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Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification

Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification
04/20/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Libya must recover from ten years of internal conflict and tackle not only its reconstruction, but the diversification of its economy. However, a prerequisite for this is the establishment of a genuine state and administration.
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"Project leaders in the South of the Mediterranean have become aware of the opportunity to finance themselves via crowdfunding platforms"

"Project leaders in the South of the Mediterranean have become aware of the opportunity to finance themselves via crowdfunding platforms"
04/19/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Michel Kaluszynski, Director of Participatory Finance Africa Mediterranean (FPAM), gives an initial assessment of participatory finance in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
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Samir Abdelkrim: "Digital has made Emerging Valley even more connected, denser and more essential for Africa-Europe innovation ecosystems"

Samir Abdelkrim: "Digital has made Emerging Valley even more connected, denser and more essential for Africa-Europe innovation ecosystems"
04/09/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Samir Abdelkrim organised the fourth edition of Emerging Valley in Marseille on 7 and 8 April 2021, which was broadcast online because of Covid-19. He explains the usefulness of this link between Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa for start-ups and innovation.
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Christian Graeff: "The has-beens are now out of the game in Libya"

Christian Graeff: "The has-beens are now out of the game in Libya"
04/09/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info, Christian Graeff, French ambassador to Libya from 1982 to 1985, gives a less than optimistic assessment of the future of this country torn apart by its divisions for ten years. The ninety-seven year old diplomat however gives the keys to avoid a "Syrianization" of Libya.
Africa, Beirut, Benghazi, Berkane, Christian Graeff, Cyrenaica, Dbeibah, Fayez al-Sarraj, Fezzan, Gamal Abd El Nasser, Geneva, Italy, Joe Biden, Khalifa Haftar, Libya, Mediterranean, Mitterrand, Muammar Gaddafi, Roland Dumas, Russia, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Spain, Syria, Tripolitania, Turkey, United Nations, United States

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns
04/07/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Libya has entered a new era since Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar finally decided to throw in the towel. Their withdrawals have allowed for the emergence of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and a new interim governance. Part 1/5
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EU wields carrot and stick in its relations with Turkey

EU wields carrot and stick in its relations with Turkey
03/26/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU / TURKEY. The members of the European Council are blowing hot and cold on the troubled issue of their relations with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and are putting Turkey under observation for two months.
Cyprus, diplomacy, Eastern Mediterranean, European Council, European Union (EU), Greece, international relations, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, United Nations

Six international organizations launch a Mediterranean Consortium for the protection of biodiversity

Six international organizations launch a Mediterranean Consortium for the protection of biodiversity
03/12/2021 - Eric Apim | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. A memorandum of understanding was signed in Marseille by six international organizations for the creation of a Mediterranean Consortium for the protection of biodiversity.
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"DarESS will spearhead the SSE in Tunisia"

"DarESS will spearhead the SSE in Tunisia"
03/11/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
Sonia Benyahia, director of ProgRESS Tunisia, matrix of a future national center of resources of the social and solidarity economy, and Rodérick Égal, president of iesMed, Mediterranean platform of accompaniment to the SSE, draw up, exclusively for econostrum.info, the panorama of the SSE in Tunisia. They reveal their projects in this country, while they are preparing to inaugurate in Tunis, DarESS, the house of the SSE.
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France joins the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum

France joins the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum
03/10/2021 - Eric Apim | Industry
MEDITERRANEAN. The Member States of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum have accepted the arrival of France as a member and the United States as a permanent observer. version française
Cyprus, East Mediterranean, East Mediterranean Gas Forum, Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, Egypt, EMGF, energy, France, gas, Gaza, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mediterranean, natural gas, Palestine, Turkey, United States

Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021

Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021
03/08/2021 - Eric Apim | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) lists forty-five countries that will need external food aid in 2021. Three of them are in the Mediterranean. version française
Africa, ESCWA, Eswatini, European Union (EU), FAO, Food and Agriculture Organisation, food deficit, food security, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, North Africa, Syria, UN, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, wheat

"The Mediterranean is a small region on the world map where the heaviest challenges are piled up"

"The Mediterranean is a small region on the world map where the heaviest challenges are piled up"
03/04/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Bernard Valéro is retiring after a rich career at the Quai d'Orsay, consul, ambassador and director general of Avitem (Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories) in Marseille for his last position. The sixty-six-year-old diplomat comments, unvarnished and exclusively on econostrum.info, on the highlights of his professional life confronted with the ups and downs of the Mediterranean region.
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Tarak Chérif becomes President of Anima Investment Network

Tarak Chérif becomes President of Anima Investment Network
03/03/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | People
MEDITERRANEAN. The Anima Investment Network has unanimously elected Tarak Chérif as its new president. He succeeds Abdelkader Betari, representative of the Oriental (Morocco). version française

Abdelkader Betari, Alliance One, Anima Investment Network, Arab Businessmen's Federation, Conect, Economic Cooperation, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Paris, Mediterranean, Morocco, Oriental, Sfax, Tarak Chérif, Tunisia, Turkey, Université Paris-Sud

Mario Draghi goes to Italy's bedside and promises radical remedies

Mario Draghi goes to Italy's bedside and promises radical remedies
02/17/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
ITALY. Having achieved the union of the left and the extreme right in his new government, Mario Draghi should have no difficulty in gaining the confidence of the two Italian assemblies. version française
5 Stars Movement, Covid-19, Europe, France, Giancarlo Giorgetti, Istat, Italian economy, Italian politics, Italy, Johns Hopkins University, League, Luigi di Maio, Mario Draghi, Matteo Salvini, Mediterranean, Sergio Mattarella, Spain, Turkey

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion
02/09/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Six years after the last revision of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership launched in 1995 in Barcelona, the European Commission adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean, with a Southern Neighbourhood Instrument endowed with €7 billion over six years.
 version française
Algeria, Barcelona, Brussels, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation, Egypt, European Commission, European Union, Israel, IVCDCI, Jordan, Josep Borrel, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Morocco, Neighbourhood Instrument, New Agenda for the Mediterranean, Olivér Várhelyi, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia

Lebanon and Tunisia have the strongest productive capacities of the Mediterranean developing countries

Lebanon and Tunisia have the strongest productive capacities of the Mediterranean developing countries
02/09/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
WORLD. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is launching a new Productive Capacity Index to help its members achieve their socio-economic transformation.
Algeria, developing countries, Egypt, human capital, Jordan, KPI, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mediterranean, Montenegro, Morocco, Mukhisa Kituyi, natural capital, Palestine Geneva, Paul Akiwumi, Productive Capacity Index, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UNCTAD

Private and public sector working together in Mediterranean innovation

Private and public sector working together in Mediterranean innovation
02/04/2021 | Talent for a new economy
From the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region to Tunisia, via Spain, institutions and innovation stakeholders are working more closely together to counter the effects of the pandemic and prepare for the post Covid-19 world. Version française
ACCIO Aurea Rodriguez, Anima Investment Network, Catalan, Catalan Agency for business competitiveness, covid-19, Emmanuel Noutary, FIPA, France, innovation, Jean-François Royer, Mediterranean, Provence-Alpes-Cöte d'Azur, risingSUD, Spain, Tunisia, Tunisian Foreign Investment Agency, Zied Lahbib

CMA CGM obtains management of the future port of Alexandria terminal

CMA CGM obtains management of the future port of Alexandria terminal
01/28/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
EGYPT / FRANCE. CMA CGM will manage and operate Pier 55, the future multipurpose terminal at the port of Alexandria.
Alexandria, CMA CGM, Egypt, France, Greece, Latakia, LNG, Malta, maritime, Marseilles, Marseilles-Fos, Mediterranean, Pier 55, port, Saadé, Seville, Syria, Thessaloniki

Restriction measures are being stepped up around the Mediterranean

Restriction measures are being stepped up around the Mediterranean
01/15/2021 - Gérard Tur | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The situation related to the pandemic is changing almost daily, with measures taken region by region or city by city in some countries.
Algeria, bars, Catalonia, catering, confinement, Covid 19, culture, curfew, Egypt, epidemic, France limit, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, pandemic, Portugal, restrictions, Spain, sports halls, Tunisia, Turkey, WHO

Mediterranean health systems tested by Covid-19

Mediterranean health systems tested by Covid-19
01/14/2021 | Development models in Mediterranean
A lack of budgetary means and chronic structural socio-economic weaknesses have prevented an adequate political response to the coronavirus pandemic in the six countries studied by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association. Version française
Algeria, Covid-19, EMEA, euro-mediterranean economists association, How resilient are the Healthcare systems in the Mediterranean, Jordan, KAS PolDiMed, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, Rym Ayadi, Sara Ronco, Tunisia

Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to soften his relations with France and the European Union

Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to soften his relations with France and the European Union
01/12/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
TURKEY / EU. Turkish president wants to "put back on track" relations between his country and the European Union.
Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Emmanuel Macron, Erdogan, EU, European Commission, France, Greece Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, relations between Turkey and the EU, Turkey, Ursula von der Leyen

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