{"id":4720,"date":"2013-12-13T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T16:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.femise.org\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2014-02-12T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T09:32:28","slug":"conf%c3%a9rence-annuelle-du-femise-2009-th%c3%a8me-et-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femise.org\/en\/conferences-and-seminars\/conf%c3%a9rence-annuelle-du-femise-2009-th%c3%a8me-et-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMISE 2009 Annual Conference: theme and agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are South Med Countries Converging?<\/h3>\n

The FEMISE annual conference this year will address the question of Convergence of the South Med Countries. \u00a0In two plenary session and 8 parallel sessions, this issue will be addressed, questioned and some useful recommendations could be drawn to what these countries should do to ensure that they are on the right track for this convergence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concept of the Conference theme<\/h4>\n

Convergence is a fairly broad term which encompasses both notions of economic growth (and hence convergence in income levels) and more broadly convergence with respect to a wider set of socio-economic issues such as poverty, literacy, education, and of course distribution. It is true that some of the social indicators of the South Med countries are improving; does this mean that the South Med countries are converging?<\/p>\n

Convergence related to the Euro-Med region tends to focus implicitly on the means for this convergence with respect to the functioning of markets and institutions between the countries of the EU and the countries of the Southern Mediterranean. Existing research has tended, similarly, to focus more on convergence of instruments (eg. regulatory reform) as opposed to focussing on convergence of outcomes, such as growth in per capita income, equality, quality of life, etc. The presumption appears to have been that convergence on instruments will achieve convergence on outcomes, with the accession countries providing a good example of this process. A much clearer understanding of the transmission mechanisms from instruments and outcomes is not that well identified.<\/p>\n

FEMISE plenary sessions will address the issue of convergence of the South Med countries towards Europe and highlight the barriers\/impediments to this convergence in two sessions: Convergence of the South Mediterranean Partners Countries and Impediments to Convergence in the South Med Countries<\/p>\n

The Parallel sessions will include presentations of FEMISE funded projects, which will address the issue of convergence in a more details approach; The role of Firms, the business environment, growth, liberalization of capital accounts, finance and banking, migration and remittances, social cohesion and Poverty and Inequality.<\/p>\n

AGENDA<\/strong><\/h3>\n

14-15 November 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

The M\u00e9tropole Hotel<\/h4>\n

Brussels, Belgium<\/h4>\n

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DAY ONE: Saturday 14 November 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

08:30-09:00<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nWelcome and Registration of participants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/em>09:00-09:30<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Opening Remarks and Welcome Note by the Coordinators<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Ahmed Galal, President of FEMISE and ERF Managing Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Jean-Louis Reiffers, President of the Scientific Committee of FEMISE and IM<\/em>09:30-11:00<\/strong>Plenary Session 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Convergence of the South Mediterranean Partners Countries<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Moderator:<\/strong> Ahmed Galal, President of FEMISE and ERF Managing Director<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Keynote Speakers:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>Jean-Philippe Platteau, CRED and FSESG<\/em><\/p>\n

Ambassador Sen\u00e9n Florensa, Director IEMED and Former Spanish Ambassador to Tunisia<\/em><\/p>\n

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11:00-11:30<\/em><\/strong>Coffee Break<\/em>11:30-13:00 <\/em><\/strong>Parallel Sessions (1)<\/strong>\u00a011:30-13:00<\/strong>11:30-13:15<\/strong>\u00a0Parallel Session (1A): Regional Integration, Firms and Convergence<\/strong>Parallel Session (1B): Migrants\u2019 Remittances and their impact on South Med countries<\/strong>\u00a0Moderator and Discussant: Mongi Boughzala, University Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia<\/strong>Moderator and Discussant: Jackline Wahba, University of Southampton, UK<\/strong>\u00a0Regional Integration, firms’ location and convergence: the experience of the Euro-Mediterranean area<\/p>\n

Nicolas Peridy, Universit\u00e9 du Sud, Toulon-Var, France<\/em><\/p>\n

Syst\u00e8me financier, politique de change et transferts de fonds des migrants marocains: Quelles interactions?<\/p>\n

Jamal Bouoiyour, Al Akhawayne University \u2013 Ifrane, Morocco and University of Pau, France<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Deep Integration, Firms and Economic Convergence<\/p>\n

Patricia Augier, DEFI, DEFI, Universit\u00e9 de la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, France<\/em><\/p>\n

Determinants and Consequences of Migration and Remittances: The Case of Palestine and Tunisia<\/p>\n

Mahmoud El Jafari, Faculty of Business and Economics, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine and Mongi Bougzala, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia<\/em><\/p>\n

Impact des transferts de fonds des migrants sur la pauvret\u00e9 et les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s : une comparaison Maroc-Alg\u00e9rie<\/p>\n

EM Mouhoud, CEPN, France, presented by: Jamal Bouoiyour, University of Pau, France<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
13:00-14:30<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLunch<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30-16:00<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nParallel Sessions (2)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParallel Session (2A): Business Environment and its impact on firms productivity in the context of convergence<\/strong><\/td>\nParallel Session (2B): Convergence of the Financial Systems and Institutions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nModerator and Discussant: Maria-Inmaculada Montero-Luque, DG-trade, European Commission<\/strong><\/td>\nModerator and Discussant: Samy Mouley, Universit\u00e9 de Tunis<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nClustering, international networks and performance of firms: some complement approaches for MENA\u2019s convergenceJuliette Milgram, <\/em>University<\/em> of Granada, Spain<\/em><\/td>\nConvergence of Banking Sector Regulations and its Impact on Bank Performances and Growth: the case for Algeria, Morocco, and TunisiaRym Ayadi, CEPS, Belgium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLe climat des affaires et les performances productives compar\u00e9es : Analyse sur donn\u00e9es micro\u00e9conomiques manufacturi\u00e8res (Alg\u00e9rie, Egypte, Maroc)Patrick Plane, CERDI, France<\/em><\/td>\nFinancial Systems in Mediterranean Partners and the EURO-Mediterranean PartnershipSimon Neaime, American University of Beirut and Nidal Sabri, Beirzeit University, Palestine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00-16:15<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCoffee Break<\/em> <\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:15-17:00<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nParallel Sessions (3)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParallel Session (3A): Growth and Convergence in the MENA region<\/strong><\/td>\nParallel Session (3B): Social Cohesion Policies and Convergence in the MENA region<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nModerator and Discussant: Raed Safadi, OECD<\/strong><\/td>\nModerator and Discussant: Hana\u2019 Kheireldin, ECES, Egypt<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInternational openness and social development as endogenous determinants of growth and convergence of the countries in the MENA regionJan Michalek, Warsaw University, Poland\u00a0 and Alfred Tovias, The Hebrew University, Israel<\/em><\/td>\nSocial cohesion policies in Mediterranean countries: an assessment of instruments and outcomes in Italy and Morocco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Marco Zupi and Elisenda Estruch-Puertas, CeSPI, Italy<\/em><\/p>\n

17:00-17:45<\/strong>Special Session<\/strong> <\/strong>Presentation of the TradeSift Software: A toolkit for policy makers and trade analysts<\/p>\n

Michael Gasiorek, Sussex University, United Kingdom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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DAY TWO: Sunday 15 November 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

09:00-11:00<\/strong><\/td>\nPlenary Session II<\/strong> <\/strong>Impediments to Convergence in the South Med Countries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moderator: <\/strong>Jean-Louis Reiffers,<\/em> President of the Scientific Committee, IM and\u00a0 FEMISE<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nKeynote Speakers:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>Mats Karlsson, Director in the World Bank\u2019s MNA region and Responsible for the Marseille Centre For Mediterranean Integration (MCMI)<\/em>Pierre Deusy, Responsible of economic issues of the Euromed Partnership, DG Relex<\/em><\/p>\n

Amb. Hassan Abouyoub, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Rome, Italy (tbc)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:00-11:30<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCoffee Break<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30-13:00 <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nParallel Session (4)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParallel Session (4A): Capital Account liberalization and convertibility<\/strong><\/td>\nParallel Session (4B)\u00a0:\u00a0 Poverty and Income Inequality<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nModerator and Discussant: Sergio Alessandrini, University of Modena, Italy<\/strong><\/td>\nModerator and Discussant: Gonzalo Escribano, AGREEM, Spain<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLib\u00e9ralisation du compte de capital et convertibilit\u00e9 int\u00e9grale : cadre de gestion macro\u00e9conomique en Tunisie et exp\u00e9riences compar\u00e9es de pays \u00e9mergentsPhilippe Gilles, Universit\u00e9 du Sud, Toulon-Var and\u00a0 Sami Mouley, University of Tunis, Tunisia<\/em><\/td>\nIncome Inequality and Poverty after Trade Liberalization in MENA CountriesRoby Nathanson, The Macro Center For Political Economics, Israel and Khalid Sekkat, Free University of Brussels, Belgium<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDoes capital account liberalization spur private capital flows, financial development and economic performanceMondher Cherif, ESC SFAX, Tunisia<\/em><\/td>\nGlobal food price shock and the poor in Egypt and Ukraine \u2013 a comparison of policy regimes and reform optionsMaryla Maliszewska, CASE, Warsaw, Poland<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00-14:30<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nLunch<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30-16:00<\/strong> <\/strong><\/td>\nPlenary Session III<\/strong> <\/strong>The Crisis and its effect on the EU-Med Convergence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moderator: <\/strong>Jean-Louis Reiffers<\/em>,\u00a0President of the Scientific Committee, IM and\u00a0 FEMISE<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nSpeakers: <\/em><\/strong>Special Event: <\/strong>Launch of the FEMISE EU-Med report on \u201cThe Mediterranean Partner Countries facing the Crisis\u201dJean-Louis Reiffers, President of the Scientific Committee, IM and\u00a0 FEMISE<\/em><\/p>\n

Marga Peeters, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16:00-16:15<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCoffee Break<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:15-18:00<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong><\/td>\nClosing Remarks and General Assembly Meeting of the Network Members<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Moderator: <\/strong>Ahmed Galal,\u00a0 President of FEMISE and ERF Managing Director<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nSpeakers:<\/strong> <\/strong>Jean-Louis Ville, Chief of Unit, Aidco, European Commission<\/em>Ahmed Galal, President of FEMISE and ERF Managing Director<\/em>Jean-Louis Reiffers, President of Scientific Committee, FEMISE<\/em><\/p>\n

Frederic Blanc<\/em>,\u00a0General Manager, FEMISE<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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