Le Centre d’Etudes Sociales, Economiques et Managériales (CESEM) Category: Country: Morocco Director: Mr. Driss Ksikes Resources: Annual budget: 3.6 million dirhams Funding: 3 million dirhams from the HEM, rest from external sources Staff: 12 permanent staff + a network of freelance experts Contact: 2, rue Jaafar Essadik Agdal-Rabat Phone : 0537 67 37 46 Fax : 0537 67 04 22 E-Mail: cesem@hem.ac.ma Website: www.cesem.ma Missions: The CESEM is a research center that was established in … to complement the Higher Institute of Management Studies (Hautes Etudes du Management- HEM). The “Collectif Stratégie” at the CESEM is an independent think tank that focuses on major issues concerning the national economy and management in their social, institutional and strategic dimensions. Its mission is to ultimately improve decision making at national, regional and entrepreneurial levels. Research areas: Research themes focus on managerial, economic, social or political aspects that can help improve the behavior of economic actors. Studies can thus range from an evaluation of the fiscal system to safety of megacities or even political marketing in election periods. Examples of relevant studies are: Regional economic integration (under the 2010-2012 Collectif Stratégie program): How to bridge the Morocco-Europe gap? ; The acceleration of economic integration in the Maghreb Innovation and technology: a study, conducted by the permanent research group “Enterprise, entrepreneurs and innovation”, has been published in June on the degree of integration of information systems in Morocco Migration: an in-depth study was conducted in June 2009 on “the migrant, an economic force” and its findings will be publishes in a special issue of CESEM Workshops cover issues to do with competitiveness, the economy and enterprise, and have included: How to develop R&D in Morocco How to build the Modernity School In its 2008 annual international symposium on Management and Social Sciences, the CESEM has discussed, among other topics, the issue of integration in the Mediterranean. Miscellaneous: The “Collectif Stratégie” will solicit external guests to discuss different issues from a North African and Mediterranean perspective. Relevance to CMI programs: Date of entry: October 2010
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