The Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)

The Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) aims to enhance the convergence of sustainable development policies by providing a platform for knowledge sharing and joint learning.
WHO WE ARE
The CMI is created by a Memorandum of Understanding among Founding Members which include, at the end of 2009, Egypt, France, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, as well as the European Investment Bank and the World Bank. Other collaborative arrangements with countries and partners are being prepared. The Center was officially launched on October 9, 2009 in Marseille.
The Founding Members for the CMI are to date:
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on October 8, 2009 establishing the Center with the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, and the Government of France followed by the Governments of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia as well as the City of Marseille.
Programs are designed and implemented under the overall guidance of a Lead organization who will seek the participation of interested parties from the region (or beyond). The Lead organization will ensure synergies with other clusters, bring together the necessary technical resources, and commits to mobilizing adequate financial resources. The Lead organization will facilitate regular information exchange between programs to ensure knowledge sharing through joint learning, and thus help foster improvements in public policies in the region.

Lead organizations, to date, include:

• Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
• Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Forum Euroméditerranéen des Institutions de Science Economiques (FEMISE)
• Plan Bleu, Environment and Development in the Mediterranean
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• World Bank

Partners such as think-tanks, training institutions, centers of excellence or development institutions,
collaborate on the design and the delivery of a program.
To the date, the partners are:

Partners of the Employment and Labor Mobility cluster:

• Agence d'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur (AERES)
• Association nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes (AFPA)
• Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE)
• A4E
• Conference of President of Universities (CPU)
• Cultural Council of "Union pour la Méditerrané"
• Directorate General for Education and Culture (EU)
• Ecole de la Deuxième Chance – Marseille
• Education for Employment Foundation (EFE)
• European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
• Euromed Management
• European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
• European Training Foundation (ETF)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Région Provence Alpes Cotes d’Azur

Partners of the Urban and Spatial Development Cluster:

• Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
• Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• World Bank
• Cities Alliance
• Cooperation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World (CODATU)
• Euroméditerranée
• French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME)
• French Ministry of Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development (MEEDDM)
• Medcities
• Plan Bleu, Environment and Development in the Mediterranean
• United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

Partners of the Knowledge Economy, Innovation and Technology cluster:

• EIB
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• AFD
• Anima
• European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
• FEMISE
• Mediterranean Innovation and Research Action (MIRA)
• World Bank Institute

Partners of the Environment and Water cluster:

• AFD
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• Plan Bleu, Environment and Development in the Mediterranean
• World Bank
• EIB
• Forum Euroméditerranéen des Institutions de Science Economiques (FEMISE)
• MEEDDM
• United Nation Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP)

Partners of the Transport and Logistics cluster:

• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Centre for Transportation Studies for the Western Mediterranean (CETMO)
• ISTED
• Mediterranean Univesities Union (Unimed).