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Conversation

Reshaping Mediterranean Energy Cooperation

Dialogue Program

Workshop

The Mediterranean energy landscape amid global and regional geopolitical dynamics

3rd Meeting of the Mediterranean Energy Experts Circle

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Making Circular Economy Work

Bringing Academic Knowledge to Policy and Practice in Circular Economy

From May 22 to 28, 2024, a 5-day training program titled "Making Circular Economy Work: Bringing Academic Knowledge to Policy and Practice in Circular Economy" was held at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. This program aimed to advance Morocco's transition to a sustainable economic system by equipping participants with comprehensive knowledge of the circular economy, focusing on its principles, impacts, business models, and practical applications.

Workshop

Water Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin

Regional Scenario Workshop on Cooperation Among Riparian States

From June 7 to 9, 2024, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Regional Program Energy Security and Climate Change Middle East and North Africa (KAS-REMENA), in partnership with the Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management (INWRDAM), successfully conducted a closed-door workshop titled "Water Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin: Regional Scenario Workshop on Cooperation Among Riparian States." The workshop was held at the picturesque Villa La Collina in Cadenabbia, Italy.

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German-Arab Hydrogen Partnerships

Delegation to the 27th Arab-German Business Forum

From June 2 to 5, a delegation of four female hydrogen experts from Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Oman was brought together in Berlin around the theme "German-Arab Hydrogen Partnerships" and to attend the 27th German-Arab Business Forum organized by the Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Forum

Roundtable on Geopolitics, Climate Change and State Fragility in The Middle East and North Africa

2024 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development

In partnership with SIPRI, KAS-REMENA organized a roundtable on “Geopolitics, Climate change and State Fragility in the Middle East and North Africa” on May 7 within the framework of the 2024 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.

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Shaping a Resilient and Cooperative Mediterranean Energy Transition: Lessons Learned and Challenges

Second meeting of the Mediterranean Energy Experts Circle

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's Regional Programme on Energy Security and Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa (KAS-REMENA) joined forces again with the Policy Center for the New South to convene the second meeting of the Mediterranean Energy Experts Circle. Held in Rabat, Morocco from April 22nd to 24th, 2024, the meeting focused on the topic of "Shaping a Resilient and Cooperative Mediterranean Energy Transition: Lessons Learned and New Challenges."

Specialist conference

Uniting for Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

Launch of the MENA Chapter of the Parliamentary Network for Climate (P4C)

On Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, the regional conference titled "Uniting for Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa Region" was held in Rabat. The event was organized by the Parliamentarians for Climate network (P4C), the Regional Program for Energy Security and Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa (KAS-REMENA), and the ATLAS Dynamics Association.

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Regional Dialogue on Accelerating the Transition to Circular Economy

For Climate Resilience in the Arab Region

KAS-REMENA and UN-ESCWA co-organized a high-level dialogue in Amman, Jordan, addressing the transition to a circular economy in the Arab Region, fostering inclusive participation from ministries, financial institutions, private sector, and civil society to explore factors and governance frameworks for sustainable economic transformation.

Workshop

Media and communication in times of crises

Natural disasters as an example

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Solution-driven Regional Water Journalism Workshop

Virtual workshop, August 30-31, 2021

Aspiring environmental journalists, media professionals and entrepreneurs gathered for a tailored online workshop aiming at mainstreaming solution-driven reporting of acute water-related challenges in the MENA region. The journalist worked together with environmental entrepreneurs to write on their solutions that address water-related challenges in the MENA region. Three of the elaborated articles were shortlisted for a one-on-one coaching session with a renowned regional environmental journalist.

Water Journalism Academy - Middle East and North Africa

Virtual Training from 17 August to 21 September 2020

Outstanding environmental journalists and media professionals gathered for a tailored online academy aiming at intensifying and improving the quality and scope of media coverage of acute water-related challenges in the MENA region. Three of the elaborated media pieces were awarded with the Blue Peace Open Eye Award.

KAS African Climate Perspectives on Migration

International Conference from 1 to 2 July 2019 in Rabat, Morocco

Experts, scientists and civil society representatives from various African countries met in Rabat, Morocco, to discuss the impact of climate change on migration movements in Africa.

Autumn Academy on Sustainability and Resource Security in the EU and MENA region

October 19 to 29, 2018 at the European Academy Otzenhausen (EAO), Germany

Selected young professionals from the MENA region met in Germany to learn about sustainable strategies in the fields of energy, water, mobility, waste management and urban development.

Dialogue Programme on Water and Waste Management Models

Insights and Ways Forward for the MENA Region

This article provides a summary of a five-day dialogue programme of meetings, presentations, discussions and field trips entitled ‘Innovations in water and waste management: Models of transferability to the MENA region’, which took place from 25-29 March 2018 in Cologne, Germany and Brussels, Belgium. The publication has been jointly elaborated with Wala' Abdullah from NGO Fanack.

German-Arab Young Journalists’ Academy in Rabat

For the first time, one of the successful intercultural journalism academies of KAS took place in Morocco. On the main subject “water”, 16 young journalists from Germany and six Arab countries travelled throughout the whole country for their different researches.

International Workshop Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Implementation in the Maghreb

The Nexus recognizes that the Water, Energy and Food sectors are inextricably linked and that actions in any one of these areas usually impact upon the other. Thus, these complex and intricate links require a suitably integrated approach to ensure global food and water security as well as sustainable agriculture and energy.

Basra: Opportunities and obstacles for sustainable economic growth

KAS and Basra University hold conference on economic diversification

Basra is the second biggest city in Iraq, holds a majority of Iraqi crude oil reserves and is known as the gate to Iraq due to its maritime ports. At the same time, Basra and the south of Iraq are suffering from low economic growth rates and poverty. On October 8 and 9, the KAS Regional Programme for Energy Security and Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa, the KAS Syria/Iraq office and the Arab Gulf Research Center of the University of Basra held a conference about the opportunities and obstacles for sustainable economic growth in the province.