Sustainability: Towards a new development paradigm in the Euro-Mediterranean area
The RIEMAS “Workshop Series”
WORKSHOP
Sustainability: Towards a new development paradigm in the Euro-Mediterranean area
Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco
Sustainable development has established itself as a new paradigm for States and organizations. The UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement and the various COPs have anchored in people's minds the need to transform production and consumption patterns by adopting more sustainable practices.
In the Euro-Mediterranean zone, Morocco is particularly involved in the challenge of climate change (organization of COP22, implementation of the mega-project of the Ouarzazate solar power plant, active policy of promoting renewable energies and national strategy fight against climate change in all its forms), as well as in the development of intense cooperation on this subject, particularly at the African level.
It is for this reason that the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, itself an eco-campus, took the initiative of organizing, in collaboration with the European Institute of the Mediterranean, a think tank strongly committed to sustainable development issues, a workshop in Fez on the theme of “Sustainability: Towards a new development paradigm in the Euro-Mediterranean area”.
In this context, various contributions linked to strategic approaches to sustainable development, energy transition, the circular economy, participatory approaches and the dynamics of climate change are able to enrich this theme.
| PROGRAM | ||
| 09.00– 09.30 | Home and Registration | |
| 09.30 – 10.00 |
Introductory remarks |
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| Tijani Bounahmidi | Vice President responsible for | |
| Research Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco | ||
| Josep Ferré | Acting Director General of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Spain | |
| Mohamed Benyahia | Secretary General, Ministry of the Environment Morocco | |
| Almotaz Abadi | Director General of the Water and Environment Division, Union for the Mediterranean | |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Climate change issue | |
| Kasia Marini | MedECC, France | |
| Othmane Benmoussa | Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco | |
| 10.30 – 11.45 | 1st Session: Strategic approach to sustainable development in the Euro-Mediterranean region | |
| What are the essential principles that sustainable development strategies in the Mediterranean must meet? What should their priorities be in the region? How to ensure civil society participation in the development and implementation processes? How can we ensure that the strategies developed are followed? What lessons can we learn from the Moroccan example? | ||
| Moderator | Almotaz Abadi | Union for the Mediterranean |
| Speakers | Jaouad Cherkaoui | Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency, Morocco |
| Roger Albinyana | European Mediterranean Institute, Spain | |
| Hind Majdoubi | MedECC France | |
| Othmane Benmoussa | Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez | |
| 11.45 – 13.00 | 2nd session: Challenges of the energy transition in the Euro-Mediterranean region | |
| How can we meet the technological, economic and territorial challenges involved in the energy transition in the Euro-Mediterranean context? What are the specific features of the energy transition in the Mediterranean? What are the investment priorities and financing policies in the North and South of the Mediterranean? What opportunities for partnerships for better cooperation between different actors in the region? What are the model initiatives in the region? |
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| Moderator | Emanuela Menichetti | Mediterranean Energy Observatory |
| Speakers | Sebastien Vaudreuil | Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco |
| Ali Zerouali | MASEN, Morocco | |
| Mohamed El Amrani | Energy Federation, Morocco | |
| 13.00 – 14.15 | Speakers’ lunch | |
| 14.15 – 16.15 | 3rd session: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and local development models | |
| How can we deploy these SDGs into concrete and measurable actions in the Euro-Mediterranean area? How do the SDGs challenge the development models of countries around the Mediterranean? How can the education system better contribute to the appropriation of the SDGs by younger generations? How does the transition towards a circular economy capable of establishing sustainable consumption and production patterns take place? What opportunities and obstacles to the development of the circular economy in the Euro-Mediterranean region? Which local and regional institutions to govern the circular economy? |
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| Moderator | Mustapha Mahni | Mediterranean Youth Climate Network, France |
| Speakers | Anna Barone | European Investment Bank |
| Laia Vinyes | MedCities, Spain | |
| Abderrahman Tenkoul and Soumia Guennoun | Energy Federation, MoroccoEuro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco | |
| Sami Labzae | Ecomed, Morocco | |
| Camélia Kerkour, Omar Benjelloun and Hafsa El Bekri | Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco | |
| 16.15 – 16.45 | Conclusions and closing | |
| Taoufik Ouazzani Chahdi | Vice-President in charge of Academic and Cultural Affairs, Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez, Morocco | |
| Roger Albinyana | Director, Mediterranean Regional Policies and Human Development, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Spain | |
