Territorial Cohesion and Inclusive Growth in the Mediterranean - Ministerial Session
From Beirut to Lebanon PowerPoint
Start-Up Youth: Successes and Challenges
Dec 11, 2015 / Highlight
Young MENA Entrepreneurs Discuss with CMI Successes and Challenges
Marseille, France, 30 November, 2015
Four young entrepreneurs from Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia steered a discussion at the CMI seven annual meeting on successes and challenges of young social enterprises in the MENA region, with the participation of high level...
Building the Sustainable Mediterranean Cities of Tomorrow - Conference PowerPoint
Building the Sustainable Mediterranean Cities of Tomorrow - Conference Summary
[Regional Conference] Sustainable Mediterranean Cities of Tomorrow: Innovative Urban Projects and New Business Models
Dec 03, 2015 / Highlight
Network of Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Developers: 4th Annual Conference
Lead Organization(s)
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
EPA Euroméditerranée (EPAEM)
Partners
Co-organizing & hosting the event:
OCEMO (in the context of the Mediterranean Economic Week)
SERM : Montpellier metropolis urban authorities...
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...
Morocco to Make History with First-of-Its-Kind Solar Plant
Nov 24, 2015 / Blog entry
Morocco is poised to make history soon — when the first phase of one of the world’s largest concentrated solar power plants starts generating electricity. When fully operational, it will produce enough energy for more than one million Moroccans, with possibly extra power to export to Europe.
Continue reading the article on World Bank blog...
Moroccan Minister Driss Merroun on Urbanization, Environment, Development and Social Justice
Nov 24, 2015 / Library
Driss Merroun, Moroccan Minister of Urbanism and Planning, explains how Morocco is dealing with migration from inlands and rural regions towards coastal cities while preserving environmental quality, promoting economic development and ensuring social justice.
Video originally posted on the website of Le Courrier de l’Atlas here.
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Green Growth: Putting Morocco in the Lead against Climate Change
Nov 24, 2015 / Blog entry
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Morocco’s vision of inclusive green growth is based on better management of natural resources to generate more jobs, value and wellbeing from existing assets.
The end of fossil fuel subsidies has favored an increase in renewable energy investments and allowed government spending on social programs to go up.
Strategies for...
Economic Inclusion Can Help Prevent Violent Extremism in the Arab World
Nov 16, 2015 / Blog entry
Twin suicide bombers in Beirut were followed the very next day by the coordinated attacks in Paris. These were preceded by news reports that “more likely than not” a bomb brought down the Russian plane over Egypt’s Sinai, together with the claim by a Daesh (the Arabic acronym for ISIS) affiliate that it was behind that attack. These attacks...
The Multiple Tragedies of Syria’s Displaced Women, and Why the G20 Needs to Pay Attention
Nov 16, 2015 / Blog entry
Roughly half of the World’s 60 million plus displaced people - 19 million refugees and 41 million internally displaced people (IDPs) - are female. This the highest number ever recorded and the numbers continue to rise. According to the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Gutierrez “we are witnessing…an unchecked slide into an era in which...
What is the Social Contract and why does the Arab World Need a New One?
Nov 16, 2015 / Blog entry
The ‘social contract’ is an idea that dates back to the ancient Greeks, and refers to the implicit agreement among members of a society that defines their relationship with each other and the state. That relationship holds the key to unravelling the puzzle of the ‘Arab Spring.’
To development economists (like myself), the uprisings...
Environment Regional Governance and Knowledge Generation Project Final Seminar
Oct 14, 2015 / Highlight
Antibes, France, 29-30 September, 2015: Participants from Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and the Palestinian Territories along with representatives of Plan Bleu, the project's implementing agency, and the CMI-co-financing partner- convened for the final results seminar of the Regional governance and knowledge generation project (ReGoKo). The...
Diagnostic & Plan Directeur du Secteur de l’Artisanat à Chefchaouen - Défis rencontrés et propositions d’actions
Best Business Plan Competition
[Virtual Workshop] Egypt’s Delivery of Social Programs Using Smart-Cards Technology - Speaker Biography
[Virtual Workshop] Morocco's National Initiative for Human Development - Speaker Biography
Participant’s Presentation The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Income & Sales Tax Department: National Registry Unit (Arabic) The Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, Ministry of Finance, Income and Sales Tax Department: Financial support
National Initiative for Human Development
Business Plan Thesis Competition
[Virtual Workshop] Egypt’s Delivery of Social Programs Using Smart-Cards Technology - Participants
[Virtual Workshop] Morocco's National Initiative for Human Development - Participants
The Egyptian experience about Subsidy and its Distribution System
The Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, Ministry of Finance, Income and Sales Tax Department: Financial support
[Virtual Workshop] Tunisia’s Implementation and Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Programs Targeted to High Skilled Individuals - Participants
[Virtual Workshop] Egypt’s Delivery of Social Programs Using Smart-Cards Technology - Agenda
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