Micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Mediterranean: A policy roadmap to untap the potential for job creation
This policygraphic provides the critical issues and the policy proposals based on EMNES Policy Paper 010 with visual graphics
The objective of the policy brief is to formulate a policy roadmap to untap the potential for employment creation by MSMEs in SEMCs, with a particular focus on Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia – building on the findings of four years of research on MSME development carried out under EMNES.
Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as Drivers for Economic Development in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs): What Role for the EU?
This policygraphic provides the critical issues and the policy proposals based on EMNES Policy Paper 006 with visual graphics
The paper provides a critical examination of the cooperation in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation between the European Union and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries. It provides an overview of the main features of this cooperation and then focuses on the main problems facing it.
UNLEASHING TRADE POTENTIAL IN THE SOUTH AND EAST MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES: HOW DO NON-TARIFF MEASURES MATTER?
This policygraphic provides the critical issues and the policy proposals based on EMNES Policy Paper 007 with visual graphics
The objective of the policy paper is twofold. First, it analyses how non-tariff measures (NTMs) became more protectionist than tariffs. Second, it provides some policy options to address NTMs in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) in order to unleash their trade potential. Recent data shows that most of the NTMs deal with conformity assessment as well as rules of origin.
