Background Note - NIS Workshop
Transforming Arab Economies - Full Report
Syria experience in Innovation & Incubation
Meeting Report - Developing Innovation Scoreboard for the MENA
Conclusions of the workshop
AFD Croissance et Emploi MED 08-Macrodev
Technoparks and Incubators in Lebanon
Session 1 - Sanghi Apurva - Natural Hazards Unnatural Disasters
National Innovation Systems- Workshop Agenda
ILO UNDP report 2012 inclusive growth
Transforming Arab Economies (Condensed version)
Summary Note - IPR Workshop
Press Book - Séminaire sur l'Economie du Savoir (fr)
Maroc: "Quelle feuille de route pour l’économie fondée sur la connaissance ?" (fr)
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 26, 2015 / Blog entry
[EPISODE 7] Communities for Shared Development as a Response to the New Features of the Territory and the Diasporas
By Jacques OULD AOUDIA*
What are we going to discuss? International migration, diasporas, development, migrants’ territories of origin, host countries…and links that migrants forge each day involving all these elements. We will...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 23, 2015 / Blog entry
[EPISODE 6] How Can Migration Be More Forcefully Linked with Development of the Home Country?
By Jacques OULD AOUDIA*
What are we going to discuss? International migration, diasporas, development, migrants’ territories of origin, host countries…and links that migrants forge each day involving all these elements. We will discuss these issues...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 21, 2015 / Blog entry
[EPISODE 5] Migrants As a Catalyst for Development
By Jacques OULD AOUDIA*
What are we going to discuss? International migration, diasporas, development, migrants’ territories of origin, host countries…and links that migrants forge each day involving all these elements. We will discuss these issues in 8 posts. Please feel free to comment,...
Demographic Changes: Were the Revolutions in the Arab Countries Inevitable?
Jan 16, 2015 / Blog entry
By Youssef Courbage*
In the annals of regional history or even the history of humanity, 2011 will always be known as Annus mirabilis. Political upheaval in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain ushered in significant change in every sphere—social, economic, cultural, ideological, and religious. Are we sufficiently...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 16, 2015 / Blog entry
[EPISODE 4] How Are Development and Migration Linked?
By Jacques OULD AOUDIA*
What are we going to discuss? International migration, diasporas, development, migrants’ territories of origin, host countries…and links that migrants forge each day involving all these elements. We will discuss these issues in 8 posts. Please feel free to comment,...
Migration, Territories and Development: In Search of a New Model for Interactions
Jan 16, 2015 / Blog entry
[EPISODE 3] Migration: A Problem or a Reflection of Societies?
By Jacques OULD AOUDIA*
What are we going to discuss? International migration, diasporas, development, migrants’ territories of origin, host countries…and links that migrants forge each day involving all these elements. We will discuss these issues in 8 posts. Please feel free to...
CMI Organizes Mediterranean Graffiti Exhibit “Walls of Change, Voices of Youth”
Dec 16, 2014 / Blog entry
Graffiti, just like Facebook and Twitter, can act as a powerful driver of change: graffiti can be anonymous, it is seen by all, and reflects constantly evolving messages. Most importantly, graffiti marks the streets with the voices of citizens.
In December 2014, in the context of its 6th Annual Meeting, the CMI organized “Walls of Change, Voices...
Against a Backdrop of Upheaval in Relations between both Sides of the Mediterranean: Tourism, Now More than Ever, Acts as a Driver of Integration, Closer Relations, Growth, Job Creation, and Environmental Protection
Nov 20, 2014 / Blog entry
By Agnès Levallois*
The desire to discuss tourism at the workshop organized jointly by the Provence Alpes-Côte-d'Azur Region and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) could, at first glance, seem surprising, if not out of place, in view of the situation in several southern Mediterranean countries. However, nothing could be further from...
Bringing Hope to Tunisia - The Path to Recovery
Nov 17, 2014 / Blog entry
By Elyès Jouini*
The Tunisian economy is currently in very bad shape. An economic policy focused on rent-seeking for the benefit of a minority with cozy ties to the political power has replaced a consumption-driven economic policy, based on short-term concerns.
The social situation is worrisome given that discontent is growing.
The time has...
MENA Region Requires an Annual Growth Rate of 6.5% in Order to Create 30 Million Jobs
Oct 01, 2014 / Blog entry
Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Libya are trapped in a “poor policy – poor growth” cycle, which prevents their economies from moving to a sustainable growth path, says the World Bank in the newly released Quarterly Economic Brief for the Middle East & North Africa region.
Watch the interview with World Bank Chief Economist...
Experts’ Meeting: An Innovation Scoreboard for the MENA
Sep 03, 2014 / Highlight
The European Investment Bank (EIB) through the Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), in collaboration with ISESCO and UN-ESCWA Technology Center, organized a regional experts’ meeting on the 19th and 20th November 2014 at the League of The Arab States (LAS) in Cairo, Egypt. This meeting aimed to initiate and develop an innovation...
Economic Transitions in the Mediterranean
Aug 04, 2014 / MDF
At the initiative of academics from both the Northern and Southern Mediterranean who are convinced that there is a common destiny for the nations and peoples of this region, a working group met to consider the transitions underway in the Arab nations. This initiative was launched in November 2013 and is facilitated by the Center for Mediterranean...
Report: Poor policies Restrain Growth in Seven Middle East & North Africa Countries
Jul 16, 2014 / Blog entry
Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Libya are trapped in a “poor policy – poor growth” cycle, which prevents their economies from moving to a sustainable growth path, says the World Bank in the newly released Quarterly Economic Brief for the Middle East & North Africa region.
The report, titled “Predictions, Perceptions and...
Ten Years after Morocco’s Family Code Reforms: Are Gender Gaps Closing?
May 13, 2014 / Blog entry
By Paul Scott Prettitore*
Family Code Reforms Set Grounds for Gender Equality
In 2004, the Government of Morocco made major amendments to its Family Code, known as the Moudawana. These reforms addressed two key aspects of gender inequality. The first was that husbands and wives were provided ‘joint responsibility’ in family matters, making...
