EUMEF Call for Applications: Capacity Building Workshop on Socio-Economic Challenges & Opportunities, Deadline: 4 September 2016

DGAP’s EU-Middle East Forum (EUMEF), in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office, the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa),

the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, and the Rabat Social Studies Institute (RSSI), is welcoming applications for its capacity building workshop on “Socio-Economic Challenges and Opportunities: What Does the Future Hold for Morocco and Tunisia?”.

EUMEF invites twenty young and mid-level experts and professionals from the MENA region and Europe, working in think tanks, research institutes, politics or civil society organizations, and whose work focuses on socio-economic developments in Morocco or Tunisia.

During the workshop, the participants will receive an introduction to scenario planning and strategic policy analysis. In two working groups, they will then develop their own scenarios for possible socio-economic developments in Morocco and Tunisia. Presentations by renowned experts will complement the scenario planning sessions. The workshop will be held in English.

Objectives

• To analyze and generate knowledge about factors shaping socio-economic developments in Morocco and Tunisia in the mid-term
• To sensitize participants for current tendencies and possible future trajectories of relevant actors in Morocco and Tunisia
• Capacity building in the fields of alternative, strategic, future oriented, and joined thinking, structured communication, and democratic discussion culture
• To connect young and mid-level professionals and multipliers from North Africa and the Middle East and Europe who work on similar subjects.

Target Group

• The main protagonists and target group of the workshop are young and mid-level professionals (aged around 27-40) with at least two years of professional work experience in policy analysis or policy making in think tanks, academic research institutions, politics or civil society, with a focus on Morocco or Tunisia.
• Participants should come from or currently reside in Morocco, Tunisia, other countries of the MENA region, or the EU.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should application form and send it back together with a CV, a short (approx. one page) outline of what they perceive to be the greatest socio-economic challenges facing Morocco or Tunisia in the next ten years and what your main concerns are regarding the country’s future developments, as well as a short email outlining your motivation to participate in the capacity building workshop at the address given on the website.

Eligible Countries

• MENA Region: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza, andYemen.
• EU Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

For more information, please visit Capacity Building Workshop.