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Over the past six years, at least half of Syria’s 30,000 physicians—perhaps more, no one knows for sure—have fled the country. Like other Syrian refugees, they have gone wherever they can: Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Europe, and, in much smaller numbers, Canada and the United States.   Continue reading this article on The Brookings website 

Rationale   Over the past six years, nearly 5 million people have fled the conflict in Syria and sought refuge in neighboring countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) such as Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt, and OECD countries such as Turkey, Germany, Sweden or Austria.   The consequences of this mass exodus have been particularly profound...

Lead organization German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ).   Partners Municipalities of Beirut, Rabat, and Tunis. Ministries of Environment of Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia; The World Bank.   Challenges Solid waste affects quality of life and public health if not appropriately managed. Cost of environmental degradation and...

December 5, 2014 – Marseille, France   CMI Manager Mourad Ezzine, opened the final day of a two-day event on Youth Health in the Mediterranean which was organized by the French Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in the framework of the 5+5 Dialogue Forum. He presented the situation of health-related needs and the movements of skills and demand...

Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco have expressed interest in joining the WAVES Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) initiative. They are among the first countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to consider natural capital accounting as a means to encourage green growth, poverty reduction and job creation. These countries, along with...