Events

OCP Policy Center, Rabat

Quantitative assessments of Public Policies are becoming increasingly requested for different programs, particularly those public related to economic and social development. These evaluations are intended to determine, ex-post, if a program has reached its goals. They also test the effectiveness of different strategies to achieve specific outcomes. This course is actually composed of two parts (I and II) which are complementary and which should preferably be taken together. The two parts are advanced theoretical and practical introduction to the main econometric evaluation methods of impact.

OCP Policy Center organise la présentation du livre sur la ‘Cohésion Sociale, Institutions et Politiques Publiques’ le Vendredi 30 Juin 2017 à 17h30 à Rabat. A ce titre, certains auteurs présenteront leur recherche durant la première session qui sera ensuite suivie d’un débat. 

Paris, France

OCP Policy Center et le Cercle CyclOpe organisent la présentation de la deuxième édition d’ARCADIA, Annual Report on Commodity Analytics and Dynamics in Africa , un ouvrage de 270 pages, rédigé par les deux institutions et dédié spécialement aux marchés des matières premières en Afrique. 

Paris, France

OCP Policy Center et le Cercle CyclOpe organisent la présentation de la deuxième édition d’ARCADIA, Annual Report on Commodity Analytics and Dynamics in Africa , un ouvrage de 270 pages, rédigé par les deux institutions et dédié spécialement aux marchés des matières premières en Afrique. 

 Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane

Defining power is complex and ambiguous but understanding its elements and implications on national and foreign policies remains central to the study of international relations. Both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ powers are employed to pursue political and strategic goals through military, economic, diplomatic and others ways of conquering hearts and minds, to create convincing incentives and exercise influence.

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

4 day-long subject-sets as per course outline followed by assessment by presentation/discussion. Course outline:

• Systems thinking;
• Military needs;
• Defence requirements;
• Industrial programmes/projects.

OCP Policy Center, Rabat

This 6 hours course is designed, to introduce macro-economists to DSGE modeling, in particular to the use of Dynare languge for modeling, with common economic models. It will also feature a short introduction to nonlinear modeling using Dolo.

OCP Policy Center is hosting Sir John Sawers, Chairman and Partner of Macro Advisory Partners and former Chief of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6), on June 13th, 2017 within its Rabat offices.

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

This course aims to strengthen participant’s ability to master the key tools used in macroeconomic policy analysis in a close and open economy framework. After introducing the main macro concepts in the framework of national account systems in open economy, the course explores the determinants of key macroeconomic aggregates so as the role of fiscal policy, monetary policy, and macro-prudential policies in stabilizing the macroeconomy while keeping public debt accumulation sustainable.

Cancun, Mexico

This Panel of the world water congress will specifically focus on the Sustainable Development Goals related to Water, Energy, and Food (SDGs 2, 6, and 7). The main objectives of the Panel are to: demonstrate the extent of the interconnections between the water, energy, and food goals, explore possible tradeoffs for implementing the SDGs and identifying a holistic assessment criteria for multiple implementation plans at different scales, and ddiscuss ways among which the policy coherence and policy-science communication could be improved across sectors and across scales. The discussion in the Panel will start with challenges in securing adequate tools, data, modelling complexity, governance and financing, starting with the global perspective, and moving to the more local and national scales. It will build on this material by considering lessons learned from various partner institutions on the potential and risks of adopting the Water, Energy, and Food nexus as a platform for SDG implementation.