Synthèse de l’atelier national sur la gestion des eaux souterraines
Rencontre Valmer: Introductory Speech AFD
Workshop Presentation - UKP May 22-23
Quality Assurance Developments in Egypt
Agenda - Regional Higher Education Event June 12-13 2014, Tunis
Why Monitor and Evaluate for Improved Development Outcomes? Manjula Luthria, World Bank
The Quality Assurance of Higher Education in the UK
AFD’s contribution to Youth Insertion and Active Labor Market Policies in the Mediterranean
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,...
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...
Reframing Europe’s Immigration Questions through an Urban Lens
Dec 16, 2014 / Blog entry
By Manjula Luthria* and Casey Weston**
This year’s European parliamentary elections revealed three important paradoxes in European migration dialogue. First, public discourse displayed egregious misalignment between popular perceptions of immigration and immigration realities. These unfounded perceptions of immigration’s impacts fueled the...
CMI Presents Turn Down the Heat at Climate Meeting of Local and Regional Elected Officials of the Mediterranean
Dec 11, 2014 / Highlight
December 11, 2014 – Marseille, France
CMI experts moderated a session involving representatives from 16 countries and IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) and Plan Bleu at a Climate Meeting of Local and Regional Elected Officials of the Mediterranean. WB and CMI presented findings of the new report, Turn Down the Heat III. As a...
Mediterranean Experts Discuss World Bank Report “Turn Down the Heat”
Dec 09, 2014 / Highlight
December 9, 2014 – Marseille, France
An expert panel discussion followed the presentation of a newly-launched World Bank report, Turn Down the Heat III. One of the report’s main authors was present and was joined by the Tunisian Minister of Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, as well as representatives from the...
CMI Participates in Youth Health Conference, within the Framework of the 5+5 Dialogue Forum
Dec 05, 2014 / Highlight
December 5, 2014 – Marseille, France
CMI Manager Mourad Ezzine, opened the final day of a two-day event on Youth Health in the Mediterranean which was organized by the French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in the framework of the 5+5 Dialogue Forum. He presented the situation of health-related needs and the movements of skills and demand...
Tourism and Upheaval in the Southern Mediterranean Countries
Nov 10, 2014 / Blog entry
Enhancing City Resilience to Boost the Economy: Interviews with Decision-Makers and Experts from MENA Region and Beyond
Oct 30, 2014 / Highlight
The MENA Urbanization Knowledge Platform (MENA UKP) team is proud to release the third and last round of its six video blogs series on the resilience of cities in MENA and beyond.
These interviews see city leaders, decision-makers, development experts, academics, private sector representatives, from the MENA region and beyond, reflect on the...
Looking Local: Migrant Labor Market Integration At An Urban Scale
Oct 29, 2014 / Blog entry
By Casey Weston*
European countries have designed a wide variety of national policies to improve the labor market integration of migrants. Migrant employment outcomes, however, seem uncorrelated to the intensity of these national-level strategies. On November 3rd, the World Bank/Center for Mediterranean Integration International Labor Mobility (...
Technical Experts Meet to Discuss Study on “Delivery Mechanisms and Institutions to Realize Energy Efficiency Potential"
Oct 16, 2014 / Highlight
The countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) boasts 57% of the world’s proven oil reserves (World Bank), in addition to other resource-rich characteristics, such as their unique endowment with solar resources. However, and this is especially true in countries where oil and gas resources are large, they also generally face high energy...
Conversation on Cities and Citizens: Game Changers for Inclusive Development
Oct 16, 2014 / Highlight
How can a city become a place where people are empowered, opportunities exist for all, and policies promote the well-being of its citizens? Can new technologies make governments more accountable to citizens? In this event, development leaders will discuss the transformative power of inclusive institutions and citizen engagement for enhancing...
Sustainable Urban Development - SUD-MED
Oct 16, 2014 / Program
These initiatives are linked to the identification and preparation of sustainable urban development investment projects, finding innovative financing approaches, and overcoming key barriers to project development – “Medinas” focusing on historic urban cores, and “UPFI” and the Network of Urban Developers covering wider city investment programmes...
Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI)
Oct 16, 2014 / Program
The Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) is co-managed by the European Investment Bank and the Agence Française de Développement, and is in partnership with the the Union for the Mediterranean. Its objective is to identify, prepare and present for financing integrated, sustainable, and innovative urban development projects that meet the...
Leaders in Urban Transport Planning Training Sessions
Oct 13, 2014 / Highlight
“Leaders in Urban Transport Planning” (LUTP) training sessions were developed under the CMI Sustainable Urban Transport Program.
The LUTP capacity building program is offered by the World Bank on a regular basis in cooperation with several partners especially AFD for French speaking sessions. It is designed for high level policy officials and...
New Knowledge Sharing Tool on Urbanization and Urban Development in MENA
Oct 01, 2014 / Highlight
This is the inaugural Middle East and North Africa Urbanization Knowledge Platform (MENA UKP) newsletter on urban development. The newsletter is designed to facilitate knowledge exchange on policies and initiatives that aim to leverage urbanization. It is oriented towards decision makers, individuals and groups from all realms interested in urban...
Disaster Risk Management: Planning Together For Efficiency - Interviews with Decision-Makers and Experts from MENA Region and Beyond
Oct 01, 2014 / Highlight
The MENA Urbanization Knowledge Platform (MENA UKP) team is proud to release the second round of its six video blogs series on the resilience of cities in MENA and beyond.
These interviews see city leaders, decision-makers, development experts, academics, private sector representatives, from the MENA region and beyond, reflect on the rising...
Launch of 2014's 100 Resilient Cities Challenge: Is Your City Ready to Become Resilient? Apply until September 10, 2014
Sep 05, 2014 / Highlight
Is Your City Ready To Become Resilient?
The 100 Resilient Cities Challenge seeks to find 100 cities that are ready to build resilience to the social, economic, and physical challenges that cities face in an increasingly urbanized world.
We can't predict the next disruption or catastrophe. But we can control how we respond to these challenges....
