FAO, CIHEAM and UfM join forces to boost progress on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda across the Mediterranean, in the framework of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. The MoU comes with a detailed work plan of concrete actions, to be jointly carried out between 2021 and 2024, that will span across several technical areas, such as sustainable management of land and water resources, sustainable fisheries, climate-smart and organic agriculture, food environments and healthy diets, sustainable value chain development, food loss and waste reduction. 14 January 2021. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Centre… إقرأ المزيد
The UfM seeks to mobilize its member states, partners and public and private sector in support of the Action Plan for an Exemplary Mediterranean 2030 to achieve the protection target of 30% of the planet’s surface areas. 11 January 2021, Paris. The fourth One Planet Summit brought together Heads of State and Government and decision-makers to speed up international action for nature. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, joined the event and reiterated UfM’s commitment to the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to continue to collaborate actively to the concretization of the Action Plan for Exemplary Mediterranean by 2030. The primary goal of the One planet… إقرأ المزيد
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is promoting the expansion of renewable energy in Egypt by supporting one of the first green private-to-private projects in the country, a 6 MWp solar photovoltaic power plant located at Dina Farms in the Beheira governorate, 80 km from the Egyptian capital Cairo. This is the EBRD’s first project in Egypt under the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Private Renewable Energy Framework (SPREF), which falls under the umbrella of the UfM Regional Dialogue Platform on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, created to promote the deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures. With an initial… إقرأ المزيد
9 December 2020. A new handbook for academia, industry and policymakers has just been published by the UfM with the support of the German development agency GIZ. This new useful tool is aimed at enhancing career development among students and researchers, at fostering entrepreneurship and start-ups, and at supporting universities in carrying out their ‘third mission’ towards society. The themes of the Handbook emerged through the data analysis of qualitative and quantitative input from 35 organisations around the Mediterranean (universities, research institutions, innovation centres, ministries of education, European Commission, OECD), as well as the mapping of 146 programmes, initiatives and best practices, and a literature review of 1350 publications. The handbook focuses on a total of 11 themes: skills; teaching and learning; collaborative doctorates; international mobility; internships; career services; knowledge exchange; partnerships… إقرأ المزيد
Cairo, 7 December 2020. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel signed today December 7th, 2020, in Cairo, a Memorandum of Understanding for institutional cooperation (MOU) on behalf of the Secretariat with the Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd International Foundation, represented by its Executive Manager, Zaidan Ali Al-Zaidan and the Arab Voluntary Union represented by its President, Hassan Mohammed Buhazza. The signing of the MoU comes at a timely moment within the context of the celebration of the International Volunteer Day and in the perspective to enhance the UfM engagement in favour of Youth Voluntary actions in the coming years. This MOU establishes… إقرأ المزيد
Ljubljana 30 November 2020 – The UfM SG, Nasser Kamel, took part today in online Slovenia’s Innovation Day 2020 “Symptoms of creativity”, organized jointly by the Creative Forum (MfA of Slovenia) and the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Addressing the Leaders’ Panel: From Unplanned Spill-overs to Deliberate Cross-overs, along with high level speakers, namely Ministers and representatives of International Organisations, Nasser Kamel highlighted the importance of Creative industries as driving force for economic growth in normal times and economic recovery in the event of a crisis like the ongoing pandemic crisis as well as catalyst for social welfare and well-being…. إقرأ المزيد
اتفقت الدول الأعضاء في الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط على إعلان يوم 28 نوفمبر ليكون “اليوم العالمي لإقليم المتوسط”، ليتم الاحتفال به من الآن فصاعدًا كل عام بهدف تعزيز هوية متوسطية مشتركة مع تعزيز تبادل الثقافات وقبول التنوع في المنطقة. #يوم_المتوسط #MediterraneanDay برشلونة، 28 نوفمبر 2020. أعلنت الدول الاثنان والأربعون أعضاء في الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط عن “اليوم العالمي لإقليم المتوسط”. وقد جاء هذا الإعلان خلال أحداث المنتدى الإقليمي للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط المنعقد يوم أمس. كانت الدورة الخامسة للمنتدى دورة خاصة، حيث تعقد بعد 25 عامًا من إطلاق عملية برشلونة. بالتزامن مع الذكرى السنوية لإعلان برشلونة لعام 1995، والذي أرسى… إقرأ المزيد
احتفلت النسخة الخامسة للمنتدى الإقليمي للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط بذكرى إطلاق عملية برشلونة في عام 1995 حيث عقد وزراء خارجية الدول الأعضاء في الاتحاد اجتماعا افتراضيا اليوم. • أعلنت الدول الأعضاء في الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط عن تحديد يوم 28 نوفمبر من كل عام ليكون “اليوم الدولي للبحر الأبيض المتوسط” بغية ترسيخ هوية متوسطية مشتركة، زيادة التبادلات بين الثقافات واحتضان التنوع في المنطقة. • قام وزراء الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط بتقييم التقدم المحرز حتى الآن وناقشوا سبل المضي قدمًا لبناء مجتمعات شاملة وقادرة على الصمود، مع الأخذ في الاعتبار بشكل خاص تداعيات جائحة كوفيد-19 وتأثيرها على النمو الاقتصادي والتماسك الاجتماعي…. إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona, 19 November 2020 – The UfM Secretariat organised today a Webinar on how the challenges posed by the acceleration of digital transformation in higher education due to the covid-19 pandemic can be transformed into opportunities for the improvement of the quality and inclusiveness of teaching. Eight speakers, representing the diversity of stakeholders concerned by the undergoing changes – students, teachers, higher education leaders and policymakers – shared their experiences and their point of view on how the current situation might have an impact in the long run: Kostis Giannidis, President of Erasmus Student Network; Veronica Mobilio, Policy Officer at… إقرأ المزيد
Photo: 4th Regional Forum (2019) Barcelona, 19 November 2020 – On the occasion of a phone call, Nasser Kamel, UfM Secretary General, and Sabri Boukadoum, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, had an exchange on the state of preparation for the Fifth UfM Regional Forum and the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process, to be commemorated on 25-27 November 2020. The state of play of the cooperation between Algeria and the UfM Secretariat as well as the prospects of its reinforcement were also discussed by both sides. In this framework, Nasser Kamel stressed the pivotal role of Algeria in… إقرأ المزيد
