This report presents the results of a comprehensive Needs Assessment of the Social Economy in the Southern Mediterranean (within the framework of the AECID's Masar al’an Programme).
Over the course of three days, the MedaWeek Barcelona hosts a number of key thematic and sectoral fora, more than 60 working sessions, and over 1,500 attendees from all corners of the world.
Economic prospects for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) and Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) regions are diverging.
Digital technologies, while offering new opportunities, are also proving to be instruments of concentrations of wealth. Is technology only a new form of economic domination, or can it reveal new opportunities for the Mediterranean societies?
La capacidad de movilizar y aplicar distintas formas de financiación, públicas y privadas, es crucial para cumplir con el compromiso de lograr una economía verde.
Para garantizar que la población pueda cubrir sus necesidades dentro de los ecosistemas limitados de la región, hace falta un cambio hacia una economía circular.
Los campos de refugiados deben desarrollarse como verdaderos asentamientos urbanos, incluyendo ordenación espacial, prestación de servicios y diseño de una estrategia económica.
Investments are likely to enhance economic growth and promote job creation. The mechanisms highlighted by different growth models may be different, but there is always an emphasis on the importance of investment.
The second ministerial conference of the Union of the Mediterranean on urban development, which was held in Cairo on 21 and 22 May, 2017, has brought the issue of urban development in the Mediterranean back onto the agenda.
The digitalization of the economy and support for entrepreneurs and innovation is a means and an opportunity for the region to board the train of economic modernization in a competitive global market.
Post-conflict reconstruction in Syria has been a rather popular topic in recent months; raising the interest of institutional figures, commentators and political analysts, both from within and outside the region.
Unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa region is the highest in the world. Even before the crisis, the expansion of employment opportunities lagged behind economic growth in the region.
La région, qui est identifiée comme la zone la plus militarisée au monde, accapare 25 % des importations mondiales de matériels de défense
