Parallel - ARNHOLD - Regional HEd Tunis - June 2014
Parallel - AHMAD RAZAK- Regional HEd Tunis - June 2014
Breaking Even or Breaking Through
Parallel - FERRANTE - Regional HEd Tunis - June 2014
[Interview] Morocco's Tourism Sector Benefits from Political Stability
Apr 15, 2015 / Library
Lahcen Haddad, Moroccan Minister of Tourism, speaks about the activity in the tourism sector. Interview conducted by Les Echos in the context of the joint CMI/PACA multi-partner event on “Tourism in the Mediterranean: Driving Integrated and Sustainable Development, Enhancing Heritage and Cultural Exchanges” ...
[Arab Knowledge Report 2014] Youth and Localisation of Knowledge
Apr 15, 2015 / Library
The change process that Arab states are undergoing nowadays requires the region to adopt a more innovative approach to development, an approach based on the localization of knowledge and empowerment of youth as change agents. The latest UNDP Arab Knowledge report (2014) discusses the necessity of building a knowledge based society and...
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Dismantling Mediterranean Myths: Status of Arab Women
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
“Dismantling Mediterranean Myths” is the Center for Mediterranean Integration’s new blog series. Using facts and statistics, it confronts misconceptions about the region. By opening up barriers, the series hopes to reframe, refresh and advance the thinking on Mediterranean issues.
This issue focuses on the myth of Arab women’s status and is...
Dismantling Mediterranean Myths: Arab Youth and Migration
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
“Dismantling Mediterranean Myths” is the Center for Mediterranean Integration’s new blog series. Using facts and statistics, it confronts misconceptions about the region. By opening up barriers, the series hopes to reframe, refresh and advance the thinking on Mediterranean issues.
This issue focuses on the myth of Arab youth and migration...
Dismantling Mediterranean Myths: Are there “Islamic High Fertility Laws”?
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
“Dismantling Mediterranean Myths” is the Center for Mediterranean Integration’s new blog series. Using facts and statistics, it confronts misconceptions about the region. By opening up barriers, the series hopes to reframe, refresh and advance the thinking on Mediterranean issues.
The inaugural issue focuses on the myth of “Islamic...
Executive Summary: Turn Down the Heat- Confronting the New Climate Normal
Turn Down the Heat : Confronting the New Climate Normal
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
This report focuses on the risks of climate change to development in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and parts of Europe and Central Asia. Building on earlier Turn Down the Heat reports, this new scientific analysis examines the likely impacts of present day (0.8°C), 2°C and 4°C warming above pre-industrial...
Regional Summary: Turn Down the Heat - Confronting the New Climate Normal
Interview: Tourism Can Lead to Shared Prosperity and Preserve the Environmental and cultural Heritage
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
Interview of CMI Manager, Mourad Ezzine, in the context of the high-level workshop "Tourism in the Mediterranean: Driving Integrated and Sustainable Development, Enhancing Heritage and Cultural Exchanges," co-organized by the Center for Mediterranean Integration in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region as part of Mediterranean Economic Week.
Urban Migrant Integration, a CMI Roundtable
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
The CMI/World Bank International Labor Mobility Program convened a roundtable in early November to launch its new initiative, LINC-UP (Labor Integration Network of Cities and Urban Planners). Scholars, practitioners, and municipal leaders discussed current challenges facing migrant destination cities, as well as emerging strategies...
Interview: Tourism is a driver of growth and jobs
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
Interview of Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, World Bank Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural & Resilience Global Practice, in the context of the high-level workshop "Tourism in the Mediterranean: Driving Integrated and Sustainable Development, Enhancing Heritage and Cultural Exchanges," co-organized by the Center for Mediterranean...
Climate Change
Apr 03, 2015 / Program
Lead Organization
The World Bank.
Partners
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Challenges
Insufficient scientific science-based understanding of the nature and magnitude of development impacts of climate change in the region
Insufficient consideration of regional based publications in Climate change...
Energy Efficiency
Apr 03, 2015 / Program
Lead Organization
The World Bank.
Partners
Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE).
Challenges
Energy Efficiency efforts are too limited in the region while the energy demand is rising substantially in the region.
Existing Solutions and good practice are not sufficiently shared to inform policy...
Public-Private Partnerships
Apr 03, 2015 / Program
Lead Organization
European Investment Bank (EIB), FEMIP (Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment Partnerships) Department.
Through its Regional Integration through Trade and Transport Corridors (TRANSTRAC) facility, the EIB has mobilized EUR 400 000 to finance several components of the program.
Partners
The World Bank, through PPIAF...
Trade and Economic Integration
Mar 31, 2015 / Program
Lead Organization
The World Bank
Partners
The European Union (EU), the United States, and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Also, IPEMED (Economic Foresight Institute for the Mediterranean Region); KNOMAD (Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development); Tunisia School of Business; Mediterranean School of Business; local...
What Climate Change Means for Latin America, Middle East & Central Asia
[Study Tour] Integrated Social Protection Systems in Belgium
Mar 27, 2015 / Highlight
The 23rd of March, 2015 marked the beginning of knowledge exchanges organized by the World Bank, Agence Française de Développement (AfD) and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI). This activity was related to the establishment of Integrated Social Protection Systems.
The target audience was composed of high-level technical...
Session 5 - Mathieu Pierre Philippe - Space for Sustainable Urban Development