البنك الدولي يطلق مبادرة لحشد جهود قطاع الأعمال السوري في الغربة
Apr 10, 2017 / Library
ضيفة الاقتصاد في هذهه الحلقة السيدة علا حيصو، مستشارة لدى قسم التجارة والتنافسية في البنك الدولي، للوقوف عند كيفية مساهمة اللاجئين السوريين في الحياة الاقتصادية للدول التي اضطروا للجوء إليها على مدى السنوات الست الماضية.
Amid Growing Need, Refugee Health Workers could Fill Key Gaps
Apr 10, 2017 / Blog entry
Over the past six years, at least half of Syria’s 30,000 physicians—perhaps more, no one knows for sure—have fled the country. Like other Syrian refugees, they have gone wherever they can: Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Europe, and, in much smaller numbers, Canada and the United States.
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Agenda: Regional Workshop on Groundwater Resources
Regional Workshop for Decision-makers on Groundwater Management
Apr 10, 2017 / Highlight
As part of the CMI program on Water Demand Management, a regional workshop on decentralized and participatory groundwater management was organized on March 9-10, 2017 in Marseille by AFD and the World Bank with the co-funding of the MENA Multi Donor Trust Fund, water scarce cities initiative, and GIZ, and a valuable technical partnership and...
Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) Newsletter #31 [March 2017]
Education for Competitiveness (E4C): Technical Workshop on School Disciplinary Climates in MENA
Apr 10, 2017 / Highlight
Background
The Education for Competitiveness (E4C) initiative was launched to support MENA countries improve their education systems to achieve higher productivity, inclusive growth, and global competitiveness. The E4C 21st Century Skills team and their partners aim to shed light on the critical importance of promoting not only cognitive but...
[Webinar] Data production for Strengthening Social Cohesion in Host Communities
Apr 05, 2017 / Library
Agenda
[Webinar] Data Production for Strengthening Social Cohesion in Host Communities
Apr 05, 2017 / Highlight
Context and Rationale
Producing reliable data on social cohesion often presents a challenge to municipalities hosting large numbers of refugees. This is not only due to the complexity of the topic, but also to capacity constraints and a fragile and rapidly changing environment. Social cohesion plays however an important role in urban settings,...
Improving Local Economic Opportunities for Host Communities and Refugees
Apr 04, 2017 / Highlight
Context
Over the five years of the Syrian conflict, affected municipalities have had to develop extraordinary resources and solutions to host refugees and ensure service delivery for all. 89% of Syrian refugees are hosted in by 3 of Syria’s neighbors (Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey), and affecting already vulnerable contexts in the region such as...
[Agenda] Improving Local Economic Opportunities for Host Communities and Refugees
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
tentative agenda for the 2nd Annual Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop of the Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network.
Non-Conventional Water Resources (NCWR) Programme in the Mediterranean
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Presentation by Mariela Antonakopoulou - Global Water Partnership Mediterranean,Greece
Valorization of Treated Wastewater by Aquapony
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Presentation by Baya Aissaoui, National Institute of Agronomy of Tunisia
Rainwater, Greywater and Efficient Irrigation of Green Roofs in Jordan
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Presentation by Lina Al-Kurdi, Switch-Med Green Entrepreneur, Green Roof, Jordan
Drivers, Constraints and Prospects with Particular Emphasis on Agriculture
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Presentation by Yasmine Seghirate, International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, France and Dr. Roula Khadra - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy
Decentralized Waste Water Treatment Units for Rural Areas in Egypt
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Presentation by Ola Odel Mohsen and Hoda Ellattar, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City, Egypt
The Link between Wastewater Reuse, Life-Cycle Thinking and the Circular Economy
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Presentation by Matthew Lagod, Project Manager, Switch-Med Networking Facility hosted by SCP/RAC, Spain
Treated Urban Wastewater Reuse in Sustainable Irrigation: An Innovative WWTP
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Presentation by Dr. Tawfik El Moussaoui.
Youth, a key stakeholder for water security
Apr 04, 2017 / Library
Opening Remarks by Alice Bouman-Dentener World Water Day - CMI.
Opening Remarks by Dr. Richard Abdulnour
Opening Remarks by Dr. Nidal Salim
How do Education and Unemployment Affect Support for Violent Extremism? Evidence from Eight Arab Countries
Apr 03, 2017 / Blog entry
The year 2016 saw a spate of global terrorist attacks in United States, Ivory Coast, Belgium, France, Pakistan, Turkey and Nigeria, which has led to an increased focus on ways to combat terrorism and specifically, the threat of Daesh (Arabic acronym for ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
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