session involving representatives from 16 countries and IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) and Plan Bleu at a Climate Meeting of Local and Regional Elected Officials of the Mediterranean. WB and CMI presented findings of the new report, Turn Down the Heat III. As a...
CMI Participates in Conference on Economic Development After the Arab Uprisings
Dec 11, 2014 / Highlight
December 11-12, 2014 – Paris, France
CMI experts were present for the Dauphine University Conference on Economic Development after the Arab Uprisings. The CMI contributed to three sessions: Youth Unemployment and Migration; Return on Education and Mass Unemployment; and Macroeconomics, Social and Political Developments after the Uprisings....
[Virtual Workshop] Provision of Direct Income Support to Low-Skilled and Long-Term Unemployed Citizens
Dec 10, 2014 / Highlight
In order to ensure a constant follow-up to the face-to-face trainings and knowledge activities provided within the Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets, the World Bank organizes a set of virtual workshops. The following one focused on the provision of direct income support to low-skilled and long-term unemployed citizens....
Mediterranean Experts Discuss World Bank Report “Turn Down the Heat”
Dec 09, 2014 / Highlight
December 9, 2014 – Marseille, France
An expert panel discussion followed the presentation of a newly-launched World Bank report, Turn Down the Heat III. One of the report’s main authors was present and was joined by the Tunisian Minister of Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, as well as representatives from the...
High-Level Dialogue: Economic Transition in the Mediterranean
Dec 09, 2014 / Highlight
December 9, 2014 – Marseille, France
A high-level dialogue was organized around the CMI series of discussions on economic transitions in the Mediterranean. Following an introduction given by CMI Manager Mourad Ezzine, contributing experts Jean-Claude Cousseran and Hafez Ghanem presented the discussion series’ report, which was discussed by...
French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) Region Becomes Member of the CMI
Dec 08, 2014 / Highlight
December 8, 2014 – Marseille, France:
The French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region is now member of the Center for Mediterranean Integration. President of the French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, Michel Vauzelle and Acting Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Region, the World Bank, Gerard Byam signed the Memorandum of...
Members and Partners Gather and Endorse CMI Strategic Plan at 6th Annual Meeting
Dec 08, 2014 / Highlight
December 8, 2014 – Marseille, France
The CMI held its sixth Annual Meeting, with high-level participation of its member (Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, Ville de Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, EIB, World Bank), and partners (AFD, GIZ, UFM, Banque de France, ISESCO, FEMISE, etc). The French...
