[Report] Trade Liberalization and Jobs in the Mediterranean: Towards a New Generation of Trade Agreements
Nov 16, 2022 / Library
OVERVIEW
In 1995, policymakers from around the region met in Barcelona to issue a key communiqué, the Barcelona Declaration. Since then, integration was pursued primarily in the form of trade agreements, with the signing of Association Agreements (AAs) with the four Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) studied in this report...
[Central Banks Workshop] Inflation in the Euro-Mediterranean Area
Nov 04, 2022 / Highlight
‘Inflation In the Euro-Mediterranean Area’
Marseille, 25-26 October 2022
CONTEXT
Banque de France, the Center for Mediterranean Integration and the World Bank Group jointly organized the 2022 edition of the Euromed Workshop on the topic of ‘Inflation in the Euro-Mediterranean Area’. The objective of this closed-door event was to facilitate high-...
CMI at COP27
Nov 04, 2022 / Highlight
CONTEXT
At the 27th Convention on Climate Change (COP27) held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, CMI is joining global leaders, the UN family, development partners, NGOs, thought leaders, and more to take concrete action towards achieving the world's collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement.
To help advance climate action while...
[Report] Understanding Morocco’s Climate Futures – Using National climate change data sets to support planning and investment
Sep 09, 2022 / Library
Since the 1990s, temperatures have risen and precipitation has decreased gradually, with a steeper trend over the past few years. Given the significance of rainfall to the nation's agricultural and water resource systems, the changes are raising challenging issues for supply and demand management. A number of droughts that have occurred as a...
[Session Recording] CMI's Twelfth Annual Meeting
[Policy Dialogue] What Growth Strategies for the Mediterranean in Today’s Context?
[2021/2022 Results] Co-Development and Integration
[2021/2022 Results] Resilience to Climate Change
[2021/2022 Results] Human Capital and Mobility
[2021/2022 Results] Resilience to Conflict Forced Displacement
[Policy Dialogue] What Growth Strategies for the Mediterranean in Today’s Context?
May 11, 2022 / Highlight
CONTEXT
The global pandemic prompted a re-examination of existing development strategies. To provide for more sustainable and equitable income generation for people in the Mediterranean region, a reassessment of growth strategies is important - a need that appears today all the more important in light of the war in Ukraine, with rising...
[Session Recording] Childhood Development in Cities Hosting Forcibly Displaced: Examples from the Urban 95 Academy
[Recording] Water Security Nexus in North Africa: Catalyzing Regional Coordination around Climate Change, Resilience and Migration
[Press Release] Mediterranean Countries and Post-COVID Shifts in Global Value Chains
Feb 23, 2022 / Highlight
Mediterranean Countries and Post-COVID Shifts in Global Value Chains
Niche Industries offer Full Potential for Growth and Regional Integration
The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the Euro Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences (FEMISE), are pleased to announce the publication of their joint analytical report on “...
[Report] Post Covid-19: Opportunities for Growth, Regional Value Chains and Mediterranean Integration
Feb 23, 2022 / Library
The report explores post-COVID opportunities for fostering growth and for deepening regional cooperation in the Mediterranean region, with a focus on five Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia). In three thematic chapters, the report brings forward the analysis on how to deepen EU-Med...
[Forum des mondes méditerranéens] Interview Blanca Moreno-Dodson
[Agenda] CMI’s Youth Regional Workshop “Water Security Nexus in North Africa"
[Regional Forum] Water Security Nexus in North Africa: Catalyzing Regional Coordination around Climate Change, Resilience and Migration
Feb 15, 2022 / Highlight
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Background
The CMI-led study on “Water security nexus in North Africa: catalyzing regional coordination around climate change, resilience, and migration”, funded by FCDO, focuses on understanding the complex nexus relationships across North Africa on water security, aggravated by climate change, and triggering migration movements, in the...
CMI at the Mediterranean Worlds Forum: Providing Technical Content and Federating Partners
Feb 15, 2022 / Highlight
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Context
A Flagship Mediterranean Event
Organized by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, the Mediterranean Worlds Forum was held in Marseille on February 7 and 8, 2022. In line with the commitments made at the 2019 Summit of the Two Shores, the forum brought together civil...
[Dissemination event] 2021 CMI's Policy Paper on "Youth, Actors for Change: Rethinking Mobility"
Feb 14, 2022 / Highlight
Objectives
The event will be structured around the presentation of the CMI policy paper on "Youth, Actors for Change: Rethinking Mobility". Giulia Marchesini, Human Capital Senior Programme Manager at the CMI/UNOPS, will present and discuss the findings and recommendations of the paper with experts and representatives from Italian institutions and...
[Youth Regional Workshop] Water Security Nexus in North Africa: Catalyzing Regional Coordination Around Climate Change, Resilience and Migration
Feb 01, 2022 / Highlight
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Youth Regional Water Workshop
Background
The CMI’s Youth Regional workshop aims to amplify the voice of the youth on water-related challenges and will seek to highlight the important roles of the youth in working towards regional water security. It will do so through knowledge creation to inform decision-making and through entrepreneurial...
[Session Recording] Knowledge Event on “Covid-19 Inequities in MENA: How Data and Evidence Can Help us Do Better”
Distributional Impacts of COVID19 in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Moving the data agenda in MENA forward
The Role of Labor Market Panel Surveys in Assessing the COVID-19 Impact
Knowledge Event on “Covid-19 Inequities in MENA: How Data and Evidence Can Help us Do Better”
Dec 23, 2021 / Highlight
Context and Rationale
COVID-19 is revealing inequities between and within countries. Poorer people tend to be more exposed to the risk of infection, less likely to be able to work from home, more likely to live in large households and Beforecramped conditions, and less likely to receive the care they need. Meanwhile, the economic impact of...
[Agenda] Consultative virtual workshop on the World Bank - CMI/UNOPS report “COVID-19 and Migration in the Mediterranean Region”
Consultative Virtual Workshop on the World Bank - CMI/UNOPS “COVID-19 and Migration in the Mediterranean Region” Report
Nov 30, 2021 / Highlight
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 challenges and opportunities for mobility in the...
[Report] A Mediterranean Green Deal For An Effective Energy Transition As Part Of The Sustainable Post-Covid Recovery
Nov 17, 2021 / Library
Watch a summary video
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of the economies of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEM) countries. Growth has become negative, unemployment has risen, current accounts and the livelihoods of populations have been severely affected.
However, the impact of the pandemic has also increased...
