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Ocemo, the voice of civil society

Ocemo, the voice of civil society
10/30/2012 - Frédéric Dubessy avec la BEI | Euro-Mediterranean projects
MEDITERRANEAN. On 1 September 2011, Pascale Chabrillat will take up her post as General Director of Ocemo in Marseille. Ocemo (the Office for Economic Cooperation of the Mediterranean and the Middle East) is a new think tank launched by its two co-presidents, Philippe de Fontaine Vive,...

Urban Development as a building block of democracy

Urban Development as a building block of democracy
10/30/2012 - Frédéric Dubessy avec la BEI | Euro-Mediterranean projects
“Urbanisation is a major challenge for democratic transition in the Mediterranean”, says Henry Marty-Gauquié, Director – Links with International Organisations and representative of the European Investment Bank group (EIB), Paris. Revolutions, evolutions, Mediterranean countries are committing...

The EIB offers resources for water

The EIB offers resources for water
10/30/2012 - Frédéric Dubessy avec la BEI | Euro-Mediterranean projects
MEDITERRANEAN. Sometimes described as the water bank, as its investments in this sector are increasing, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is developing a strategy consistent with the European Commission’s White Paper on adapting to climate change, published in 2009. At the 6th World Water Forum,...

LOGISMED is on track

LOGISMED is on track
10/30/2012 - Frédéric Dubessy avec la BEI | Euro-Mediterranean projects
The LOGISMED initiative led by the EIB is now entering its implementation phase. The creation of a network of Euro-Mediterranean logistic platforms is now taking shape. MEDITERRANEAN. A European Investment Bank (EIB) initiative, LOGISMED aims to develop the logistic sector in Mediterranean Partner...

CMI: Bringing change to the Mediterranean

CMI: Bringing change to the Mediterranean
10/29/2012 - With CMI | Publireportage
Since it was founded in mid-2009, the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) has published studies on financing education, the impact of climate change on Mediterranean coastal cities and a guide to creating technopoles. The CMI is now in a delivering phase. Below are some examples of what CMI...

CMI Reporting!

CMI Reporting!
10/29/2012 - With CMI | Publireportage
Last June, the Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) was the subject of an audit conducted by an independent body. For two months, DFC experts examined the programs, actions and methodology used by the CMI. If the initial results are positive, some areas for improvement should provide a new...

Responding to New Demands

Responding to New Demands
10/29/2012 - By Mats Karlsson, Director of CMI | Publireportage
By Mats Karlsson, Director of CMI Nearly one year ago, the Arab Spring erupted. No one could have predicted its arrival or the course of events that followed; no one can say for sure where those events will lead. But the tensions that underlay the uprisings were common knowledge:  The need...

A Few Words from the Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank

A Few Words from the Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
10/29/2012 - Inger Andersen Vice President, Middle East and North Africa | Publireportage
These are extraordinary times for citizens in our region. As we are all aware, many opportunities have opened up, and, at the same time, economic and social challenges remain. Much work lies ahead to realize the dreams that underlie the Arab Spring. How can we support the historic social processes...