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Perspectives on Mobility and Migration in the Mediterranean

October 7, 2021
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In partnership with The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)

Speakers
Adnane ADDIOUI
Chairman, Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
M. Adnane Addioui, que SM le Roi Mohammed VI a désigné membre de la Commission Spéciale sur le Modèle de Développement est né le 13 octobre 1984 à Rabat. Co-fondateur du “Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship” et de la plateforme “Wuluj” relative à la participation au financement de projets créatifs et innovants, M. Adnane Addioui a décroché, en 2007, un diplôme de Bachelor en marketing et management des projets offshores, de l’ENCG de Settat, avant d’approfondir sa formation aux universités de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines en France et celle de Georgetown University McDonough School of Busines aux États-Unis. De retour au Royaume, il a créé en 2012 l’association “Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship”, sise à Rabat, et en 201 ...
Abdelhak Bassou
Senior Fellow
Abdelhak Bassou is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Bassou has had an extensive career in Moroccan National Security, where he served in various capacities including as head of the border division from 1978 to 1993. He was the former director of the Royal Institute of Police in 1998 and served as Head of Regional Security (Errachidia 1999-2003, Sidi Kacem 2003-2005) and as Central Director of General Intelligence from 2006 to 2009.   He holds a master's degree in political science and international studies from the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences in Rabat. His academic research delves into inte ...
Mounssif Aderkaoui
Director of Studies and Financial Forecasts, Ministry of Finance of Morocco
M. Mounssif Aderkaoui est Directeur du Département des Etudes et des Prévisions Financières au Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Réforme de l’Administration au Maroc. De plus, il a occupé plusieurs postes importants dans les secteurs privé et public, notamment en tant que directeur de la stratégie. Son domaine d'expertise couvre notamment les questions liées à la conception et à la mise en œuvre des politiques publiques et des réformes dans les domaines prioritaires de l'action de l'État. M. Aderkaoui possède une riche expérience au niveau international, notamment dans les secteurs de l'informatique et du conseil en France. Il est membre de plusieurs comités scientifiques de diverses institutions marocaines et étrangères à mandat économique. En plus de son Diplôm ...
Amal El Ouassif
International Relations Specialist
Amal El Ouassif is an International Relations Specialist  at the Policy Center for the New South. Prior to this, she worked as a program coordinator at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and served as a consultant in development policies with the office of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Morocco. She is also a former bluebook trainee in the Directorate General of Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion in the European Commission in Brussels. Amal has a Master of Art in EU’s International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, from the College of Europe in Bruges and a Master in Development Studies from UPMF-Grenoble. Her area of interest include Africa- Europe cooperation and migration. ...
Dorra Ben Alaya
Maître de conférences, Université de Tunis El Manar, Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Tunis
Dorra Ben Alaya est docteure en psychologie sociale et est maître de conférences à l’Université de Tunis El Manar. Membre du réseau mondial Serge Moscovici (REMOSCO, FMSH), elle est spécialisée dans la pensée sociale. Elle a été l’auteure de travaux portant sur les logiques sociocognitives qui permettent de mieux comprendre les représentations sociales et les conduites, en contexte tunisien. ...
Larabi Jaïdi
Senior Fellow
Larabi Jaïdi is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. His areas of expertise include international economy, economic policies, international economic relations, regional economies, social development, international relations, and Mediterranean studies. He also served on the Special Commission on the New Development Model of Morocco, a consultative body created in November 2019 to formulate the country's new developmental guidelines. Jaïdi is a former Professor at Mohamed V University in Rabat-Agdal and a founding member of both the Centre Marocain de Conjoncture and the Groupement d’Etudes et de Recherches sur la Méditerranée.   Prof. Jaïdi previously served as Advisor to the Prime Minister an ...
Philippe Fargues
Professeur, European University Institute
Philippe Fargues est démographe. Il est professeur et membre émérite de l' European University Institute (EUI). Il a été le directeur fondateur du Migration Policy Center de l'EUI et a occupé des postes de direction à l'Institut national d'études démographiques à Paris et à l'Université américaine du Caire. Il a été professeur à Harvard et à Sciences Po Paris et a enseigné dans diverses universités en Europe, au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique. Ses recherches portent sur la population, les migrations internationales et la politique. Ses publications récentes incluent : Excluded Generations in Non-Inclusive Nations : The Demographic Roots of Political Unrest in the Arab World (à paraître, The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle-East) ; Advancing Knowledge on Internationa ...
Iván Martín
Senior Fellow
Iván Martín is Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Governance, Economic and Social Sciences of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), and Associate Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration (GRITIM) at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Between 2013 and 2016 he was Part-time Professor at the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) of the European University Institute in Florence, as well as member of the Expert Group on Economic Migration of the European Commission and Key Expert on Labour Migration providing External Technical Expertise on Migration to DG DEVCO of the European Commission (ETEM V Project). Formerly, he has been Senior Research Fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International A ...
Giulia Marchesini
Manager du programme Capital Humain, CMI/UNOPS
Giulia Marchesini est Manager du programme Capital Humain au Centre pour l'Intégration en Méditerranée (UNOPS), qu'elle a rejoint en 2014. Giulia dirige l'agenda sur le capital humain, y compris les composantes éducation, migration, déplacement forcé et mobilité. Elle a récemment dirigé, dans le domaine de l'enseignement supérieur, la rédaction et la production du rapport CMI-Banque mondiale « L'internationalisation de l'enseignement supérieur au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord ». En outre, en tant que responsable des partenariats, Giulia maintient et explore les liens entre les membres fondateurs et les partenaires du Centre, tout en gérant de nouveaux partenariats et en soutenant la collecte de fonds. Avant de rejoindre le CMI, Giulia a travaillé pour l'Agence Française d ...
Blanca Moreno-Dodson
Directrice, CMI/UNOPS
Dr. Blanca Moreno-Dodson est la directrice du Centre pour l'intégration en Méditerranée (CMI), un partenariat entre plusieurs institutions multilatérales de développement, des gouvernements nationaux, des autorités locales et régionales, ainsi que la société civile du pourtour méditerranéen. Le CMI est hébergé par le Bureau des Nations Unies pour les services d'appui aux projets (UNOPS). Elle a plus de vingt-huit ans d'expérience en tant qu'économiste du développement à la Banque mondiale, y compris plusieurs postes d'économiste en chef, principalement pour l'équipe fiscale mondiale, la région Afrique de l'Ouest, le Département du climat d'investissement et le bureau du vice-président pour la réduction de la pauvreté et la gestion économique. En tant qu'économiste principale, ...

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