Tunisian foreign policy in a new geopolitical situation

In early 2020, Tunisia started a two-year mandate, for the fourth time, as a non-permanent member of the Security Council (UNSC) until 2022. In addition to this election, Tunisia chaired the Arab League Summit last year and will chair the Francophonie Summit scheduled for December 2020. In view of Tunisia’s significant growing exposure on the international scene, the KAS Regional Program South Mediterranean held a conference to provide food for thought on the opportunities that Tunisia's election to the United Nations Security Council brings.

The Berlin Process

Libya's Road Ahead

Following the initiative by the German federal government to start the Berlin Process on Libya, the Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung organized a workshop bringing together a Libyan expert delegation with German representatives from think tanks and politics.

Strengthening Regional Public Policy Capacities

The aim of the training program initiated by Mr. Hedi Larbi and organized by the South Mediterranean University (SMU) with support of the Regional Program South Mediterranean of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung was to strengthen the regional capacity and develop the skills of high-level public officials, policy makers, managers from the private sector, and CSO leaders, helping them deliver on their critical mission of guiding the design and implementation of appropriate development strategies and effective public policies in the regional context of North Africa and beyond.

Paving Legal Pathways for Migration

MED Migration Forum

Within the framework of the MED – Rome Mediterranean Dialogues 2019, the Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean in cooperation with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) organized a MED forum on legal pathways for migration.

What is Europe’s Mandate in the MENA?

Franco-German Dialogue

In recent years, Europe is increasingly perceived as withdrawing from the debate on how the future course of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will develop. In view of new realities in the region, the Regional Program South Mediterranean of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) jointly organized a Franco-German dialogue in order to identify and re-evaluate Europe's priorities, goals and instruments to strengthen its standing in its immediate neighborhood.

Foreign Aid in the Middle East and North Africa

Shifting Patterns in International Cooperation

The Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC) co-organized an international conference in order to map the new trends, patterns and priorities of foreign aid assistance as well as their objectives and impacts for the regional development of the MENA.

Seminar of the European Fall Academy

The European Union and the Maghreb

From 18 to 28 October 2019, the KAS Regional Program South Mediterranean organized, in cooperation with the Otzenhausen European Academy, a ten-day training with twenty-nine young students and activists from the Maghreb.

Civic Engagement in Europe and MENA

MENA Leadership Academy II-4

During the fourth and last training session of the KAS MENA Leadership Academy II from 14 to 18 October 2019, 22 young civil society activists from the Southern Mediterranean region visited Berlin to meet and discuss with civil society and youth organisations as well as political decision makers and experts of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Afric'Up - Africa Startup Summit

Tech & Startup Africa Summit

Held under the auspices of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of the Republic of Tunisia, the second edition of Afric’Up Summit gathered outstanding entrepreneurs, international experts and practitioners from Africa and all over the world to promote and develop the African startup environment.

EU-North Africa Relations: Resetting the Dialogue on Partnership

Panel discussion

In light of the changes and challenges in North Africa, the European Union has been forced to rethink its approach towards the region. While Tunisia is the only North African country engaged in DCFTA negotiations with the EU, it appears as if the traditional instruments of the EU are not effectively responding to the current economic and political setup in the region and leave expectations on both shores of the Mediterranean unfulfilled.