CMI News

December 8, 2014 – Marseille, France:   The French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region is now member of the Center for Mediterranean Integration.  President of the French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, Michel Vauzelle and Acting Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Region, the... read more

December 8, 2014 – Marseille, France   The CMI held its sixth Annual Meeting, with high-level participation of its member (Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, Ville de Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, EIB, World Bank), and partners (AFD, GIZ, UFM, Banque... read more

Chaired by Inger Andersen, World Bank VP for the MENA region, the CMI’s annual meeting today brings together member countries and partners to discuss the Mediterranean's political, economic and social development issues and how the CMI can best contribute to broad-based and inclusive growth for the... read more

We have the great pleasure to announce that as of September 16, Mourad Ezzine has taken over as Manager of the CMI, on appointment by Inger Andersen, World Bank Vice-President for the MENA region.  Mourad, a Tunisian national, has long since been engaged with the CMI: As Sector Manager for... read more

The CMI welcomed Mr. Koenuma, Director General of Middle East and Europe Department of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Marseille. The center and its programs were presented and correlations were found between JICA and CMI in a number of thematic areas.

The retreat aimed to bring together staff as a team and to brainstorm on actions to be taken in order to give substance to our shared objectives: Giving direction for the coming year of CMI activities, discussing the Roadmap 2.0 to manage its implementation, sharing views on administrative issues... read more

The CMI hosted Minister Delegate of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pascal Canafin. Additionally, Ms. Lipiatou and Ms. Pancera from the European Commission's DG for Research and Innovation were given a presentation of CMI’s activities and discussed a possible partnership related to the... read more

Chaired by Inger Andersen, World Bank VP for the MENA region, the CMI’s annual meeting brought together member countries and partners to discuss the Mediterranean's political, economic and social development issues and how the CMI can best contribute to broad-based and inclusive growth for the... read more

The Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) held its first grantees workshop to bring together the first GPSA grant recipients and other leaders in the field of Social Accountability. This three-day event primarily focused on understanding how to leverage the political economy elements... read more