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

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?
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?
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

 

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