Welcome Dr. Rym Ayadi, CEPS & MEDPRO Coordinator MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 MEDPRO Identity Title: MEDPRO –Consortium of Prospective analysis for the Mediterranean Region Funding Scheme: Collaborative Project (CP): Small or medium-scale focused research project Under EU Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Dr. Rym Ayadi, Director of Research, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) 1 April 2010 – 31 March 2013 (36 months) Coordinator: Duration: Website: www.medpro-foresight.eu Budget: 3,550,937€ EC Funding: 2,647,330€ EC Scientific Officer: Dr. Domenico Rossetti Di Valdalbero (Project Officer) MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 2 MEDPRO Identity MEDPRO explores the challenges the countries in the South Mediterranean region, from Morocco to Turkey, will have to cope with in the next decades. The project will undertake a foresight analysis to Short consider the interacMons between development and Euro-‐ Description: Mediterranean cooperaMon in the fields of geopoli'cs; demography; educa'on; social protec'on; energy; climate change; trade and finance. The outcome of this exercise will be to provide the best scienMfic underpinning for future policy decisions to be taken at both domesMc and EU levels within the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Union for the Mediterranean frameworks (UfM). MEDPRO region: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, PalesMnian Authority, Syria and Tunisia (with a populaMon of 190M) and Turkey (with a populaMon of 70M) MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 3 MEDPRO Identity Partners: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Belgium Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Poland Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs (CCEIA), Cyprus Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy Forum Euro-Méditerranéen des Instituts de Sciences Economiques (FEMISE), France Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences (FEPS), Egypt Istituto Affairi Internazional (IAI), Italy Institute of Comunication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece Institut Europeu de la Mediterrania (IEMed), Spain 16 (13 countries) Institut Marocain des Relations Internationales (IMRI), Morocco Istituto di Studi per l’Integrazione dei Sistemi (ISIS), Italy Institut Tunisien de la Compétitivité et des Etudes Quantitatives (ITCEQ), Tunisia Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB), Italy Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Palestine Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), Netherlands Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Germany MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 4 MEDPRO Building Grounds MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 5 MEDPRO HL Stakeholders Meeting Tunis MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 6 MEDPRO HL Stakeholders Meeting Cairo MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 7 Thank you! Contact: Dr. Rym Ayadi ([email protected]) MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 8 About MEDPRO Title Description MEDPRO – Prospective Analysis for the Mediterranean Region MEDPRO explores the challenges facing the countries in the South Mediterranean region in the coming decades. The project will undertake a comprehensive foresight analysis to provide a sound scientific underpinning for future policy decisions at both domestic and EU levels. Mediterranean countries covered Coordinator Consortium Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey Budget and Funding Duration EC Scientific Officer Website Contact e-mail Dr. Rym Ayadi, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS, Belgium; Center for Social and Economic Research, CASE, Poland; Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, CCEIA, Cyprus; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, FEEM, Italy; Forum Euro-Méditerranéen des Instituts de Sciences Economiques, FEMISE, France; Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, FEPS, Egypt; Istituto Affari Internazionali, IAI, Italy; Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, ICCS/NTUA, Greece; Institut Europeu de la Mediterrania, IEMed, Spain; Institut Marocain des Relations Internationales, IMRI, Morocco; Istituto di Studi per l’Integrazione dei Sistemi, ISIS, Italy; Institut Tunisien de la Compétitivité et des Etudes Quantitatives, ITCEQ, Tunisia; Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, MAIB, Italy; Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute, MAS, Palestine; Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, NIDI, Netherlands; Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, UPM, Spain; Centre for European Economic Research, ZEW, Germany Total budget: €3,088,573 EC-DG RESEARCH contribution: €2,647,330 1 April 2010 – 31March 2013 (36 months) Dr. Domenico Rossetti Di Valdalbero, DG RESEARCH www.medpro-foresight.eu [email protected] MEDPRO Final Conference Brussels -‐ 26 February 2013 9