[Workshop] Psychosocial Response to Vulnerable Population’s Needs in Lebanon: Managing the Transition from a Humanitarian to a Development Approach
Dec 14, 2017 / Highlight
Context and 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 region such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. This massive exodus is causing multiple traumas (due to the conflict, the exile, the marginalization of the refugees, domestic violence,...
Integration of Refugees into Host Community Health Systems
Amid Growing Need, Refugee Health Workers could Fill Key Gaps
Apr 10, 2017 / Blog entry
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.
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[Programme] Strengthening Human Resources for Health (HRH): Integration of Refugees into Host Community Health Systems
Strengthening Human Resources for Health: Integration of Refugees into Host Community Health Systems
Mar 06, 2017 / Highlight
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...
Psychosocial Support in Crisis and Conflict Settings
The Educational and Mental Health Needs of Syrian Refugee Children
L’eau en Afrique : à Quel Prix?
Solid Waste Management
Apr 03, 2015 / Program
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...
A Need for More Transparency in Higher Education
Session 4 - Taylor Carl - Pandemics: Fear, Uncertainty and Decision Making
Science and Technology Parks governance & management- Workshop Agenda
CMI Participates in Youth Health Conference, within the Framework of the 5+5 Dialogue Forum
Dec 05, 2014 / Highlight
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...
New WB Health Nutrition and Population strategy in the Middle East and North Africa: “Fairness and Accountability” (2013-2018)
Sep 11, 2013 / Highlight
A symposium on Health, Nutrition and Population Sector strategy for MENA took place on Friday July 5, 2013 at the Villa Valmer in Marseilles, France.
Mats Karlsson, CMI Director, opened the symposium by outlining the existing trends of population dynamism in the current context of regional political turmoil. The heightened aspirations for a...
Natural Capital Accounting for Green Growth in MENA
Feb 18, 2013 / Highlight
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...
I-Gov: Tunisia’s Citizen Scorecard is born
Oct 04, 2012 / Blog entry
I-Gov has taken a leap. During May 2012, Tunisian citizens from around the country weighed in on how well they are being served by the public sector. And the government is listening. Under a new social accountability policy supported by the Tunisia Governance and Opportunity Development Policy Loan (DPL) in 2011, the office of the Prime...