[TRAINING SERIES] Online Workshop 2 - Fostering Employment and Entrepreneurship for Locals and Refugees: New Challenges from COVID-19 Crisis for Host Local Authorities – Part 2
Jun 10, 2020 / Highlight
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 Training Series “Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Private...
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Meriem AIt Slimane
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Nadine Burbar
Webinar Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Fuat Ozharat
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Mauro Testaverde
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Mohamad Abu Gaoud
Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Selen Ucak
Webinar Online Workshop 1 - Presentation - Giulia Marchesini
General Guidelines for CMI-FEMISE “COVID-19 MED BRIEFS”
Implications of the Coronavirus Crisis in the Mediterranean and in the Middle East
May 29, 2020 / Library
This article is part of the CMI/FEMISE joint “COVID-19 Med Brief Series”, aimed at addressing the urgent issue of the COVID-19 socio-economic effects and impact on the EU-Mediterranean region.
Call for Policy Briefs: Responding to COVID-19 Challenges in the Mediterranean Region
May 29, 2020 / Highlight
The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and FEMISE announce the launch of the Call for a new joint Policy Brief series, to address the urgent issue of the COVID-19 socio-economic effects and impact on the EU-Mediterranean region.
Rationale
The recent coronavirus crisis threatens the health, economies and societies of all countries. In...
Training Webinar Series Concept Note
Online Workshop 1: Agenda and Local starting times
Water and Climate Change Entrepreneurship E-Hackathon
May 25, 2020 / Highlight
Solutions for the Mediterranean Region
Context
In the Framework of the World Water Day organized by the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), the CMI’s Regional Knowledge Program on Water in collaboration with the Mediterranean Youth for Water Network (MedYWat) and cewas Middle East organizing the Water and Climate Change...
[TRAINING SERIES] Online Workshop 1 - Fostering Employment and Entrepreneurship for Locals and Refugees: New Challenges from COVID-19 Crisis for Host Local Authorities – Part 1
May 20, 2020 / Highlight
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 Series “Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Private Sector...
[ONLINE TRAINING WORKSHOP SERIES] Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Engagement in Host Communities
May 20, 2020 / Highlight
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 refugees. Countries over the world have imposed...
Water and Circular Economy (Entrepreneurship)
Cewas Entrepreneurship Hackathon
She Too is a Development Hero: Women Make Change Happen in Host Municipalities across MENA and Turkey
Mar 10, 2020 / Blog entry
The empowerment of Refugee women and their self-reliance is increasingly at the center of development programs in local governments hosting forcibly displaced persons in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Turkey target. How about those women who develop such municipal programs and deal with women’s inclusion while being women themselves?
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The Meaning of Mediterranean Integration Today: Beyond Trade, New Linkages and Towards Deeper Integration
Flagship report Mobility in The Mediterranean: Forced Displacement, Migration and Human Capital
[CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS] 4th Annual Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop
Feb 03, 2020 / Highlight
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
Annual Workshop Description & Objectives
In the context of the Mediterranean Host Municipalities Learning Network (HMLN), the CMI is...
[High-Level Workshop] “Forced Displacement, Migration and Human Capital Mobility”
Nov 13, 2019 / Highlight
Context & Rationale
At the present time, issues related to flows and movements of people – in all their forms – figure prominently among the most pressing, relevant and, often, divisive policy agendas in the Mediterranean region.
A comprehensive approach to migration is needed, taking into account its root causes as well as all related...
A Decade of Partnerships for Knowledge and Action
Summit of the Two Shores: CMI and UfM Joining Forces
Managing Urban Forced Displacement to Build Resilient Communities
Jul 03, 2019 / Blog entry
Globally, around 68.5 million people have fled their homes from conflict or persecution either as refugees, internally displaced persons, or asylum seekers. Contrary to what some may think, most of the displaced people don’t live in camps. In fact, it’s estimated that about 60%–80% of the world’s forcibly displaced population lives in urban areas...
[Summit of the Two Shores/Forum of the Mediterranean] Promoting Human, Economic and Sustainable Development in the Region
Jun 20, 2019 / Program
Background & Context
The Summit of the Two Shores, an initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron took place in Marseille on 24 June 2019. Building on unprecedented consultations with Mediterranean civil society, this event aims to boost cooperation between countries in the Western Mediterranean by implementing projects that support human,...
Agenda - [Mediterranean Strategy Group 19] Migration: Mediterranean Cities on the Frontline
[Mediterranean Strategy Group 19] Migration: Mediterranean Cities on the Frontline
Jun 11, 2019 / Highlight
Background
Fragility and conflicts, unemployment and exclusion, vulnerability to climate change, and even increased violent extremism in some enclaves, contribute to forced displacements and instability. This turmoil in the Middle East and Africa regions does not just affect them. The whole world is affected by its spillovers.
Numbers peaked in...
Localizing the Global Compacts: UN Experts Meeting
Jun 05, 2019 / Highlight
Context:
In December 2018, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR), were adopted by UN Member States. Both Compacts acknowledge not only the national dimension of migration and responses to refugee crisis, but also the actions needed at regional and local level.
Translating these...
