Briefs / Focus / Spot Ons
- Focus
Rescate en el mar y protección internacional: ¿hacia un nuevo marco legal a través del pacto europeo sobre la migración y el asilo?
Los Estados del Mediterráneo —España, Grecia, Italia y Malta— se enfrentan al desafío de responder a la llegada de migrantes y solicitantes de protección internacional que llegan por mar, y de gestionar centros de acogida superpoblados, y de...
12 noviembre 2021
- Focus
Environmental Activism In The Southern Mediterranean Region
Despite some governments having recently taken significant steps in promoting space for the youth in the decision-making process, it seems that the voice of young people is not yet fully heard in policy-making processes as they are hardly considered...
8 noviembre 2021
- Focus
Accélérer la transition énergétique au sud et à l’est de la Méditerranée: facteurs clés et défis
Carrefour de trois continents, c’est autour de la Méditerranée que sont nées et se sont épanouies certaines des plus belles civilisations du globe. La région connaît des mutations profondes depuis quelques années et celles-ci ont un impact p...
8 noviembre 2021
- Focus
Strategic Urban Planning and Climate Migration in the Cities of Lebanon
Understanding the role of cities as drivers of sustainability is critical to develop synergies between all levels of governance, the civil society and the citizenry, towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
8 noviembre 2021
- Focus
On The Road To The COP26 In Glasgow: Climate Diplomacy in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean remains one of the least protected regions in the world while its natural resources are under heavy pressure. Because these threats to the ecosystem impact the entire region, notwithstanding, Mediterranean countries must work togeth...
28 octubre 2021
- Spot On
Will Tunisia’s Ship of State Sink or Sail?
Tunisia will go bankrupt this summer if it fails to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
1 agosto 2021
- Spot On
Big Tech and Digital Taxation reforms in the EU and MENA
Digital taxation has gained attention on the international agenda, especially after major technology companies saw profits surge during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, while many countries suffered from an economic crisis that called for a search for n...
1 agosto 2021
- Policy Brief
Raising Private Sector Investments and Social Awareness to Boost the Green Transition in the Southern Neighbourhood: Two Parts of the Same Equation
By outlining that the European Green Deal represents a unique opportunity for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, the strategy postulates that the EU and its SN partner countries should work together to strengthen environmental resilience.
30 junio 2021
- Policy Brief
Global Value Chains in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Opportunities to Increase Euro-Mediterranean Integration
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected all economic sectors with many services facing particularly large turnover losses.
30 junio 2021
- Policy Brief
Bridging the Mediterranean for an Enlarged, Comprehensive and Equitable Integration between the EU and its Southern Neighbours
The European Union cooperation treaties with the Southern Mediterranean Countries have grown in successive layers to become, over time, a comprehensive and multi-layered corpus comprising integration pacts in security, economy, environment and cultur...
30 junio 2021
- Policy Brief
The Role of Civil Society Organizations in raising Awareness of the Green Transition in the Southern Neighbourhood. Obstacles, Practices and Potential for the EU’s Support
Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMCs) often lack the adaptive management capacity that is essential to become effective agents for coordinated and long-term development processe.
30 junio 2021
- Focus
Climate Change in the Middle East: a Source of Cooperation or Conflict?
Climate change is a major governance challenge in the Middle East, but water and food availability in the region is currently affected more by unsustainable groundwater extraction, demographic change, and unregulated transboundary water flows
25 febrero 2021