Brussels (Belgium) – Start date: 05.10.2011
The Higher Education and Research Division will co-organize together with the EMUNI University a meeting in the European Parliament which will deal “The Potential Role of the Bologna Process in Mobility and Employability in the Union for the Mediterranean”.
Prof. Ilan Chet, who will open the Conference attended by 40 rectors of Universities, will take the opportunity to meet in Brussels the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Androulla Vassiliou\’s; the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mrs. Rodi Kratsa; and the Ministers of Higher Edu...

Alicante (Spain) – Start date: 29.09.2011
Organised by the Casa Mediterraneo in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, Medcities, ArtGold-PNUD and Marseilles Centre for Mediterranean Integration.

This seminar will gather experts, academics and main authorities related to the development of regions and cities of the Mediterranean basin, emphasising the need to strengthen cooperation and to better coordinate actions in order to ensure a strategic urban development planning which would contribute towards economic growth, respecting the environment and adapt to...

Barcelona (Spain) – Start date: 28.09.2011
Organised by the Transport and Urban Development Division of the UfMS

Barcelona (Spain) – Start date: 23.09.2011
Higher Education and Research Division together with ESU, IEMED, and EMUNI University will discuss a project which aims to provide know-how and experience about organizing a democratic student union at a university to students from the Southern Mediterranean countries.

Marseille (France) – Start date: 21.09.2011
Meeting of Prof. Ilan Chet (Higher Education and Research Division) with some representatives of AlmaLaurea who will present the general activity of the Inter-University Consortium as well as a project proposal to be funded by the World Bank and submitted to the UfM Secretariat.

Barcelona (Spain) – Start date: 19.09.2011
The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS), European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Mediterranean Institute (IEMed) have decided to establish a “Working Group on Financial Issues” that will represent an important building block of the MSP Master Plan process. It consists of high level experts from the public, financial, and industrial sectors, who are directly involved in the design, preparation, and implementation of projects.

The main aim of the Working Group is to analyze the key financial constraints to a larger use of...