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Way forward: The potentials of South-South cooperation post-covid19

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Add to Calendar 2022-03-16 09:00:00 2024-11-20 03:28:15 Way forward: The potentials of South-South cooperation post-covid19 Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

Youssef Tobi, International Relations Specialist, will moderate the panel “Way forward: The potentials of South-South cooperation post-covid19” within the event “South-South Regional Integration: A way forward to a sustainable economic recovery post-Covid19”.

As part of the efforts undertaken to connect rescue (emergency-oriented measures) to a sustainable economic recovery in the region, the Regional Programme Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS PolDiMed) and the Union of the Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) joined forces by hosting a regional conference that intends to examine South-South Economic integration’s background from legal, academic, professional and governmental perspectives; Provide an overview on the state of art, challenges and lessons learnt of the existing economic cooperation mechanisms; Highlight perspectives on south-south cooperation post covid19; and share testimonials/ success stories (e.g. successful entrepreneurs who own southern businesses).

 

This event will take place in Casablanca on March 16th, 2022 09.00 AM (CET)

Speakers
Youssef Tobi
International Relations Specialist
Tobi Youssef has joined the Policy Center for the New South in 2017. He is currently working on Politics and Governance in the Maghreb Region; his areas of expertise are geopolitics, political risk and nation building. Youssef Tobi obtained a Master Degree at Sciences Po Lyon  where he wrote two thesis on “ the role of Moroccan Bank in Africa, a non-state actor in service of the Diplomacy”  and the“ Chasm between the mediatic and associative representation of refugees : a case study”.  Prior to working at the Think tank, Tobi Youssef participated in a Social Entrepreneurship Project in Beirut, Lebanon and conducted an internship in a NGO based in Marseille where he assisted refugees and helped raise funds. ...