By Silvia Pariente-David   As the European Commission launches its new Energy Union Package -  a set of three Communications setting the strategy for a secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy - , it is the perfect time for the Mediterranean countries to seize the moment, join the “energy transition” movement and commit to the...

On the southern shore of the Mediterranean, cities grow fast and create high expectations amongst the population, in particular with regards to public services’ provision and social infrastructures. Faced with the need to master increasingly complex tasks in a short period of time, cities can benefit from peer-to-peer exchange of experiences to...

This World Bank e-learning course focuses on disaster risk management (DRM) at the city level. Participants will learn, in particular, about planning and decision making under uncertainty and how to make their cities more resilient to climate change impacts and natural disasters. The course provides cutting edge tools on vulnerability assessment,...

By joining the CMI, Italy and the Palestinian Authority join the Center’s existing members: Governments: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, France. Local authorities: City of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region. International financial institutions: European Investment Bank (EIB), the World Bank Group (WB...

[EPISODE 8] Extending the Concept of Communities for Shared Development to the Rest of the World   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...