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Think Tank 7 Summit

From

05
9:30 am June 2019

To

05
6:00 pm June 2019

 

Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, President at the Policy Center for the New South will be speaking at the Think Tank 7 Summit (T7). 

Within the framework of the French G7 Presidency, the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri) is leading the outreach group for Think Tanks (T7) in 2019. The T7 event will gather think tanks from G7 countries, and for the first time, will also include African Think Tanks from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Morocco . Dr. Karim El Aynaoui will be representing the Policy Center for the New South in these discussions, as President of an Afrian think Tank and will be speaking on the session about Development. The outcome of the meeting will be translated into a short recommendation paper for the G7 Presidency.


The topics discussed during this event, and which are part of this year’s G7 core priorities are the following:
1.    International Trade 
2.    Development 
3.    Multilateralism and Defense of Democracy 

This event is taking place in Paris, France. 

Speakers
Karim El Aynaoui
Executive President
Karim El Aynaoui is Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South. He is also Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster. Karim El Aynaoui is an economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of Director of Economics, Statistics, and International Relations. At the Central Bank of Morocco, he was in charge of the Research Department and equally a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, he worked for eight years at the World Bank as an Economist for its regional units of the Middle East and North Africa and Africa. Karim El Aynaoui has published books and journal articles on macroeconomic issues in developing countries. Hi ...