Cascais, 2 April 2019. In the margins of the UfM Ministerial Policy Conference “Jobs, Skills and Opportunities for All”, which took place in Cascais (Portugal), a side event dedicated to “Signing of SOLiD Charter for the Promotion of Social Dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean Neighbourhood” was held. During his intervention, the Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel recognized the Charter as a major output of the programme SOLiD-South Mediterranean Social Dialogue, which is already yielding tangible results in Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco. He emphasized that “the Charter clearly consolidates the culture of social dialogue between the social parties with… إقرأ المزيد
Cascais, 2 April 2019. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, met today with Cesare Onestini, the Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF) in the sidelines of the 4th UfM Ministerial Conference on Employment and Labour, hosted by Portugal. The two sides stressed the solid and long-standing cooperation within the different UfM platforms that include the UfM High Level Working Group (HLWG) on Employment and Labour, the UfM Experts Technical Meeting on Industrial Cooperation, the Med4Jobs Advisory Board, the UfM Conferences on Women Empowerment, and the Regional Dialogue process on “Higher Education Internationalization and Academic Mobility in the… إقرأ المزيد
Cascais, Portugal, 1 April 2019. Degrees, PhDs, and research initiatives are essential tools for supporting the implementation of an inclusive economy, but despite the rise in numbers of university graduates across the Euro-Mediterranean region, youth unemployement remains a regional challenge. One of the reasons for high levels of unemployment for Mediterranean youth is a persistent gap between the skills acquired at universities and the requirements of business. More than 32 percent of Enterprises in some Southern Mediterranean Countries have identified labor skill levels as a major constraint to hiring [1]. Despite significant resources being invested in specialised training programmes, young… إقرأ المزيد
Ahead of the 4th UfM Ministerial Meeting on Employment and Labour, the UfM endorses initiatives to promote blue and sustainable economic growth in order to improve livelihood and create jobs Brussels, 28 March 2019. The Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) endorsed today two new regional projects to contribute to the transition towards sustainable, low-carbon and climate-resilient development (Clima-Med) and on encouraging the development of skills, knowledge and research in the field of Blue Economy (Blue Skills). The UfM will join forces for these projects with the European Union and Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics… إقرأ المزيد
لدى منطقة البحر المتوسط أكثر من 25 مليون هكتار من الغابات وحوالي 50 مليون هكتار من الأراضي الحراجية. تغطي مناطق الغابات المحمية 9 ملايين هكتار، أي ما يمثل 4.3% من إجمالي مساحة الإقليم. وفي هذا الصدد، سيطلق الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) ومنظمة الأغذية والزراعة (FAO) التابعة للأمم المتحدة (UN) مشروعًا لاستعادة التنوع البيولوجي في منطقة البحر المتوسط من خلال استعادة الغابات والمناظر الطبيعية، في الأول من أبريل، أي الأسبوع السادس للغابات، في البحر المتوسط بلبنان. برشلونة، 21 مارس 2019. يُعتبر حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط ثاني أكبر نقطة ساخنة للتنوع البيولوجي في العالم؛ حيث أنه غني بالتنوع النباتي ويحتوي… إقرأ المزيد
لدى منطقة البحر المتوسط أكثر من 25 مليون هكتار من الغابات وحوالي 50 مليون هكتار من الأراضي الحراجية. تغطي مناطق الغابات المحمية 9 ملايين هكتار، أي ما يمثل 4.3% من إجمالي مساحة الإقليم. وفي هذا الصدد، سيطلق الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) ومنظمة الأغذية والزراعة (FAO) التابعة للأمم المتحدة (UN) مشروعًا لاستعادة التنوع البيولوجي في منطقة البحر المتوسط من خلال استعادة الغابات والمناظر الطبيعية، في الأول من أبريل، أي الأسبوع السادس للغابات، في البحر المتوسط بلبنان. برشلونة، 20 مارس 2019. يُعتبر حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط ثاني أكبر نقطة ساخنة للتنوع البيولوجي في العالم؛ حيث أنه غني بالتنوع النباتي… إقرأ المزيد
Meeting of the Secretary General of the UfM and the Executive President of the Agadir Technical Unit
Barcelona, 18 March 2019. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, met today with Fakhry Alhazaimeh, the Executive President of the Agadir Technical Unit (ATU) responsible for the Trade Technical issues related to the Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (Agadir Agreement). The UfM Secretary General Kamel highlighted the importance and the opportunities of trade liberalization between the Mediterranean partners. He encouraged to continue the positive efforts among the members of the Agadir Agreement in terms of south-south and south-north trade integration, which also lead to the political decision to enlarge the membership of the Agreement to two additional members,… إقرأ المزيد
Around 2 billion people around the globe work informally, most of them in emerging and developing countries, including a 68.8% in the Arab World. The absolute majority of these workers do not enjoy social protection, rights at work or decent working conditions, which seriously hampers the sustainable and inclusive development efforts on the ground. Most people end up in the informal economy not out of choice, but out of need in the absence of any other viable and decent alternative that would protect their rights in a properly-functioning labour market. The UfM Secretariat joins the regional and global efforts aiming… إقرأ المزيد
The Action Plan on UfM Cooperation on fight against Piracy and Counterfeiting is one of the important deliverables of the UfM Ministerial Conference on Trade, held last year in Brussels Intellectual Property-intensive sectors account for 42% of the European Union’s Gross Domestic Product, worth €5.7 trillion and generates 38% of all jobs About 5% of all good imported into the European Union are counterfeit or pirated, which is equivalent to €85 billion in illegal trade The UfM Secretariat is actively engaged in promoting trade in the UfM Region, given the very low economic integration levels, specially amongst the southern Mediterranean… إقرأ المزيد
Paris, 6 March 2019. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, met today with the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly, following an invitation by Marielle de Sarnez, Chair of the Committee. During the meeting, Secretary General Kamel presented the recent activities and initiatives developed and supported by the UfM, underlining the role of the organisation in a rapidly evolving regional context, while emphasizing the need to reinforce regional cooperation. He provided an update on UfM region-wide agendas on women’s empowerment and water as well as on the role and… إقرأ المزيد