Dreve du presson 38, 1190 Forest
1190 Brussels
Belgium
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
"Tahadhari Centerfor Climate and Migration in the Euro Med"(Tahadhari Center/TCCMEM registered number in Brussels 0776.433.431) is aimed to be a hotbed for policy research and resources in the field of Climate and Migration in Euro-Med region.
'Tahadhari' in the Swahili language, which is considered the most widely spoken language in the region of the Sahara -countries that are exposed to acute climate crisis followed by forced displacement -means Alert!! The need to put attention and not anymore ignoring, which exactly defines the Center vision for activities. The center 'activities includes Think-Tanks with diverse background and expertise, focusing on research, policy, media and communication, holding workshops, conferences, publications, and public events.
Tahadhari Center focuses on developing knowledge on climate induced migration, and works for shape the international climate migration policy, via research, stakeholders' meetings, working papers, media and more. The EU's Green Deal will be one of the strategic frame of the long term activities in vulnerable areas in Southern and Eastern Europe and in Africa -aimed to create a regional climate economy partnership that takes into account the weakest links and energy poverty, so that adaptation programs are not only targeting the environmental objectives but socially, economically, culturally adaptation oriented and lead to regional climate resilience and regional climate governance that includes clear reference to cross-continent situation.
That is, the Tahadhari Center will work to reduce socio-economic disparities in environmental and climate issues -in an action model designed to achieve a dual goal of both risk reduction and poverty eradication, and both reducing gaps and empowering to implement energy innovation among disadvantaged population groups, with an emphasis on geographical areas of action in Africa and Southeast Europe.
Tahadhari Center's action models are based on models from the start-up field of innovation, with a strong emphasis on establishing collaboration with business sector actors, applied science researchers, representatives of local organizations and local authorities. This model was developed by us in order to implement projects in the field of energy innovation, or for example innovative knowledge-based waste management, tools development for techno-climatic training of local populations in accordance with the capacity of population groups in the field as of agriculture and economic ventures, and to achieve UN 'SDGs and EU Green Deal objectives.
The center was established in 2021. The projects we initiated and conducted in recent years are mainly public online event, including official event in frame of COP26, as following:
Organization of international conference
Climate Young Ambassadors in the Mediterranean Region –‘Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition Developing Capacity Through Collaborative Actions.
Organization of an international conference
The 1st International Conference Building Peace, Climate Resilience and Women Empowerment
Organization of international conference on the occasion of COP26
"Contemporary Understanding of Migration and Climate Crisis in the Mediterranean region – What can be learned in a geographical, cultural, historical and political perspective from processes around the world".
Establishment of Think-Tanks
Tahadhari Center is aimed to focus on issues that are common to Mediterranean countries and societies and have an impact on European countries and are of course influenced by country and region level policies: climate and migration.
These are two cross-border issues, therefore require collaborations between communities, and between researchers and many stakeholders (as community workers, representatives of local authorities, civil society organizations in various fields). The members of the Tahadhari Center and its heads have extensive knowledge in the fields of climate, environment and regional cooperation, and together with the network members we can initiate events, joint submission of grants and thus contribute to common knowledge, expanding discourse boundaries, mutual influences of different and tangent fields and more.
We are familiar with ALF's network activities and believe that our center's activities are suitable both because it is intended for the Euro-Med region and because our planned activities will be carried out in a wide range of activities such as research, policy advocacy, field activities with communities on multi-disciplinary approaches and levels of engagement, and the same id ALF' network.