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El Haj Kassé, Minister-Counsellor of the Senegalese President Macky Sall and Board Member of the Bridge Tank, was a member of the Senegalese presidential’s delegation which arrived in Hangzhou,China, for the upcoming G20 Summit on September 4th and 5th.
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The Bridge Tank joined the works of the G20-related Think 20 Summit and T20 Innovation Forum held by the China Science and Technology Exchange Center that will take place on July 30 in Beijing with the theme “Towards a Collaborative, Inclusive and Dynamic Global Environment”.
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The Bridge Tank participated at the MedCOP Climate Conference in Tangier, Morocco on the 18th and 19th of July, as part of the preparations for the COP 22. This year’s MedCOP conference was organised by the regional Council of the Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, it is the second conference of parties of the coastal states of the Mediterranean on climate change. Joël Ruet and Sophia Semlali of the Bridge Tank attended this event.
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Joel Ruet convened a working session during the 4th edition of the International Youth Forum that took place from July 11th to July 14th in Dakhla, Morocco, under the high patronage of His Majesty The King Mohammed VI. It brought together 250 young people but also many political figures, researchers and experts. The event focused on the topic “Youth and Sustainable Development: What Contribution?”. Dr Maya Soetoro, U.S. President Barack Obama’s sister, was the guest of honour.
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Joel Ruet mentioned Morocco’s role of model for the South as The Bridge Tank had the opportunity to take part in the France-Morocco Meeting on July 5, collectively organized by the France-Morocco group of the French National Assembly and the Morocco-France group from the Moroccan House of Representatives. The event was focused on the theme “Morocco’s Reform Agenda: A Bulwark Against Instability”.
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On the 1st and 2nd of June, the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), an agency of the United Nations, will organise the first conference of its’ programme “Achieving the Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2063: The Rule of Law as a Driver for Africa’s Sustainable Development”. The Bridge Tank, whose president will speak at the conference, will also contribute to this debate on access to justice and the implementation of clear regulations. Continue reading “Dar Es Salaam – Law, A Driver For Sustainable Development in Africa”
This year’s election process for the position of the next UN Secretary General is by far the most open and transparent in the UN’s history following 70 years of closed-door negotiating and secretive lobbying. On Tuesday for the first time, ten out of twelve candidates took part in two televised debates where they unfolded their visions for the future of the UN and set out their plans to tackle the numerous challenges the organization faces today (…). It does seem that it is the year of woman -at least as far as the election is concerned- and the four candidates that clearly came on top were all women : Irina Bokova, Helen Clark, Christiana Figueres and Susana Malcorra. Read more …
At the 2016 Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, some 2,800 attendees took the opportunity to discuss the challenges raised by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Bridge Tank was there and quick to point out that this fledgling revolution was not the prerogative of the Global North. Continue reading “Davos – The Bridge Tank champions the Global South’s role in the Fourth Revolution”
The Bridge Tank participated in the France-Morocco meeting on 5 July, jointly organised by the France-Morocco Friendship Group of the National Assembly and the Morocco-France Friendship Group of the Moroccan House of Representatives. The event took place at the National Assembly in Paris and focused on the theme “Reforms in Morocco, a bulwark against instability”.
Round tables followed one another and allowed the various speakers to discuss recent reforms and developments in the Kingdom concerning human rights, public freedoms, the development model or the restructuring of the religious field.
A panel of French and Moroccan deputies, senior civil servants, journalists and researchers participated in this day, introduced by Mr. Luc Châtel, President of the France-Morocco Friendship Group, Mrs. Aatimad Zahidi, President of the Morocco-France Friendship Group, and Mr. Chakib Benmoussa, Moroccan Ambassador in France.
Joël Ruet, President of the Bridge Tank, spoke during the round table on the theme “Towards a more sustainable and inclusive development model”. The modification of the country’s economic structure, notably through numerous investments, has indeed enabled the kingdom to grow. It is now a question of making this growth more sustainable and more inclusive, particularly in the context of Morocco’s strong commitment to climate change and the approach of COP22. The Bridge Tank is particularly interested in new models of growth and inclusive development in Africa
In Dar-es-Salam, IDLO (International Development Law Organization) organized a forum on June 1-2, 2016 on the theme “Achieving Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063: the Rule of Law as a Driver for Africa’s Sustainable Development” with Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe.
Mamadou Lamine Diallo, a member of the Senegalese Parliament, former Central Bank banker and former political chief of staff to the Chairperson of the African Commission, President and co-founder of the West African Parliamentary Coalition for Transparency in Mining, also presented his ideas. As a member of the Bridge Tank’s Policy Board, he was part of the think tank’s delegation led by our President Joël Ruet.
The speakers at the forum recognized that Africa, despite its great wealth and potential, still faces significant development challenges and is undergoing rapid and profound transformation. They concluded that Africa-wide collaboration on strengthening the rule of law will play a key role in achieving global and regional development goals. This would require several changes, including improving the African judicial system and knowledge of jurisprudence, as well as developing a multi-stakeholder discussion among governments, businesses, and civil society actors to combat corruption.
Speakers included Irene Khan, IDLO Executive Director, Judit Arenas, IDLO Secretary General, Paulino Wanawilla, Minister of Justice of Southern Sudan, and Martha Karua, opposition leader and presidential candidate of Kenya.
