A total of 45 people attended the hybrid event. The survey’s back to the field sessions are conceived as an effort to diversify and amplify the audience of the survey, with the aim of raising awareness among relevant local stakeholders. This session was co-organised with the Centre for Mediterranean and International Studies (CEMI) in Tunis and presented the main results of the survey, with special attention to the specific results of Tunisian respondents. The session also included the participation of the author of the analytical article “Finding the right balance: The conundrum of building a mutually beneficial partnership with Tunisia” and focused on striking the right balance for cooperation gains amid the precarious political situation in Tunisia.

The new Policy Report, written by Mattia Di Salvo from the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), aims to identify possible areas in which Talent Partnerships can be developed between the EU and Southern Mediterranean countries within a mutually-beneficial framework. The shift towards “talents” hints at an approach focusing on the interlinkage between migration and skills development when defining new partnerships with partner countries. In a context of global transitions, such as the green and digital ones, economies and labour markets are set to undergo major transformations, and future partnerships will have to tackle the short-, medium- to long-term needs deriving from these changes. To this end, identifying skills that are necessary today and that will become important in the future is crucial.