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Economic Integration and Cooperation in the Mediterranean

The conference, introduced by Rym Ayadi founder and president of the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA), presents the Blue Transition Scenario project, aims to promote the narratives of TRIS development.

 25 March 2021
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Sea Rescue and International Protection: Towards a New Legal Framework Based on the European Pact on Migration and Asylum?

Joana Abrisketa, analyses the legal tensions that may occur when a ship is rescuing a group of migrants at sea and reflects on the recent European Pact on Migration and Asylum (2020).

 18 March 2021
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Mediterranean Migration Governance: Looking at New Policy Paths

Strategies to address Euro-Mediterranean migration have been predominantly directed from a European and state-focused point of view. Carmen Geha and Gemma Aubarell discuss new paths of multilevel governance.

 11 March 2021
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Reading Migrations and Displacement through the Lens of Emotions

Migration has an emotional side that needs to be analysed in itself, understanding that the pushing factors why people take ‘dangerous journeys’ are not always rational as ‘dreams, hope and aspirations’ have a lot to say.

 4 March 2021
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Climate Change in the Middle East: Impacts and Governance Responses

Middle Eastern states have made modest commitments to climate change mitigation and adaptation, with most progress in the scaling up of clean energy investments. Nevertheless, here is scope for more effective regional cooperation on climate change.

 25 February 2021
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Borders, Conflicts and Security in the Mediterranean: the Case of the Spanish-Moroccan Border

Presently, the Mediterranean is one of the most lethal borders in the world. In addition, one of the scenarios in which issues related to border management, security, and conflicts between states, acquire great importance.

 18 February 2021
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The Role of the Army in Egypt 10 Years after Tahrir

The military has played a critical role in shaping the Egyptian Republic since 1953. It has monopolized power for brief periods but mostly has been part of a wider coalition of state institutional actors and bureaucratic cliques.

 11 February 2021
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The MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Competitiveness

The session addresses the experience of multilateral collaboration between economies with different levels of development, paying special attention to the structural factors of the MENA region and the conditions for its transformation.

 4 February 2021
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Integration and Transnationalism in a Comparative Perspective: the Case of Albanian Immigrants in Vienna and Athens

Using the comparative study of the integration model of Albanian migrants in Vienna and Athens, Eda Gemi (New York University of Tirana) explains the weight and the connections between integration and transnationalism.

 28 January 2021
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Socioeconomic Impact of Operations in the Mediterranean

The port of Barcelona presents an innovative strategy that makes it the main Euro-Mediterranean logistics hub. Santiago García-Milà presents the role of the port, a service infrastructure that is directed to a wide hinterland.

 28 January 2021
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Sixteenth-century Geopolitics. Spanish Lombardy and Northern Italy between Europe and the Mediterranean

Mario Rizzo, professor at the Department of Humanistic Studies at the Università degli Studi di Pavia, explains the strategy that the Spanish empire used to dominate Lombardy, one of the Italian regions under its control in the 16th century.

 10 December 2020
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Financial Inclusion in a Post-COVID-19 Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities

The session aims to address the challenges that this crisis has created for the financial inclusion of people and companies, as well as the opportunities highlighted by the pandemic to reduce financial exclusion in the Mediterranean.

 9 December 2020