The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) held its twelfth annual meeting in a fully virtual format due to COVID-19 restrictions. This, however, did not prevent the success of the reunion with an online attendance of high-level representatives from all members and partner organizations. The meeting, chaired by the World Bank's Strategy and...

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...

Lead and Funding Organizations Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) & The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)   Partners Partners include the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM-Bari), Cewas Middle-East, Agence Francaise de...

                                    Background   In 2018, the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) were adopted by the vast majority of UN Member States as guidance to address the main drivers and challenges of migration and forced displacement. Soon after that, bringing...

Several studies focusing on regional integration had pointed to the existence of a large untapped potential to increase trade flows of goods and services, as well as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the mobility of people between the two shores of the Mediterranean.   You can read the full article on the Union for the Mediterranean ...

Click here to see full picture.   Context Early Childhood Development is at risk in contexts of forced displacement, while the COVID-19 crisis and social distancing measures pose additional barriers to refugees and vulnerable children. The period from birth to eight years old, is a time of remarkable growth with brain development at its peak, when...

The objective of this living report is to compile, analyze, and disseminate inspiring local solutions on how to address the challenges of climate change and its effects on migration through territorial resilience in the Mediterranean region. Internal (within the country) climate migration, rather than cross-border, is the main focus of this...

Paris, France, 04 February: The CMI held its eleventh annual meeting with the presence of high-level representatives of its member countries as well as its partner organizations. The meeting, chaired by the world bank's Chief Economist for the MENA region, Rabah Arezki, gave an overview of the CMI work throughout the year and highlighted through...

This working paper was commissioned by the CMI and produced by the following MedYWat Members:     Fatine Ezbakhe, MedYWat Member, Morocco Jamal Mabrouki, MedYWat Member, Morocco Annas Tallou, MedYWat Member, Morocco   Under the mentorship of :  Anders Jagerskog, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, Water...

This working paper was commissioned by the CMI and produced by the following MedYWat Members:     Hussam Hussein, MedYWat Coordinator, Jordan/Italy Alberto Natta, MedYWat Member, Italy Abed Al Kareem Yehya, MedYWat Member, Lebanon Baha Hamadna, MedYWat Member, Palestine/Lebanon   Under the...