Africafé : Sommet UE-Afrique

March 10, 2022

Africafé est une émission du Policy Center for the New South qui décrypte l’actualité des organisations africaines et de l’Afrique. A travers de courtes interviews, l’émission tente de proposer d’aborder de manière pédagogique les enjeux des organisations africaines et l’actualité du continent.

Dans cet épisode Abdessalam Jaldi international Relations Specialist au Policy Center for the New South, présente les enjeux du dernier sommet UE-Afrique, les principales conclusions et les propositions de refonte de la relation entre les deux continents.

Speakers
Abdessalam Saad Jaldi
Senior International Relations Specialist
Abdessalam Saad Jaldi is a Senior International Relations Specialist at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS).He is also an Affiliate Professor of Digital Law and Emerging Technologies at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P)At the PCNS, Jaldi conducts research encompassing the Maghreb, the European Union (EU), India, and the evolving landscape of international law, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and maritime lawHe notably represented the PCNS as a member of the T20 Brasil task force 6 (TF 06) on “Strengthening Multilateralism and Global Governance”.Abdessalam Saad Jaldi holds a PhD in Law from the University of Strasbourg, as well as two master’s degrees: One in Public and Private International Law from the University of Strasbourg, and anoth ...
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. ...

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