International Jobs Report: Update 2015

OCP Policy Center and the Think Tank and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania, with the support of the Moroccan International Cooperation Agency (AMCI), the Asian Development Bank hosted the 2018 Africa Think Tank Summit under the theme “Deepening Expertise and Enhancing Sustainability: Insight into Contemporary Challenges Facing African Think Tanks.” The summit was held May 9-11th, 2018 at The View Hotel, Rabat, Morocco. The most influential and innovative thi ...

بعد التنظيم الجديد للعالقات بين اإلتحاد األوروبي و دول إفريقيا، الكاريبي، و المحيط الهادئ المتوقع في شهر فبراير 2020 ،يصبح من الضروري إعادة النظر إلى إطار الشراكة بين الدول األوروبية و اإلفريقية مع طرح اقتراحات تضم عناصر جديدة من أجل تحقيق تعايش جماعي. من بين اإلجراءات الممكنة لتحقيق هذا التعايش: إعطاء األولوية للتعليم، خلق فرص الشغل للشباب عبر .التنمية اإلقليمية ، و تعزيز الشراكة بين القطاع العام و الخاص بمجال البنية التحتية. من جهة أخرى، في بلدان إفريقيا السائرة في طور النمو و الط ...

What are the best ways forward to enhance the capacity, increase the impact, and ensure the long term viability of think tanks in Africa? These questions have been debated during the 2nd edition of African Think Tank Summit (ATTS) held in Rabat from May 9th to May 11th.  The African think tanks have positively evolved over the years in order to respond to the specific needs of their different countries. They operate as platforms to share knowledge and train young leaders, with some ...

Avec la refonte des relations entre l’Union Européenne et les pays ACP (Afrique, Caraïbes et Pacifique), prévue pour février 2020, il devient urgent de repenser le cadre du partenariat entre l’Europe et l’Afrique et de proposer des éléments de refondation d’un vouloir vivre collectif. Priorité éducative, création d’emplois pour les jeunes via le développement territorial, promotion des partenariats publicprivé dans les infrastructures, comptent parmi les leviers d’actions possibles. ...

He wore sunglasses. A traditional red and white checkered headscarf, a Bedouin Arab keffiyeh, covered his balding head. His combat uniform was khaki colored. When my host sat down he clamped his Kalachnikov with two hands, tucking the weapon to his chubby body, 5 feet and 4 inches in all. He was unshaven, with his famous three days beard. The tent was surrounded by armed guards, since we were meeting (in secret) in the Jordan Valley, near the Israeli-Jordanian border. Caution was ad ...

With the reshaping of relations between the EU and the ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific), and the expected revision of the ACP-EU agreement in 2020, it is essential to re-visit the framework of key partnerships between Europe and Africa and to propose efficient collaborative strategies to enhance relations. This book explores the various areas of cooperation for the renewal of African-European partnerships, notably in fields such as education, the creation of jobs for yo ...

In a more chaotic and critical Mediterranean security environment that is facing a huge geopolitical change, the NATO alliance has found itself challenged by rival states across the spectrum of conflict. Russia, which represents an instance of this change, has acquired for the first time in its modern history a proper permanent base in the Mediterranean. Also, other geopolitical changes such as proliferation of ballistic missiles among both state and non-state actors around the Medi ...

Peut-on raisonnablement penser le conflit du Sahara sans tenir compte d’une part des correspondances entre facteurs juridiques et extra-juridiques, et d’autre part du jeu entre les acteurs concernés ? Pour notre Senior Fellow Rachid Houdaigui, si ce sujet impose, par sa complexité, la prise en compte des règles du droit international, qu’il convient aussi de préciser, il nécessite également la prise en considération des aspects d’ordre géopolitique, sécuritaire et anthropologique. ...

Is it possible to reasonably reflect and analyze the Sahara conflict without taking into account, on the one hand, the relevance of both legal and extra-legal factors, and on the other hand, the interplay between the different stakeholders involved ? This intensely complex topic requires taking into consideration not only regulations of international law, but also the geopolitical, anthropological, and security aspects intertwined in the matter ...

Les conflits ouverts qui secouent le continent africain trouvent leur source essentiellement dans la lutte pour le pouvoir, l’appropriation des ressources naturelles ou la problématique des frontières. Après avoir été occultés pendant les premières décennies qui ont suivi les indépendances africaines, à la faveur de l’adoption par l’OUA du principe de l’intangibilité des frontières, les contentieux territoriaux ont refait surface et sous-tendent plusieurs situations conflictuelles à ...