IDIS collaborates with the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS) of the University of Peloponnese.
The CEMMIS research and analysis group is designed to form a Political Risk Evaluation Unit, which geographically covers the countries of North Africa, from Morocco and Mauritania to Egypt, the countries of the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf including Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In addition it covers the Horn of Africa from Sudan and Somalia to Ethiopia and Eritrea. There is special focus on general economic, cultural and political trends in the whole of the Muslim world, in societies of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Strategic aims:
- The systematic documentation, study and analysis of the political, economic, social and cultural environment of the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and the world of Islam.
- The creation up and the promotion of a closer set of relations with the International Relations communities involving them in a multidimensional, multi-discipline study of the referred regions.
- The strengthening of relations among these regions through the promotion of common research programs.
- Policy recommendations on the development of various schemes of co-operation between the European Union and the referred regions.
- Consultancy for public and private organizations, whether in the form of "specialized" projects, or seminars for businesspeople who wish to expand their activities into the referred regions.
- Utilisation of CEMMIS as a basis for e-learning and e-training programs on the referred regions and societies.