Activities

*/ Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network (HMLN)  5 Online Sessions : May 16, May 30, May 31, June 1, June 2.    CONTEXT AND RATIONALE Municipalities hosting refugees face the pressing need to create smart jobs for local and refugee communities. This need is further exacerbated by the... read more

Context and Rationale   Early Childhood Development is a challenge for cities hosting forcibly displaced populations. The arrival of forcibly displaced means an increase in the urban population with social and economic repercussions on the lives of children and caregivers. Children fleeing conflict... read more

  Context   The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)/UNOPS and the World Bank are organizing a consultative virtual workshop on December 15, 2021, to discuss the preliminary findings of the World Bank - CMI/UNOPS report "COVID-19 and Migration in the Mediterranean''.   The report explores the... read more

  Context   Local authorities in the Middle East and Turkey are still bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic socio-economic consequences, which added to their struggle to manage the additional social and economic pressure of hosting refugees and displaced. With rising unemployment and an... read more

  Context   In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges in developing countries already dealing with the presence of refugees and displaced populations. In a situation of already high unemployment for refugees and vulnerable locals, the... read more

  Context   Local authorities in the Middle East and Turkey are still bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic socio-economic consequences, which added to their struggle to manage the additional social and economic pressure of hosting refugees and displaced. With rising unemployment and an... read more

Background Following HMLN members’ requests, the CMI and the GIZ Connective Cities Program have been working together to increase municipal capacities in finding alternative sources of funding. Among the activities, Connective cities led a... read more

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... read more

Marseille, France, 10 November 2020 – The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), and FEMISE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking the launch of a new collaboration agreement between the two organizations. CMI and FEMISE will conduct joint initiatives to reinforce Mediterranean... read more

*/ Background   The Mediterranean region has been classified as one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the world (IPCC, 2013). Building territorial resilience has become essential to adapt to stresses and shocks, whether the stresses are climatic, socio-economic, or pandemic... read more

Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network Online Training Workshop Series – Workshop 3  “Private Sector Engagement in Host Communities: Adapting to the COVID-19 Crisis”     Context This is the third Online Workshop of the Training Series “... read more

Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network Online Training Workshop Series – Workshop 2  “Fostering employment and entrepreneurship for locals and refugees: new challenges from COVID-19 crisis for host local authorities – Part 2”     Context This is the second Online Workshop of the... read more

Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network Online Training Workshop Series – Workshop 1 “Fostering employment and entrepreneurship for locals and refugees: new challenges from COVID-19 crisis for host local authorities – Part 1”   Context This is the first Online Workshop of the Training... read more

Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network Online Training Workshop Series  “Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Engagement in Host Communities: Adapting to the COVID-19 Crisis”   Context The current global pandemic of COVID-19 is adding new challenges in addition to that of hosting... read more

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS   4th Annual Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop The Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network   “Private Sector Engagement in Host Communities”April 5-9, 2020 – Amman, Jordan  ... read more