en.econostrum
Econostrum | Economic News in the Mediterranean
en.econostrum
   

en.econostrum
Tags (20) : education

Education and training need to adapt better to crises in Arab Mediterranean countries

Education and training need to adapt better to crises in Arab Mediterranean countries
06/03/2021 | Development models in Mediterranean
The latest study by the EMNES’ Mediterranean economists has pointed out weaknesses in educational and training systems and policies in Arab Mediterranean countries in the face of the pandemic. Version française
AMC, Arab Mediterranean countries, covid-19, education, EMEA, Emnes, ETF, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, European Training Foundation, human capital development policies, Mediterranean, Ryl Ayadi, Sara Ronco, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), training

Vivendi increases its stake in Prisa

Vivendi increases its stake in Prisa
01/25/2021 - Gérard Tur | Services
FRANCE / SPAIN. The French company Vivendi becomes owner of 9.9% of Prisa's capital. The Spanish group owns notably El Pais.
Cadena SER, Courrier International, education, El Pais, France, HSBC, Joseph Oughourlian, Lagardère, Le Monde, media, Obs, Portugal, Prisa, Radio Caracol, Santillana, Spain, TVI, Télérama, Vincent Bolloré, Vivendi

EMEA economists gauge Euro-Mediterranean regional integration

EMEA economists gauge Euro-Mediterranean regional integration
10/07/2020 | Development models in Mediterranean
Using a multidimensional approach, economists at the EMEA have put forward a regional integration matrix that measures the degree of convergence between sub-regions in the Mediterranean through a set of 80 indicators. Version française
Covid-19, education, Emanuele Sessa, EMEA, EMNES, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, Kostas Fragkiadakis, Leonidas Paroussos, Mediterranean, regional integration matrix, research, RIM, Rym Ayadi

Education Mismatch in North Africa: Determinants and Impact

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Moundir Lassassi, Mohamed Ali Marouani. The uprising of 2011 in many Arab countries have highlighted the vulnerability and fragility of their labor markets, characterized by high unemployment rates, especially for young people. The lack of job opportunities for...
Algeria, education, employment report, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, Maghreb, Maghreb report, Mohamed Ali Marouani, Morocco, Moundir Lassassi, North Africa, politic report, Tunisia, unemployment, youth, youth education report

Gender Inequalities on the Labour Market in North Africa

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Hassiba Gherbi, Philippe Adair, Amina Benhaddad, Razika Medjoub, Nacer-Eddine Hammouda The paper designs a pooled sample of almost 3,027 active people from the Sahwa dataset using a common questionnaire carried out in 2015 among 7,816 Algerian, Egyptian,...
Algeria, Amina Benhaddad, education, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, gender equality, Hassiba Gherbi, labour market, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, Morocco, Nacer-Eddine Hammouda, North Africa, Philippe Adair, Razika Medjoub, Tunisia, youth, youth education report, youth employment

Southern Mediterranean education causing labour market friction

Southern Mediterranean education causing labour market friction
07/18/2019 - Frédéric Dubessy, in BRUSSELS | Development models in Mediterranean

Version française
Bruxelles, Centre d'étude des politiques européennes, CEPS, Cinzia Alcidi, education, Egypt, Emnes, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, Eurostat, HOMERe, Léo Vincent, Mediterranean, migrants, Morocco, Nathalie Creste, Nooh Akshyab, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), Tunisia, unemployment, Yarmouk

Labour supply, education and migration in south mediterranean countries

06/03/2019 | EMNES reports
Publié en juin 2019. Rédigé par Cinzia Alcidi, Nadzeya Laurentsyeva The analysis of labour supply in South Mediterranean Countries indicates that only a package of long term policies can foster employment creation. The quality of education systems needs to be improved to deliver good employees for...
Cinzia Alcidi, crisis report, education, Emnes, employment, employment report, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, growth development report, Labour supply, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, MENA, Middle East, Nadzeya Laurentsyeva, youth, youth education report

Gender Wage Disparities in Egypt: Evidence from ELMPS 2006 and 2012

09/10/2018 | EMNES reports
Published in September 2018. Written by Marwa Biltagy. His paper focuses on estimating wage differentials between males and females in Egypt to understand the determinants of the gender wage gap.
economy, education, Egypt, Emnes, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, financing investment report, Marwa Biltagy, Mashrek Report, rural area, urban planning, wage

Institutions failing to play their role in the Southern Mediterranean job market

Institutions failing to play their role in the Southern Mediterranean job market
04/23/2018 - Frédéric Dubessy | Development models in Mediterranean

Version française
economists, economy, education, Egypt, Emnes, employees, employment contracts, employment policies, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, GDP, investment, Jordan, Mediterranean, MENA, Morocco, public assets, salary, social security, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), tax evasion, Tunisia, underground economy, unemployment

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...
Chahir Zaki, development, education, Egypt, EMNES report, enterprises, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, Euro-Mediterranean region, European Union (EU), exportation, innovation, investment, Job, Jordan, Mediterranean, MENA, Middle East, Morocco, Nora Aboushady, Trade, Tunisia

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...
development, education, Egypt, EMNES report, enterprises, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, Euro-Mediterranean region, European Union (EU), exportation, gender equality, innovation, investment, Job, Jordan, Mediterranean, MENA, Middle East, Morocco, Trade, Tunisia

"We need to educate people about citizenship"

"We need to educate people about citizenship"
05/15/2015 | Society / Institutions
With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

The "Forming responsible citizens" project, which has been approved by the Union for the Mediterranean and is founded on a government/NGO partnership, aims to contribute to instilling values of interdependent and sustainable development, freedom and gender equality from school age.
Chiara Guidetti, citizenship, education, Egypt, gender equality, Ideaborn, Mediterranean, Morocco, South America, Training responsible citizens, Tunisia, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Medpro details its visions for the Euro-Mediterranean in 2030

Medpro details its visions for the Euro-Mediterranean in 2030
07/25/2013 - Frédéric Dubessy | Mediterranean 2030


Version française
education, Egypt, emea, energy transition, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, Euro-Mediterranean in 2030, good governance, human rights, Medpro, Rym Ayadi, social justice, spread of democracy, Turkey

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...
access to water, AFD Agence Française de Développement, CMI, Damascus, democratic transitions, education, EIB European Investment Bank, Europe, health, infrastructure, Maghreb, Marty-Gauquié, Mashriq, medina, medinas 2030, Mediterranean, Meknes, policy, PPP, public-private partnership, sanitation, social housing, urban planning

CMI: Bringing change to the Mediterranean

CMI: Bringing change to the Mediterranean
10/29/2012 - With CMI | Advertorial
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...
climate change, CMI, education, green economy, guide to creating technopoles, Mediterranean coastal cities, sustainable development, UNEP

Young people, the key to the Mediterranean

Young people, the key to the Mediterranean
10/16/2012 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier | Socio-economic assessments
Yusuf Kocoglu, Assistant Professor at the Laboratory for Applied Economics for Development (LEAD), at the University of Sud Toulon-Var helped draw up the annual FEMISE report for 2011 on the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. In the document entitled “A new Mediterranean region: towards achieving...
education, elections, European White Paper, Femise, Maghreb, Mediterranean, MENA, qualification, Tunisia, Turkey, unemployment, universities, work, youth, Yusuf Kocoglu

Health and education attract foreign investors to the Mena countries over the long term

Health and education attract foreign investors to the Mena countries over the long term
10/15/2012 - Marie-Pierre Vega | Socio-economic assessments
Does the social development of the population influence economic performance? A study by Femise, funded by the European Union, sheds light upon the relationship between individual freedoms, degree of openness and foreign direct investments in countries in the Mena region (Middle East and North...
economic growth, education, FDI, Femise, foreign direct investment, foreign investors, gender equality, health, Mediterranean, MENA, openness, social development

Three long-term scenarios …

Three long-term scenarios …
10/08/2012 - Frédéric Dubessy | Reflections
By Bénédict de Saint-Laurent, advisor at Anima
Americas, Asean, Asia, Atlantis, benedict de Saint Laurent, Bunge, bureaucracy, business, CNPC, economic and financial crisis, education, Emaar, euro-mediterranean, Europe, India, industrial, logistics, med, Med-15, Mediterranean, Mittal, Nafta, OECD, rationality, scenario, Tata, training

Public-private partnerships grow in Morocco

Public-private partnerships grow in Morocco
05/24/2011 - Christelle Marot, PARIS | Services
MOROCCO. Transport, water and electricity distribution, drainage and education: in Morocco, the private provision of a number of public services is becoming more commonplace.
ACME, Agadir, airports, Amendis, APM Terminals, CUPM, education, Eurogate, finance, industry, Lahlou, Lydec, management, marketing, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Marsa, Morocco, Mundiapolis, new technologies, Nouaceur, offshoring, on-board electronics, ONDA, PPP, public-private partnership, Rabat, Redal, Salé, Suez Environnement, Tanger Med, Tangier, telecoms networks, Tetouan, TMSA, Trade, transport, Universiapolis, Veolia, water and electricity distribution

Turkey has experience with PPP

Turkey has experience with PPP
05/24/2011 - Guillaume Perrier, à ISTANBUL | Services
TURKEY. In Turkey, a growing number of infrastructure projects are financed by PPP. Important amendments to legislation have allowed this model to become commonplace.
Ali Tekin, Ankara, BOT, canal Istanbul, education, european standards, Gebze, Imir, Istanbul, JDP, Mehmet Uzunkaya, Plan Bleu, PPP, public-private partnership, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, Vorking


Our partners