Events

Workshop

22 Nov 2016
25 Nov 2016
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona

Mediterranean Cities: Space and Territory

The second edition of the international seminar “Mediterranean Cities: Space and Territory” is attended by half a hundred outstanding researchers who, based on the historical evolution of cities, address several of their current problems.

Workshop

17 Nov 2016
18 Nov 2016
Citilab Cornellà del Llobregat

The Mediterranean As An Open Living Lab

Representants de centres d'innovació digital, social i col·laborativa del Líban, Grècia, Turquia, el Marroc, França, Egipte, Itàlia, Israel, Tunísia participen en un seminari euromediterrani aquest dijous i divendres al Citilab de Cornellà.

Conference

10 Oct 2016
11 Oct 2016
Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona

Presentation, in Barcelona, of the Project “Strengthening the Capacity of the Actors Working for Equality” within the 3rd High-level Conference by the UfM on Women’s Empowerment

The third conference organised by the UfM on women’s empowerment brings together key actors in the fight for gender equality in the region. Discussions revolve around issues in the region, where women have a relevant role to play.

Cultural activity

05 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016
Centre Cívic del Fort Pienc

Women And Transgression In The New Arabic Comic

Inauguration of the exhibition "Reeds and vignettes: Arab comics in motion", which includes a complete overview of comics and current graphic novels in the Arab world through twenty-three works, produced between 2007 and 2015.

Conference

30 May 2016
31 May 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

III Barcelona-Casablanca Forum

As part of the third edition of the Barcelona-Casablanca Forum, the main economic and institutional leaders of the delegations representing these two cities hold a plenary session which highlights their complementarities, even their complicity.

Conference

23 May 2016
24 May 2016
Palau de Pedralbes

The 5+5 Dialogue as a Mechanism of Integration and Regional Cooperation

The aim of the network, which is promoted and hosted by the IEMed as a secretariat, is to encourage dialogue and research on how to promote regional integration and cooperation in the western Mediterranean.

Conference

13 Apr 2016
15 Apr 2016
Egmont Palace, Brussels

Towards A Security Architecture For The Mediterranean

The debates constitute a valuable contribution to the mapping of the main threats in the Mediterranean region and offer interesting insights on how the security order in the region should be reviewed in order to address them.

Workshop

03 Apr 2016
10 Apr 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

Capacity-Building Workshop in Advocacy and Policy Dialogue for Gender Equality, in Barcelona

36 representatives of civil society organizations working for gender equality in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Jordan, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Greece and Belgium gather in Barcelona for a capacity-building workshop.

Conference

21 Jan 2016
22 Jan 2016
Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona

The Mediterranean under the Academic Lens

The conference is part of the interdisciplinary research seminar "The Mediterranean under the academic lens: 2016 in perspective", which is structured in six sessions each dedicated to a topic. It is part of the program Aula Mediterrània.

Workshop

25 Feb 2016
Palau Macaya, Barcelona

Islam Seen from Europe

Organized by the CEI International Affairs, the conference aims to vindicate Islam as a religion of the Old Continent and help overcome controversy, social fears and stigmatization through knowledge and dialogue.

Conference

05 May 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

Literature and Revolution

The continuity of ingrained patriarchal and sexist conceptions in Arab societies is a brake on the far-reaching changes dreamed up by the revolutionaries who took to the Arab streets during 2011.

Workshop

26 May 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

The Revolution and The Reality Nowadays in Egypt

Rabab the Mahdi, professor of Political Science at the American University of Cairo, analyzes the development of events over the past five years and explains the different actors and their current status, as well as the current state of things in Egy...

Conference

25 Feb 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

A Return To Arabism: Mizrahim Writers In Israeli Literature

The writer Almog Behar, considers that the reason why notable Mizrahim poets have taken up Arabic as a tool of expression recent decades, has been the need to communicate what official Hebrew was unable to convey.

Conference

27 Apr 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

Human Trafficking in The Mediterranean: National and Community Criminal Instruments. The Proposal of The Italian Government and the European Commission

The presentation tries to provide a general picture of the problems regarding the management of migratory flows in Italy. Particular attention is paid to the management of sea rescue, and the protection of the lives of migrants.

Conference

17 Feb 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

Migration Policies in Morocco: The New Regulatory and Legislative Provisions

The “cosmopolitization” of the country in a context of globalization has challenged the Moroccan authorities who have taken a number of regulatory and legislative measures constituting the bases of a new migration policy which marks an advance.

Conference

03 Feb 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

An Interdisciplinary Look at Migrations in The Mediterranean

Although migration to the Mediterranean has been part of the public debate for years, never before have the problems of border control, human trafficking and irregular immigration in the region called for solutions so urgently and so widely.

Conference

13 Apr 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

Present and Prospects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Since the proclamation of the State of Israel in 1948, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has gone through many phases: wars, two intifadas, different negotiations in a process of peace that began in 1991 and has had low and high moments....

Conference

10 Feb 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine. Actions in the Popular Resistance Committees Against the Occupation

Non-violence as a way of facing a situation of injustice and trying to change it is not something new: it exists from the very origin of said injustices and the appearance of movements or people that try to change them.

Cultural activity

07 Nov 2016
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona

Conference “Mar de Paraules” with Najat El Hachmi in Barcelona

The fight against gender violence is the object of this 9th edition of the literary contest "A sea of words", organized by the IEMed and the Anna Lindh Foundation, following the proposal of the European Parliament for 2016.

Conference

12 May 2016
IEMed, Barcelona

A New Approach To Geopolitics

Although it is considered to be a phenomenon of growing importance, at least since the 2000’s, land grabbing by international investors for commercial use has come to light as a result of the food crisis of 2008.