EMEA webinar report: “COVID-19 policy responses assessment and path towards sustainable recovery in the Mediterranean and Africa?” – 4 June 2020

The purpose of this webinar was to present the main results of EMEA policy response monitor and to discuss the latest policy developments taken by the countries in Europe, Mediterranean and Africa towards a sustainable recovery path. Moderator(s): Rym Ayadi, President, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) and Director, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies (EMNES) Cinzia Alcidi, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Economic Policy Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and Member of EMEA Executive Board Speaker(s): Samir Abdullah Ali, EMNES Member, Member Expert Panel, EMEA, and Senior Research Fellow, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute, MAS, Palestine Nooh Alshyab, EMNES Director, Jordan, Member Expert Panel, EMEA and Associate Professor, Yarmouk University, Jordan Kwame Sarpong Barnieh, Member Expert Panel EMEA and Partner KPMG, Ghana Yacine Belarbi, EMNES Member, Senior Researcher, Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement, CREAD, Algeria Sandra Challita, Research Fellow, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA), Lebanon Najat El-Mekkaoui, Member Expert Panel, EMEA and Professor Paris Dauphine Rim Mouelhi, Member Expert Panel, EMEA and EMNES Director, Tunisia Chahir Zaki, EMNES Director, Egypt, Member Expert Panel EMEA, Associate Professor, Cairo University, Egypt Discussant(s): Carlos Conde, Head of Division, Middle East and Africa Division, Global Relations Secretariat, OECD and Member of EMNES Advisory Committee Mohammed Elrazzaz, Project Analyst, Business Development and Employment Division, Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) The webinar was organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) and took place on Thursday June 4, 15:00 -16:30 CET on Zoom. Download