Forum Euro-Mediterranéen des Instituts Economiques
www.femise.org

FEMISE 2008 Annual Conference

 “The EU-Med Region in a Changing Environment”

 

14-15 December 2008

Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel

Istanbul, Turkey

 

AGENDA

DAY ONE : Sunday 14 December 2008

 

 

14 Décembre 2008

14 December 2008

8:30-9:00

Accueil des Participants et registration

Welcome and Registration of participants

9:00-10:30

Séance d'ouverture et Plénière I

L’Union pour la Méditerranée : Une Perspective pour la Région EU-Med ?

 

Modérateurs: Coordonnateurs FEMISE

Opening Session and Plenary I

Union for the Mediterranean: a Perspective for the EU-Med region?

 

Moderators: FEMISE Coordinators

 

Accueil par les coordonnateurs :

Dr. Ahmed Galal et Prof. Jean-Louis Reiffers 

 

H.E. Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, Ministère de l’Etat du Turquie

H.E. Mr. Marc Pierini, Head of EC delegation in Turkey

Dr. Frederic Blanc,  FEMISE team Leader

Welcome note by FEMISE Coordinators:

Dr. Ahmed Galal and Prof. Jean-Louis Reiffers

 

H.E. Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of State of Turkey

H.E. Mr. Marc Pierini, Head of EC delegation in Turkey

Dr. Frederic Blanc,  FEMISE team Leader

10:30-11:00

Pause café

 

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Session Parallèles (1)

Parallel Sessions (1)

 

Parallel Session (1A): Macroeconomic Development and Poverty alleviation

Moderator and Discussant: Khalid Sekkat, ERF

 

Analyse de l’impact de la croissance sur la pauvreté et identification des stratégies de croissance bénéfique aux  pauvres (« pro-poor growth strategies »). Etude des cas pour six pays partenaires méditerranéens : Egypte, Israël, Liban, Maroc, Tunisie et Turquie.

Valerie Bérenger, UNIVERSITE DE NICE-SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Faculté de Droit, des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, CEMAFI

 

 

Financial Development, Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation

Mondher Cherif, ESC Sfax, Tunisia

 

Parallel Session (1B): Liberalization of Services

Moderator and Discussant: Raed Safadi, OECD

 

Liberalization of Services in Poland and Turkey: A Comparative Analysis

Jan Michalek, Warsaw University, Poland

 

The role of business services on Innovation, productivity, employment and exports of Spanish and Turkish manufacturing firms

Mercedes Rodriguez, Universidad de Granada, Spain

12:30-14:30

Déjeuner

 

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Session Parallèles (2)

Parallel Sessions (2)

 

Parallel Session (2A): Investment, FDI and Capital Flows in South Med Countries

Moderator and Discussant: Marc Lautier, CEPN

 

Private Capital Flows In Southern Mediterranean Countries: Determinants And Impact On Economic Growth, Domestic Investment and Wage Inequality

Samy Ben Naceur, Université 7 Novembre à Carthage, Tunisia

 

Dynamique des investissements, mutations sectorielles et convertibilité du compte de capital : impacts des mesures de libéralisation et expériences comparées Tunisie – Maroc

Samy Mouley, Université de Tunis - El Manar ; Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis (FSEG)

 

Parallel Session (2B):  Microeconomic Aspect of the Partnership : Sectoral Issues

 Moderator and Discussant: Patricia Augier, DEFI  

 

Economic policies, firms’ entry and exit and economic performance in four MENA countries

Khalid Sekkat, Université Libre de Bruxelles

 

Compétitivité prix et efficacité productive dans les secteurs manufacturiers du Maroc et de la Tunisie

 Patrick Plane, CERDI

16 :00-16 :15

Pause café

 

Coffee Break

16 :15-17 :00

Session Parallèles (3)

Parallel Sessions (3)

 

Parallel Session (3A):

Moderator and Discussant: Gonzalo Escribano, AGREEM (Tbc)

 

EU Energy and Climate Policy and its Implications for the Mediterranean Partners

Ali Bayar, Ecomod Network

 

Parallel Session (3B):

Moderator and Discussant: Lahcen Achy, INSEA

 

The Greater Arab Free Trade Area: An ex-post appraisal within an imperfect competition framework

Nicolas Peridy, Laboratoire d’Economie de Nantes, Université of Nantes

 

19 :30

Dîner 

Dinner

 

 

DAY TWO : Monday 15 December 2008

 

:

15 Décembre 2008

15 December 2008

9:00-10:30

Séance plénière II

 

Impact de la Crise Financière sur la Région EU-Med

 

Modérateur: Ahmed Galal, ERF

Plenary Session II

 

Impact of the Financial Crisis on the EU-Med Region

 

Moderator: Ahmed Galal, ERF

 

 

Ms. Maria-Inmaculada Montero, European Commission

Dr. Hassan Ersel, Advisor to the Board of Directors

İşbank, Turkey

Dr. Gouda Abdel Khalek, Cairo University

 

Ms. Maria-Inmaculada Montero, European Commission

Dr. Hassan Ersel, Advisor to the Board of Directors

İşbank, Turkey

Dr. Gouda Abdel Khalek, Cairo University

 

10:30-11:00

Pause café

 

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Séance Parallèles (4)

Parallel Session (4)

 

Parallel Session (4A):  Various issues related to the EU-Med Integration

Moderator and Discussant: Fabian VERHOEVEN, European Commission

 

Interdependencies of Health, Education & Poverty With Economic Policy Implications for the South Mediterranean Region

Ahmed Driouchi, IEAPS, Al Akhawayn University

 

The Children Challenge in The Mediterranean Area. Experiences and Perspectives in Child Well-Being Promotion

Maria Antonietta Mariani, CENSIS

 

Parallel Session (4B) : Employment and Migration of the South Med region

Moderator and Discussant: Alia El Mahdi, Faculty of Economics, Cairo University

 

Unemployment, Job Quality and Labour Market Stratification in the MED Region: The cases of Egypt and Morocco

Mona Said, Economics Department, American University in Cairo

                                             

A Dynamic Long And Short Term Approach To Migration Between MP’s and EU: Demographical Framework And The Role Of Economic And Social Reforms

Gonzalo Escribano, Rafael De Acre and Alejandro LORCA, AGREEM – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

12:30-14:30

Dejeuner

Lunch

14:30-17:00

Assemblée Générale de l’Association Femise

 

General Assembly of the FEMISE Association

 

 

 

 

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