The "Medinas 2030" Initiative Program
World Bank Launches Women Risk Management Start-up Competition in the Middle East and North Africa
Feb 23, 2015 / Highlight
CONCEPT FRAMEWORK
The World Bank is organizing a women risk management start-up competition in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This competition is a public-private partnership between the World Bank, the IFC, MIT Enterprise Forum, IE Business School, Johnson and Johnson, Arab Urban Development Institute, the MENA Early Stage Investment...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Medinas 2030
Oct 16, 2014 / Program
The rehabilitation of medinas, the ancient centers of Arab cities, is more than a matter of urban renewal: It is an opportunity to celebrate cultural heritage, and to give it new life. The Medinas 2030 program aims to:
raise awareness among public policy makers of the importance of rehabilitating historical urban centres;
identify and define the...
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....
Newly released World Bank study on Climate Change in MENA
Sep 05, 2014 / Highlight
New World Bank study
Do households living in climate-affected areas in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region believe that changes in climate patterns and their environment are taking place? Have households been affected by extreme weather events, and in that case to what extent and which events have had the largest impact? What are the...
World Bank Quick Note on the Impact of Weather Shocks on MENA Households
Sep 05, 2014 / Highlight
World Bank Quick Note on the Impact of Weather Shocks on MENA Households
Introduction: Do households living in climate affected areas in the MENA region believe that changes in climate patterns and their environment are taking place? Have households been affected by extreme weather events, and if so to what extent and which events have had the...
UKP Multi-Partner Thematic Newsletter - Issue 1 - City Resilience
Aug 17, 2014 / Library
Middle East and North Africa Urbanization Knowledge Platform Newsletter on City Resilience
A New Knowledge Sharing Tool on Urbanization and Urban Development in MENA
This is the inaugural Middle East and North Africa Urbanization Knowledge Platform (MENA UKP) newsletter on urban development. The newsletter is designed to facilitate...
Seven Steps to Surviving a Disaster
Jul 07, 2014 / Blog entry
To read the blog authored by World Bank President Jim Kim for Bloomberg View titled "Seven Steps to Surviving a Disaster" please click here: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-02-18/seven-steps-to-surviving-a-disaster
Water in the Arab world: From droughts to flood, building resilience against extremes (WB feature story in Arabic, English and French)
Apr 28, 2014 / Highlight
To read the World Bank feature story on Arab city resilience and Water, please click here.
Pour lire l'article de la Banque mondiale sur le renforcement de la résistance des villes arabes aux extrêmes climatiques veuillez cliquer ici.
لقراءة مقال البنك الدولي حول بناء قدرات الدول العربية لمواجهة الكوارث الطبيعية، إضغط هنا.
Increasing the Resilience of Cities in MENA
Apr 28, 2014 / Highlight
In a context of demographic pressure and rapid urbanization, MENA cities are particularly sensitive to exogenous hazards and shocks. Most cities in MENA are especially exposed to natural disaster and climate-related shocks, and the impact on cities has been aggravated by the rise in population density (62% of the total population of MENA live in...
21 Ways to Make European Cities More Resilient
Apr 28, 2014 / Highlight
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s post-political career has been all about urban resilience, a fact probably influenced by the massive hurricane that concluded his three-term administration. Perhaps the centerpiece of this push has been Bloomberg Philanthropy’s Mayor’s Challenge, an initiative designed to draw out concrete proposals for...
MOOC on Climate Change: Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided
Mar 05, 2014 / Highlight
About the Course
Under current pledges and commitments, the world is likely to reach 4°C degree warming by the end of the century and 2°C warming as early as 2040. This MOOC brings together renowned scientists to provide a synthesis of the most recent scientific evidence and presents an analysis of likely impacts and risks, with a focus on...
