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Mediterranean Strategy Group - Migration: Cities on the Frontline

From

12
9:00 am June 2019

To

14
5:00 pm June 2019

Organized by The German Marshall Fund of the United States in partnership with the Center for Mediterranean Integration, Compagnia di San Paolo and Policy Center for the New South

For all their differences, Mediterranean cities on the northern and southern shore have always been on the frontline of mixed migration flows. As most people choose to settle in urban areas, the proportion of migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons in cities is higher than for national territories. Thus, while migration is a global, transboundary phenomenon, its effects are felt most profoundly on the city level, turning cities and local governments into key stakeholders on the international scene.

The purpose of the meeting is to provoke new thinking on how cities, national governments and international organizations can best engage with each other in recognizing and reacting to these macro-level issues, and whether and whether policy decisions at the urban level shape developments on a regional level. Key questions to be addressed include: How are Mediterranean cities impacted by mixed migration (socio-economic, security)? Governance: what policies are in place to address these challenges and to what extend are they effective? To what extent does what happens on the city level impact regional developments, and how?

This event is taking place in Marseille, France

Speakers
Amal El Ouassif
International Relations Specialist
Amal El Ouassif is an International Relations Specialist  at the Policy Center for the New South. Prior to this, she worked as a program coordinator at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and served as a consultant in development policies with the office of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Morocco. She is also a former bluebook trainee in the Directorate General of Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion in the European Commission in Brussels. Amal has a Master of Art in EU’s International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, from the College of Europe in Bruges and a Master in Development Studies from UPMF-Grenoble. Her area of interest include Africa- Europe cooperation and migration. ...
Youssef Tobi
International Relations Specialist
Tobi Youssef has joined the Policy Center for the New South in 2017. He is currently working on Politics and Governance in the Maghreb Region; his areas of expertise are geopolitics, political risk and nation building. Youssef Tobi obtained a Master Degree at Sciences Po Lyon  where he wrote two thesis on “ the role of Moroccan Bank in Africa, a non-state actor in service of the Diplomacy”  and the“ Chasm between the mediatic and associative representation of refugees : a case study”.  Prior to working at the Think tank, Tobi Youssef participated in a Social Entrepreneurship Project in Beirut, Lebanon and conducted an internship in a NGO based in Marseille where he assisted refugees and helped raise funds. ...