FIELDS OF WORK EURO-MEDITERRANEAN POLICIES SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARAB AND MEDITERRANEAN WORLD CULTURE AND CIVIL SOCIETY
EURO-MEDITERRANEAN POLICIES Monitoring the political agenda of the Mediterranean and reflecting on the relations between Europe and the Mediterranean countries. This includes participation in regional programmes and networks of Euro-Mediterranean institutions and universities as well as cooperation with government and international actors.
Action lines • Fostering and promoting the work of Mediterranean think tanks through coordination as the Permanent Secretariat of the EuroMeSCo network. • Developing the programme of policy-oriented publications of the IEMed and EuroMeSCo (Mediterranean Yearbook, Euromed Survey, papers and briefs). • Developing the research programme on comparative transitions. The IEMed acts in two directions: analysing to understand and mobilising to influence. Both correspond to the IEMed’s dimension as a think tank, or research centre, and as an action tank, or public diplomacy institution. Both dimensions merge when approaching its strategic priorities in the following fields of work.
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Notable activities Annual conferences EuroMeSCo, EU-Turkey Civil Forum; international seminars EU-Morocco Advanced Status; Euromed Survey; series of lectures Mediterranean 2013: Consolidation of New Powers; Mediterranean 2012: Scenario of a Transition.