Economic Integration in North Africa: Landscape & Challenges

January 27, 2023 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Please join the North Africa Initiative of the JHU SAIS Foreign Policy Institute for a roundtable discussion on the current landscape, prevailing dynamics and challenges impacting economic integration in North Africa. Speakers will offer their insights on how North African countries can salvage the spirit of the Arab Maghreb Union, recommend pathways to enhanced cooperation beyond trade and commerce, including regional security, climate change and irregular migration.

NAI is extremely pleased and honored to be joined by the highly esteemed speakers and a very special guest: His Excellency Mohammed Haneche, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of Algeria to the United States.

This dialogue will also feature Mr. Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF; Ms. Mariarosa Lunati, Senior Advisor, Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate, OECD; and Ms. Hélène Francois, Legal and Policy Advisor at the Directorate for Financial Affairs, OECD.

Moderator

Hafed Al Ghwell, Senior Fellow and Executive Director of the North Africa Initiative at the Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Speakers

H.E. Mohammed Haneche, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of Algeria to the United States

Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Mariarosa Lunati, Senior Advisor at the Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Hélène Francois, Legal and Policy Advisor at the Directorate for Financial Affairs, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Location: Room 806, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW