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Energy and Environment

Urban systems have been following accelerated growth in the last century, having unprecedented impacts on natural ecosystems. Certainly, cities have become the epicenter of economic development and job creation. However, the increasing attraction of people and economic activity has led to a significant disequilibrium among cities, towns, and villages.

Territorial Resilience Research Initiative

Urban systems have been following accelerated growth in the last century, having unprecedented impacts on natural ecosystems. Certainly, cities have become the epicenter of economic development and job creation. However, the increasing attraction of people and economic activity has led to a significant disequilibrium among cities, towns, and villages.

CCI Research

In November 2020, EMEA is launching a new research initiative together with its network EMNES to explore the channels of value and job creation in the Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) in the Mediterranean and Africa post COVID-19 and to propose recommendations to enhance the capacity for the sector to become an engine of innovation powered by digitalization and to transform towards more sustainability and inclusion.

Debt Transparency Initiative

The Debt Transparency Initiative launched by EMEA aims to enhance knowledge about debt related issues, particularly in low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs).

Bio-economics Research Initiative

The aim of the EMEA Bio-economics Research Initiative is to promote nature-based solutions and mainstreaming economics, finance and policy. The results of this research will advance the work under the TRIS Economic Model developed by EMEA over the past years.

COVID-19 Policy Response

Regional Integration

EMEA developed a new vision for regional integration, inspired by the blue transition first introduced in MEDPRO and later developed in EMNES. This regional integration concept is called the “Blue Transition Vision” which is build on complementarity between regions and sub-regions

Socio-economic Development

EMEA developed the innovative “TRIS” concept for socio-economic development in the Mediterranean. TRIS stands for “Transparent”, “Responsible”, “Inclusive” and “Sustainable”. This new concept can be enlarged in other regions of the world including Africa.

Digitalization & AI

Digitalization and AI have great potential in revamping education, research, and economic sectors. EMEA is developing e-research platforms aimed at enhancing collaborative research

Money and Finance

Building on EMEA Founder research activities on money and finance, EMEA continues to enlarge the research on financial architecture, financial inclusion, stability and sustainability, crisis management in the Mediterranean and Africa.