MENA Leadership Academy – Generation 4

Fourth Training - Political and Civil Society Engagement of Young Actors in Europe

KAS PolDiMed organized the fourth and last training of MENA LA program (Generation 4) in Berlin, Germany from 21 to 25 August 2023. The participants met a plethora of high-level actors and officials to discuss politics and civic engagement at the local, federal, and European level.

Summer School 2023

German Foreign Policy in a Changing World

On 28 and 29 July, KAS PolDiMed organized the Summer School 2023 which brought together young social and political activists and professionals from 7 countries of the South-Med region to learn more about the foundations of the German foreign policy.

Migration Hotspot Mediterranean Sea

Current migration policy debates in the example of Tunisia

From July 9 to 12, 2023, three members of the working group Interior of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag visited Tunisia on invitation of the regional program Political Dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS PolDiMed).

Mediterranean Advisory Group (MAG)

Rethinking Euro-Med Relations Amidst Shifting Geopolitical Developments

From 5 to 7 July, 2023, KAS PolDiMed organized the Mediterranean Advisory Group (MAG) 2023 in Villa La Collina, Cadenabbia, Italy which discussesd the challenges and prospects facing the South-Med region at the geopolitical, security, and socio-economic levels.

Building Connections: A 2024 Mediterranean Agenda for the Next European Commission

On 29 June 2023, the Regional Programme Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Rome Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, co-organized, in Cadenabbia, an expert workshop entitled: ‘’Building Connections: A 2024 Mediterranean Agenda for the Next European Commission’’.

Migration Dynamics in the Maghreb-Sahel region: changing trends, new challenges, and regional responses

On 22 and 23 June 2023, the Regional Programme Political Dialogue South Mediterranean (KAS PolDiMed) and the Regional Programme for the Sahel of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organized a conference on the “Migration-Dynamics in the Maghreb-Sahel region: changing trends, new challenges, and regional responses” in Rabat, Morocco.

Euro-Mediterranean Transport and Logistics: A Catalyst of Regional Cooperation in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisis

On May 9 and 10 May, 2023, the Regional Programme Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS PolDiMed) and the Union of the Mediterranean on Federations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) organized a conference on the “Euro-Mediterranean Transport and Logistics: A Catalyst of Regional Cooperation in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisis” in the city of Tangier, Morocco.

Rethinking Youth Political Activism in the MENA Region

Third Training of MENA Leadership Academy - Generation 4

KAS PolDiMed held its third training of MENA LA 4 in Rabat, Morocco, from 15th to 19th March 2023. The participants were trained on public policy and debate and discussed growing challenges to democracy and how to overcome them.

Zeitenwende im östlichen Mittelmeerraum?

Diskussionsveranstaltung der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung bei der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz

Die Abteilung Naher Osten und Nordafrika der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) veranstaltete am 17. Februar 2023 im Rahmen der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (MSC) erstmals eine Diskussionsrunde in den MSC-Räumlichkeiten im Bayerischen Hof. Der Einladung des KAS-Vorsitzenden, Bundestagspräsident a.D. Professor Norbert Lammert, zu einer Abendveranstaltung zum Thema „A New Club Méditerranée? The Eastern Mediterranean from Rivalry to Rapprochement” folgten hochkarätige Entscheidungsträgerinnen und -trägern aus Politik, Militär, Diplomatie und Think Tanks aus Griechenland, der Türkei, Libanon, Israel und Ägypten sowie zahlreicher europäischer Staaten.

Food Security and Geopolitics in the Southern Mediterranean

Prospects and Challenges for 2023

On 19 December 2022, KAS PolDiMed organized two panel discussions in Tunis on two burning subjects that have been invading the public and political spheres in the Southern Mediterranean region. The event, “Food Security and Geopolitics in the Southern Mediterranean - Prospects and Challenges for 2023”, was attended by civil society actors, politicians and academia from Tunis and international envoys who reaffirmed their interest in the topics discussed and learned about the recent developments in the questions brought up.