In close collaboration with Mr. Boussa El Ouafi, member of the Young Mediterranean Leaders  network, the YML is organizing a debate followed by a cocktail, at the City Hall of Brussels, on December 17.

With this event the YML intends to extend its network to Belgium and its influence to the European institutions. A discussion on the topic "What role for Brussels in the Euro-Mediterranean relations?" will take place with Belgian personalities such as Mrs. Afaf Hemamou, deputy mayor of Schaerbeek, in charge of European Affairs, Mr. Hassan Bousetta, researcher at the University of Liege on immigration and geopolitics and Mr. Emir Kir, Secretary of State for Brussels-Capital and Mr. Jean-Claude Daoust, Administrator of Daoust s.a. et Honorary President of the Business Federation of Belgium.

The Amadeus Institute is a Moroccan think tank, partner of the YML. Amadeus organized between 19 and 21 of  November the 2nd edition of the MEDays Forum, which brought together, during three days, over 150 stakeholders (heads of states and governments, policymakers, companies leaders, representatives of civil society) around the theme  "Co-responsible development." Jerome Cohen, director of YML, moderated the first plenary session on "the uncertainties of the global economy and the Euro-African doing-business " around people like Brahim Benjelloun Touimi (BMCE), Jean Louis Guigou (IPEMed), Mohammed Hourani, (CGEM) or Malamine Kone (Airness) and participated in the roundtable discussion on the positioning of Tangier as a hub of world trade. Speakers discussed the opportunity the global crisis could represent for the African continent.
They stressed the concept of solidarity between African countries, a necessary condition for their development. More information about Amadeus and MEDays on www.medays.org