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The annual conference of FEMISE (the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences) is to take place in Barcelona.

This network gathers more than 100 members of economic research institutes from the North and South of the Mediterranean, coming from most of the country partners of the Union for the Mediterranean.

The event will also have researchers working on socioeconomic issues in the Euro-Mediterranean who have submitted the best papers to the 2023 FEMISE Annual Conference.  

Topics that will be tackled at the conference are:

• A better integrated Euro-Mediterranean region
• Neighbours of neighbours: potentials for an EU-MED-African relations
• Economics of the Euro-Mediterranean green transition
• How to enhance a youth-driven Euro-Mediterranean region

In collaboration and with the support of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), host and co-organiser of the annual conference.

The conference is taking place in Barcelona coinciding with the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union which has underlined the centrality of Euro-Mediterranean relations as a tool for shared prosperity and stability in the region. 

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CONFERENCE PAPERS

Financial integration, stability and spillovers in the Euro-Mediterranean region
Simon Neaime and Isabelle Gaysset

Enhancing decent jobs creation and access to funding for youth: employment
Philippe Adair, Imène Berguiga and Adrien Frontenaud

Impacts of neo-banks on North African migrants’ remittances and financial inclusion
Abdelsam Badre

Estimation of the integration of Tunisia and Egypt in the Euro-Mediterranean and South-East African regions using the gravity equation
Karim Chaabouni

ICT as a driver of green economic growth in the MENA area
Anna M. Ferragina, Stefano Iandolo, Ivan Sergio and Erol Taymaz

Towards Sustainable Green Transition in Lebanon and Syria. Identifying Policy Gaps and Spotting Opportunities to Design Sustainable Policies
Mohammad Makki, Jeanne Mawad and Neli Lalkovska

EU Hydrogen Policy: What Path for a Just Energy Transition in North Africa?
Ayoub Menzli and Gianmarco Riva

Impact of Financial Development and Trade Barriers on GVC participation of Southern Mediterranean Countries
Rawan Shaarawy

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