http://www.ipemed.coop//en/ IPEMED institut de prospective économique du monde méditerranéen http://www.ipemed.coop/en/our-projects-r16/energy-c105/competitiveness-clusters--sc116/proposals-a1186.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:19:16 - develop a general Mediterranean vision for the creation of clusters  which could initiate partnerships in research, training and industrial production in the energy sector. - develop pooling of expertise between Mediterranean clusters on joint projects, in the fields of research, expert networking and partnerships between industrials. http://www.ipemed.coop/en/our-projects-r16/energy-c105/competitiveness-clusters--sc116/challenges-a1185.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:18:16 A competitiveness cluster is a combination of companies, training centres, and public and private research centres in a geographic area, all of which engage in common projects in an innovative manner.  These partnerships are most commonly organized around a market and a chosen technological or scientific field, and can be regional, national or global. In the Mediterranean energy sector,... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/our-projects-r16/energy-c105/competitiveness-clusters--sc116/presentation-a1184.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:15:26 A genuine energy partnership between North and South Mediterranean must be accompanied by a vast regional project on research training and development, involving industrials, training institutes and laboratories. Due to the increased use of innovative technologies, development of large regional projects in energy infrastructure, and economic constraints inherent to new technological... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/our-projects-r16/information-and-communication-technologies-c88/-sc88/ict-meeting-on-22-april-2011-a1135.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:24:48 It is in Paris where the sixth working session of IPEMED's ICT expert group took place, right after the sending of a first draft of the report. The agenda got organized around the idea of implementing a .med space guaranteeing and facilitating the exchanges between both shores of the Mediterranean. This meeting also allowed to take stock of the report's progress and the experts' contributions.... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/publications-r17/building-the-mediterranean-c49/confidence-in-the-mediterranean-digital-society-steps-towards-a-med-area-a1275.html Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:11:10 Computerization is transforming contemporary societies and economies with the same kind of impact as the industrial revolution. The development of the "digital" world (the term most often used to describe the computerization process) is too significant to be strategically led and governed at national level alone. It requires a general Euro-Mediterranean policy aimed at creating a digital... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/publications-r17/ipemed-news-c46/n°1-february-2012-a1252.html Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:43:20 http://www.ipemed.coop/en/publications-r17/building-the-mediterranean-c49/tomorrow-the-mediterranean-scenarios-and-projections-for-2030-a1077.html Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:42:06 In 2009, IPEMED has undertaken, in partnership with specialised Euro-Mediterranean organisations (CARIM, CIHEAM, FEMISE, OME) an extensive foresight project whose aim is to rally, within the "Mediterranean 2030" consortium, institutional and private-sector foresight bodies in the Mediterranean region (Commissariat for planning from Morocco, Algeria and Turkey, Centre d'Analyse Stratégique,... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/publications-r17/ipemed-palimpsestes-c47/ipemed-palimpsestes-n°-11-the-mediterranean-in-2030-routes-to-a-better-future-a1063.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:49:45 The mediterranean basin has developed a fabric of economic, political and human relations that lend it a definite regional dimension. The raid of the Arabic revolts came to remind that this dynamics could also take the shape of a political convergence. Structurally nevertheless, the Mediterranean integration is highly varied, depending on the country or subregion concerned. The European Union... http://www2.unwto.org/fr/event/6eme-conference-internationale-sur-la-gestion-des-destinations Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:33:17 The Mediterranean is one of the most important tourism regions in the world, accounting for approximately more than a third of total tourism revenues and half of international arrivals. For decades, the Mediterranean destinations have provided, along with other attractions, the traditional sun, sand and sea product, essentially for the North and Eastern European markets.  This part of the... https://sites.google.com/site/gdridreem212/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:33:36 The objective of this workshop is to take stock of post revolution Tunisian, Egyptian and Libyan economies and to analyze the ongoing changes in view of their potential unfolding in other Arab countries. What are the chances of an economic recovery in Tunisia and what are its enabling conditions? What are the consequences of these changes on the Euro-Mediterranean relations, the renegotiation... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/events-r18/seminars-and-symposiums-c52/-sc114/conference-debate-the-mediterranean-in-2030-which-propositions-for-better-convergence-a1109.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:26:53 Numerous Euro-Mediterranean figures took part in the conference-debate organized by IPEMED on 9 December 2011 in partnership with the Caisse des Dépôts on etldquo;The Mediterranean in 2030, what propositions for better convergence?etrdquo; etndash; the theme of a forecasting study recently concluded by IPEMED. The work was unanimously praised and the various speakers enjoyed adding their own contributions. ... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/events-r18/seminars-and-symposiums-c52/-sc114/presentation-a1108.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:01:12 On december 9th, 2011  - from 6:30 to 8:30   at Caisse des Dépôts's Headoffice : 15 Quai Anatole France etndash; 75 007 Paris. In view of the work results from the consortium Mediterranean 2030 that rallied institutional and private-sector foresight bodies, what are the possible futures which could emerge in the Mediterranean by 2030? Which concrete measures can be taken in the long term to... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemedia-r19/points-of-view-c58/arab-transitions-which-hand-to-lend-a1245.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:51:12 The current upheavals in southern Mediterranean countries have sparked off transition periods whose outcomes still remain unclear. Transition will no doubt be long, even though things are now moving much faster and peoples' impatience for change matches the frustrated decades spent under dictatorships. In our rapid information era, there is a risk of trying to make the media timescale and the... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemedia-r19/euromed-news-c57/moroccan-solar-plan-lynchpin-of-the-mediterranean-solar-plan-a1244.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:47:07 Could the Moroccan Solar Plan be the etldquo;lynchpin of the Mediterranean Solar Planetrdquo;?That was the question posed by France's minister for industry, Eric Besson, during a recent trip to Rabat. He used the occasion to meet the Moroccan project's promoters and announced a package to develop solar energy worth 100.3 million euro from the Agence Française de Développement (afd). The afd 's board... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemedia-r19/editorial-c56/reinventing-the-euro-mediterranean-process-a1243.html Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:25:12 2011 was an event-packed year.In southern Mediterranean countries,the Arab awakenings brought about an upturn in a region that political analysts had described as fossilized. Populations rose up to reject obstructions, unemployment, bad governance and countless discriminations. Countries in the North continue to flounder in a sovereign debt crisis that threatens the very foundations of the... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemedia-r19/euromed-news-c57/the-eu-external-policies-in-its-vicinity-turkey-the-western-balkans-and-other-neighbours-a1146.html Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:10:29 Conference organised by Notre Europe and the European Stability Initiative on Wednesday, 30th November 2011 at the Representation of the European Parliament in France.Notre Europe and the European Stability Initiative co-organised a conference in Paris entitled etlsquo;The EU External Policies in its vicinity: Turkey, the Western Balkans and the other neighbours'. This issue was addressed by a panel... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemed-r21/call-for-applications--c124/call-for-experts-study-turkey-economic-impact-of-european-integration-a1314.html Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:51:23 http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemed-r21/echos-dipemed-c74/-sc106/jean-louis-chaussade-elected-chairman-of-ipemed’s-advisory-board-a1069.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:17:58 The Advisory Board of the Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Méditerranéen, IPEMED, met today to elect its new chairman, as well as three vice-chairmen. Jean-Louis Chaussade, chief executive officer of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT and a founding member of IPEMED, was elected chairman, replacing Gérard Mestrallet, chief executive officer of GDF SUEZ, whose term had come to an end. As part... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemed-r21/echos-dipemed-c74/-sc106/mediterranean-talks-adjourned-–-istanbul-february-2012-a1050.html Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:28:12 The goal of the Mediterranean Talks is to foster dialogue between political leaders, heads of business and academic experts from all round the region. Due to the economic and political uncertainty hanging over both the North and South Mediterranean, IPEMED, in agreement with its partners, has decided to postpone organizing the next event, which was due to take place in Istanbul on 8 and 9... http://www.ipemed.coop/en/ipemed-r21/emcc-c113/euro-mediterranean-competitiveness-council--a779.html Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:10:06 With 192 nations, regulating the global economy is a difficult task. That is why major regional blocks are being formed, associating northern and southern regions (NAFTA, Asean+3, etc.) and establishing their own trade systems and regional regulations. These major regional blocks are boosted by business groups. ;