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WHAT WE ARE: A MULTI-PARTNER PLATFORM

The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) is a space where development agencies, Governments, local authorities and civil society from around the Mediterranean convene in order to exchange knowledge, discuss public policies, and identify the solutions needed to address key challenges facing the Mediterranean region.

OUR GOAL: AN ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT AND POLITICALLY STABLE REGION

Through innovative solutions, the CMI aims to help countries achieve transformative reforms and enhance integration in the Mediterranean region.

OUR ESSENCE: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

The capacity to build partnerships between a wide spectrum of development actors from the South and the North of the Mediterranean is unique to the CMI.

MEMBERS:
- Governments: Egypt, France, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestinian Territories.
- Local authorities: City of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region.
- International financial institutions: European Investment Bank, the World Bank Group.

PARTNERS:
The CMI nurtures strong partnerships with more than sixty institutions, among which: Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Union for the Mediterranean (UFM), Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), Association of Arab Universities, Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), and others.

OUR FOCUS: PROVIDING REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS

The CMI focuses its work on providing the regional public goods that are needed to address the problems of the region and help it achieve its potential:
- Economic integration: trade, finance, investment, public-private partnerships, diasporas.
- Inclusion: skills, employment, social protection, international labor mobility, youth and gender.
- Environment and climate change: water and energy efficiency, cities management and resilience to risks.
- Knowledge economy: innovation, education, science and technology.

By providing these regional public goods, the CMI contributes to building economic and social cohesion, peace preparation, cross-border trade and investment, as well as scientific and cultural exchanges.