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Outsmart climate change: work with nature!

07/01/2019 | BLUE PLAN reports
While climate change is becoming more and more of a concrete reality, impacting people and places throughout the Mediterranean region, a broad range of Nature-based Solutions are available to enhance society’s resilience in this new, dynamic and highly challenging context.

Regional workshop: Human impacts on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and the economy

04/11/2018 | BLUE PLAN reports
Published in April 2018. Written by Hilmi Nathalie, Lafitte Antoine, Allemand Denis, Ferrier-Pages Christine, Reynaud Stéphanie, Tambuté Sylvie, Venn Alexander, Cramer Wolfgang, Guiot Joel, Gazeau Fréderic, Petrucelli Chloé, van Klaveren Céline, Highman Laetitia. This document was drafted following...

Do Exports and Innovation Matter for the Demand of Skilled Labor? Evidence from MENA Countries

04/03/2018 | EMNES reports
Publié en avril 2018. rédigé par Nora Aboushady, Chahir Zaki The objective of the paper is to test the impact of exports and innovation on the demand of skilled labor in the MENA region using firm-level data. In this matter, our contribution is threefold. First, we examine the connection between...

Economic Analysis of Supply Functions, Private Returns to Investment in Education and Skill Mismatch in Egypt

04/03/2018 | EMNES reports
Publié en avril 2018. Rédigé par Marwa Biltagy The main objective of this paper is to estimate the demand and supply functions for schooling in Egypt using the data of the Egypt Labour Market Panel Survey 2012. It is concluded that, the number of years of schooling and the family...

Institut de la Méditerranée and FEMISE pointers for revitalizing the Tunisian economy

Institut de la Méditerranée and FEMISE pointers for revitalizing the Tunisian economy
07/24/2015 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier, MARSEILLE | Socio-economic assessments
Invest in innovation, overhaul the Tunisian education system and vocational training, improve the banking system and build new infrastructure… According to the economists of the Institut de la Méditerranée (Marseille and Tunis) and the FEMISE, boosting the Tunisian economy requires activating a number levers. Version française

“Imagine”, a bridge between scientists and policy-makers

“Imagine”, a bridge between scientists and policy-makers
11/02/2012 - Michel Neumuller avec le Plan Bleu | Environmental and development issues
Through the collaborative project, Pegaso, the EU wants to think of coastlines in terms of integrated management. In this context Plan Bleu relies on the dialogue between policy-makers and scientists. Here’s an update on this operational research project with project leader Julien Le Tellier....

The EIB doubles its loans to Morocco

The EIB doubles its loans to Morocco
11/02/2012 - Frédéric Dubessy avec la BEI | Euro-Mediterranean projects
Manufacturing with OCP, techno-hubs with MEDZ, and Plan Maroc vert (green Morocco), the European Investment Bank makes its presence in Morocco felt like never before. The EIB grants over €270 million in loans to this country in just a few days. MOROCCO / EUROPE. By signing a loan for €130 million...

The Tunisian road programme: the path to democratic transition

The Tunisian road programme: the path to democratic transition
10/30/2012 - Frédéric Dubessy avec la BEI | Euro-Mediterranean projects
TUNISIA / EUROPA.  In late May 2011, in Deauville, France, the G8 SET the agenda: “begin new projects without delay” to support democratic transition in the wake of the Arab spring. A month later, the European Investment Bank (EIB) becomes the first vehicle for this ambition by deciding to...