Renewing the Social Contract and Restoring Trust
Nov 24, 2015 / Library
Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank's Middle East and North Africa Region, explains how renewing the social contract can restore trust between citizens and the State in the Middle East and North Africa. What was the old social contract? Why should it be renewed? What would the new social contract consist of? Listen to the...
Interview: Is decentralization a tool for territorial cohesion?
Nov 09, 2015 / Library
With the growing role of civil society and the implementation of ambitious reforms for decentralisation north and south of the Mediterranean, it is crucial to create institutions capable of ensuring the involvement of local actors in the decision making. From this perspective, is decentralization a tool for territorial cohesion? Aude Signoles,...
What Steps Forward Following the Amman Municipal Finance Academy?
Oct 20, 2015 / Library
World Bank experts discuss the follow up of this first MENA Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness Academy, that gathered the maximum number of municipalities from Jordan and the West bank and Gaza, based on World Bank former academies and good practices in other regions.
Interviews conducted in the context of the Municipal Finance and...
The Washington DC Experience Interview with Natwar Gandhi, Former Chief Financial Officer of Washington DC
Oct 15, 2015 / Library
Natwar Gandhi, Former Chief Financial Officer of Washington DC Mayors, explains how the Washington DC experience is relevant to the Amman Academy on Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness, and how big cities across the globe passed through extreme cases and challenges of creditworthiness and could overcome them.
Interviews conducted in the...
First Municipal Finance Academy Dedicated to MENA Countries: Lessons Learned
Oct 07, 2015 / Library
Mayors, municipal officials and municipal financial experts discuss the importance of the Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness Academy, particularly on the level of good practices and lessons learned that were exchanged during working sessions. Participants also discuss new concepts acquired for better managing loans, private public partnerships...
[World Bank E-Learning Course] Municipal Finances - A Learning Program for Local Governments
Oct 01, 2015 / Highlight
From Detroit to Lahore, most cities around the world are facing financing challenges. Bankruptcy, budget deficits, unmaintained infrastructure, declining quality of services and increasing urban poverty are unfortunately too common headlines. At the same time, the world is becoming more complex and municipal officials are not only dealing with the...
Interview Series on Municipal Finance
Oct 01, 2015 / Highlight
In the frame of the Municipal Academy on Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness (May 24-28, 2015, Amman – Jordan) financial and municipal experts as well as participants representing municipalities in Jordan and the West Bank and Gaza, discuss the importance of municipal finance for municipal services, performance as well as creditworthiness....
[World Bank E-Learning Course] Infrastructure Financing through PPPs in MENA Region
Oct 01, 2015 / Highlight
This webinar discusses how Public Private Partnerships (PPP) can be a mode for infrastructure financing, with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Topics to be covered include:
Trends in the MENA region on PPPs
Structuring considerations on PPP projects
Common pitfalls on PPP projects and programs
What makes a...
Municipal Finance Challenges
Sep 29, 2015 / Library
Mayors, Municipal Officials and Municipal Financial Experts discuss the importance of municipal finance for municipal services, performance as well as creditworthiness; participants also explain the different challenges facing municipalities in the subject of finance, and confirm the importance of further empowering municipalities in Jordan,...
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First Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness Academy in Middle East
Sep 22, 2015 / Blog entry
115 City Leaders, Practitioners and National Officials from Jordan and West Bank and Gaza Participate in Intensive 5-Day Training
From May 24-28, the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), with support from other partners, convened the first Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness Academy for cities in the Middle East...
Women for Resilient Cities
Sep 17, 2015 / Program
Lead Organization
The World Bank.
Partners
IE Business School, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), Center for Mediterranean Integration.
Countries Targeted
Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia.
Challenges
Managing disaster risks is one of the most complex...
Increasing the Resilience of Cities in MENA
Sep 17, 2015 / Program
The World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), in partnership with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and, the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), are organizing the high-level workshop: “Increasing Resilience of Cities in MENA: What can City Leaders Learn from International Experience”. The...
First Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness Academy in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Sep 17, 2015 / Program
The World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), in partnership with several development institutions as well as with the Government of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, are organizing a 5-day intensive training on Municipal Finance and Creditworthiness from May 24-28, 2015 in Amman, Jordan.
The training aims to...
High-Level Workshop - "The Evolving Regional Urban Agenda: Focus on Municipal Finance"
Sep 17, 2015 / Program
The World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) are organizing the workshop: Urbanization Knowledge Exchange to Support MENA Stakeholders "The Evolving Regional Urban Agenda: Focus on Municipal Finance" in Rabat, Morocco on March 18-19, 2013.
The workshop brings together mayors and urban development leaders from Egypt, Jordan,...
[High-Level Workshop] Launch of the MENA Urbanization Knowledge Platform
Sep 17, 2015 / Highlight
The Urbanization Knowledge Platform (UKP) for the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) stems from a partnership between Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), the World Bank (WB), and the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI). The Platform was officially launched on September 17-18, 2012, during a high-level workshop entitled “...
Craft Trade Sector: Organisational Structures and Innovative Approaches
Sep 16, 2015 / Highlight
The CoMun-GIZ program, in partnership with Medcities and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), organized a two days exchange on « Organisational structures of the Craft Trade Sector and Innovative Approaches » on September 10, 2015 in Tunis and September 11, 2015, in Sousse, Tunisia.
Part of the CMI-Multi Donors Trust...
Territorial Cohesion and Inclusive Growth in a Mediterranean Region Undergoing Transition
Sep 14, 2015 / MDF
Starts: Nov 06, 2015
Ends: Nov 06, 2015
Location: Villa Mediterranée, Marseille, France
Event organized as part of the Mediterranean Economic Week, held in Marseille on November 4-7th, 2015, on the topic of « Cities and Territories, Drivers of Economic Development in the Mediterranean »
Lead Organisations
Center for Mediterranean...
Territorial Cohesion and Inclusive Growth in the Mediterranean Region undergoing transition
#SheIsResilient: Young Women Entrepreneurs from MENA Build the Resilience of their Cities
Women for Resilient Cities Grand Finale: #SheIsResilient
Aug 17, 2015 / Highlight
Context
While around the world, the number of disasters has almost doubled since the 1980s, in MENA, the average number of natural disasters has almost tripled over the same period. Approximately 40 million people have been affected by over 350 natural disasters between 1981 and 2010. Vulnerabilities are on the rise across the region, with risks...
Qui paie quoi en matière de transport urbain ? Guide de bonnes pratiques
Jul 31, 2015 / Library
Le présent “Guide de bonnes pratiques de financement du transport urbain” met en relief, sans prétendre à l’exhaustivité, des expériences significatives de mobilisation des principales possibilités de financement du secteur. Il s’agit ainsi de fournir une base de référence à tout décideur, du Sud comme du Nord, qui serait amené à participer à la...
Urban Mobility in Mediterranean Cities: Feedback & Perspectives
Jul 31, 2015 / Highlight
The program « Sustainable Urban Transport » of the CMI, coordinated and funded by the AFD, that delegated implementation to CODATU, started in 2010 with an inaugural conference in Damascus (Syria).
In its first phase the program activity has consisted mainly in the organization of regional seminars and thematic workshops (Damascus...
Programme de l’Atelier Optimisation du système de gestion des déchets dans la médina de Sfax
Workshop: Waste Management Optimisation in the Medina of Sfax
Jul 16, 2015 / Highlight
On July 21st, the Municipality of Sfax and its Knowledge Transfer Centre (KTC) supported by MedCities will organize a participatory workshop on the optimization of waste management in the Medina.
This workshop is part of the technical assistance that is being provided to the city of Sfax regarding the management of waste in the Medina. This...
Highlighting the Role of Local Authorities in the Rehabilitations of Medinas
Jun 23, 2015 / Highlight
June 4-5, 2015, Tunis, Tunisia
In the framework of the Medinas 2030 initiative, the CMI, EIB, AFD, CDC, in collaboration with l’Association de Sauvegarde de la Médina de Tunis, Municipality of Tunis, Organization of World Heritage Cities for Africa and the Middle East, and the Heritage and Historical Arab Cities Foundation, organized 2...
Women Risk Management Start-up Competition: Because Resilient Entrepreneurs Make Resilient Cities
Jun 17, 2015 / Library
Read more about the competition here.
