Paving Legal Pathways for Migration

MED Migration Forum

As migration management has been stuck in “crisis mode” for a long time, it is now urgent to reflect upon longer-term responses. Given the relevance of local institutions in the implementation of migration and integration policies, the question of legal pathways can also only be realistically addressed by involving in the discussions officials and policymakers working at the local level – from origin countries, as well as from transit and receiving communities. For this reason, the Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in cooperation with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) is organizing a forum on legal pathways for migration.

Foreign Aid in the Middle East and North Africa

Shifting Patterns in International Cooperation

This international conference, organized by the Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Mediterranean Academy for Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC), aims 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

Call for Applications

About thirty young social activists from the central Maghreb will take part at the European Fall Academy that the KAS Regional Program South Mediterranean organizes for the third time at the European Academy of Otzenhausen (Germany).

EU-North Africa Relations: Resetting the Dialogue on Partnership

Panel Discussion

This panel discussion seeks to review how to reset the debate on EU-North Africa relations and how to adjust to the demands and expectations on both sides following a recently edited volume on "The European Union and North Africa: Prospects and Challenges".

The Mediterranean Women Digital Summit

MED Women for Social Innovation

The Mediterranean Women Digital Summit is a yearly platform for outstanding women activists and entrepreneurs leading the digital transformation of their countries’ economies and societies. After a successful first edition, the organizers seek to extend the experience with a second event with a particular attention paid to social innovation. Hosting activists, social entrepreneurs as well as academics from countries of the southern Mediterranean region, the Mediterranean Women Digital Summit aims at providing a platform to explore the opportunities digitalization offers to women empowerment. This year, participants will share innovative ideas that are social both in their means and ends. The objective here is to develop a reflection on how to contribute through social innovations to a more sustainable and inclusive development in the Southern Mediterranean respecting various fields from access to education, to healthcare, or running business. The target outcome of the summit is to create a network of inspired women and enable them with knowledge and experiences from other success stories. With the opportunities that the digital economy offers to them, those leading women will be better equipped to contribute through social innovations to a more sustainable and inclusive development in the Southern Mediterranean.

Back to the Basics? Municipal Councils and Local Peacebuilding in Libya

Roundtable

The KAS Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean in cooperation with the think tank Stractegia is organizing a Libyan-Libyan dialogue event in Tunis. The closed-door roundtable brings together Libyan politicians, governmental officials, members of the civil society, of security institutions and the private sector. Representatives of selected international institutions will join as observers.

How can Special Economic Zones lead to Growth and Integration in North Africa?

International Workshop on the potential of Special Economic Zones for North Africa, taking place in Rabat and Tangier, Morocco.

Libya Task Force: Haftar's Assault on Tripoli

The Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean is organizing a meeting of its Libya Task Force in order to discuss the recent offensive of Khalifa Haftar on the capital city of Tripoli and evaluate the prospects of existing diplomatic initiatives to mediate the Libyan crisis.

Eine Debatte über die Regionale Ordnung in der Levante

Expertendiskussion

Das Regionalprogramm Politischer Dialog Südliches Mittelmeer der KAS organisiert in Zusammenarbeit mit dem International Relations Council of Turkey und dem Center for Turkish Studies eine hochkarätige Podiumsdiskussion über die regionale Ordnung in der Levante. Die Veranstaltung findet am 25. April an der Kadir Has Universität in Istanbul statt und ist die Fortsetzung einer Konferenz und einer Anthologie zu diesem Thema, die in Zusammenarbeit mit dem KAS-Regionalprogramm Südliches Mittelmeer und dem International Relations Council of Turkey erstellt wurde. Die Konferenz wird zudem das Buch mit dem Titel „The Levant: From Ancient Gateway to Modern Chaos - Search for a Regional Order” vorstellen.