Migration is a growing global phenomenon and its impacts on both origin and destination countries have become major concerns in national, regional and international political agendas. As migrations connect and relate territories experiencing different dynamics, the Mediterranean provides quite a...
Many aspects of the so-called Arab Spring came as a surprise: the mass demonstrations, the toppling of dictatorships, and indeed the timing. One of the most unexpected aspects, however, was the behaviour of the respective military forces. Regarded until 2011 as being unequivocal supporters of th...
The Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) is an exceptional case study in that the Palestinians inhabit an occupied territory and the project of state-building is still in the making. One cannot appreciate the extent of the dire situation in the OPT without bearing this in mind. Since the establi...
This report examines programmes for youth that combine learning in classrooms with participation in work in 10 Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. It is one element, together with the developmen...
Tourism in the Mediterranean partner countries is often the biggest source of foreign exchange and generates the largest private sector activity in the economy. It provides important revenue, and employs directly and indirectly roughly 20 million people in the region. It is therefore a top econo...
Since its inception ten years ago, the Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) has been contributing to the economic and social development of the Mediterranean partner countries. The financed projects help create or safeguard jobs, facilitate trade, enable a business-...