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Policy Impacts of the Climate Change Conferences in the Mediterranean
  • Policy Study

Policy Impacts of the Climate Change Conferences in the Mediterranean

A report by IEMed, FNF MADRID and eco-union presented at the COP29 in Baku (2024).

14 November 2024
Renewable Energy and Electricity Interconnection Megaprojects in North Africa: Prospects for Euro-North Africa Cooperation
  • Policy Study

Renewable Energy and Electricity Interconnection Megaprojects in North Africa: Prospects for Euro-North Africa Cooperation

This Joint Policy Study delves into North Africa’s renewable energy landscape, examining the potential and challenges of megaprojects in the region.

21 July 2024
Towards Inclusive Mediterranean Economies: Advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Region
  • Policy Study

Towards Inclusive Mediterranean Economies: Advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Region

In this first publication of the MedWE programme, the IEMed and the Union for the Mediterranean aim to contribute to applied research on the crucial area of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

27 May 2024
Prevention Measures against Violent Extremism and Radicalisation in the MENA and Balkans
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Prevention Measures against Violent Extremism and Radicalisation in the MENA and Balkans

This report of the CONNEKT project on prevention measures are based on the case study reports on the prevention factors at the local level in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia.

21 May 2024
Prevention Guidelines for Local Authorities in the MENA and the Balkans
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Prevention Guidelines for Local Authorities in the MENA and the Balkans

These prevention guidelines, developed for the benefit of local authorities in their efforts to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism (VE), are based on the research that the CONNEKT team have completed in the Middle East and North Africa (MEN...

21 May 2024
The unexplored potential of the EU as a mediator of PCVE efforts across its neighbourhood
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The unexplored potential of the EU as a mediator of PCVE efforts across its neighbourhood

This policy paper is fruit of the results gathered through primary data collection but also of a dialogue among researchers, experts, practitioners, state officials, civil society actors and local community representatives within the framework of the...

21 May 2024
Infrastructures, energy and digitalisation: pillars for the sustainable development of transport in the Western Mediterranean
  • Policy Study

Infrastructures, energy and digitalisation: pillars for the sustainable development of transport in the Western Mediterranean

This Policy Study by IEMed and CETMO aims at giving response to the challenges posed by climate change in the region and how the transport sector can counter it and adapt to it through digitalisation, the transformation and connection of transport wi...

26 February 2024
The Migration Agreements in Euro-Mediterranean Relations for a Geopolitical Europe
  • Paper

The Migration Agreements in Euro-Mediterranean Relations for a Geopolitical Europe

This paper undertakes a comprehensive examination of the geopolitical objectives pursued by the EU within the context of Euro-Mediterranean relations.

25 February 2024
Securing European Interests from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf: Rethinking EU Strategic Autonomy at Sea
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Securing European Interests from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf: Rethinking EU Strategic Autonomy at Sea

This paper aims to assess the concurrent need to secure European interests in the maritime domain vis-à-vis threats originating from the area going from the Mediterranean to the Strait of Hormuz.

12 February 2024
Türkiye-EU Relations and the European Political Community in the Aftermath of Russian Invasion: Is the Transactional Turn Here to Stay?
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Türkiye-EU Relations and the European Political Community in the Aftermath of Russian Invasion: Is the Transactional Turn Here to Stay?

Are the EU foreign policy, on the one hand, and the bilateral Türkiye-EU relations, on the other, to evolve in a completely transactional and security-based manner?

12 February 2024
Mask Off: Implications of the EU’s “Geopolitical Awakening” for its Relations with the MENA Region
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Mask Off: Implications of the EU’s “Geopolitical Awakening” for its Relations with the MENA Region

What does a more geopolitical EU foreign policy entail? What would be the implications of such a new approach regarding the European Neighbourhood, in particular the MENA region? And how can such an approach be reconciled with the EU’s liberal prin...

12 February 2024
Europe as a Geopolitical Actor: Reforming the EU’s Narrative in North Africa
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Europe as a Geopolitical Actor: Reforming the EU’s Narrative in North Africa

Which is the gap between the promises and self-perception of the EU and its member states in North Africa, and the realities of implemented policies?

12 February 2024