Workshop "Sustainability: towards a new development paradigm in the Euro-Mediterranean area"

The Euromed University of Fes (UEMF), in partnership with the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), is organizing on November 26, 2019 a workshop on the theme “Sustainability: towards a new development paradigm in the Euro-Mediterranean area.”

This Workshop saw the participation of several researchers, experts, diplomats, business leaders and high-level specialists from Morocco and the Euro-Mediterranean region for a working session rich in debates and fruitful exchanges.

The concept of sustainability has imposed itself as a prerequisite for any development model of states and organizations. The UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the various COPs have ingrained the necessity of transforming production and consumption patterns by adopting practices more respectful of the environment, nature, humans and living beings.

In the Euro-Mediterranean area, Morocco has been particularly involved in the challenge of climate change (hosting COP22, implementing the mega-project of the Ouarzazate solar power plant, active policies promoting renewable energies and a national sustainable development strategy) and in developing intense cooperation on this subject, notably at the African level.

As a proponent of this vision, UEMF took the initiative to organize, in collaboration with the European Institute of the Mediterranean, a workshop in Fez on the theme “Sustainability: towards a new development paradigm in the Euro-Mediterranean area.”

Within this framework, various contributions ranging from strategic approaches to sustainable development, energy transition and circular economy to participatory approaches and the dynamics of climate change can enrich this theme.