The event will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Casa Árabe Ambassadors’ Hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62), and to attend you must sign up in advanced by completing this form. Seating is limited.

 The awakening of the citizenry, a loss of fear from authority, the pivotal role held by new players in civil society and the occupation of public space are just some of the characteristics with which the processes of political and social change began in late 2010 in the countries of the southern Mediterraneanr. The Group of Studies and Publications of the Euromed Civil Encounter (ECEM) has promoted the completion of four studies on civil society in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt, within the framework of a project financed by the Spanish Agency of International Development Cooperation (AECID). The four reports offer an up-to-date analysis of the latest developments in the role of civil society and its strategies in this new era of transformation, placing an emphasis on different aspects: identifying common working spaces and articulating action between the various role-players, analyzing the main claims and dividing lines in civil society, and the dynamics of collective action by youths and women.

The presentation will include the participation of Eduardo López Busquets, the General Director of Casa Árabe; an AECID representative; Alejandra Ortega, president of the Euromed Civil Encounter; Laurence Thieux, of the ECEM Group of Studies and Publications – Coordination of the analyses on civil society; Ignacio Alvarez Ossorio, an expert on civil society in Egypt; Awatef Ketiti, an expert on civil society in Tunisia; Erika Cerrolaza, an expert on civil society in Algeria, and  Jesús García Luengos, an expert on civil society in Morocco.