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A l’initiative du Secrétaire Général de l’UpM, M. Fathallah Sijilmassi, la 11ème réunion du Bureau élargi de l’Assemblée régionale et locale Euro-Méditerranéenne (ARLEM) s’est tenue pour la première fois, au siège de l’Union pour la Méditerranée à Barcelone, le 23 mai 2013. Cette réunion du bureau s’est tenue en présence des coprésidents d’ARLEM, M. Ramon Luis Valcárcel Siso, Président de la Région de Murcie et M. Abd El Rahman, Gouverneur de Giza (Egypte) et des membres du bureau d’ARLEM. Cette journée de travail a permis d’évoquer les questions prioritaires telles que la mobilité urbaine durable et les moyens de renforcer… إقرأ المزيد

Barcelona, 15 May, 2013. The Union for the Mediterranean labelled project Young Women as Job Creators, promoted by the Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen (AFAEMME), held its first Women Entrepreneurship Day on 15 of May 2013 in Barcelona. The seminar was organized by the Catalan Association of Business and Executive Women (ACEE) and hosted by the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. It was attended by a large number of both, female and male students, from eight participating Spanish universities. The event opened with an intervention by Mr. Boris Dumančić from the Union for the Mediterranean, who conveyed the organization’s strong commitment to… إقرأ المزيد

The LOGISMED Training Activities (LOGISMED-TA) project will contribute to the creation of a more competitive and efficient network of Euro-Mediterranean Logistics Platforms by increasing the training offer and improving the level of qualifications of the logistics platforms’ personnel. These series of training activities will be implemented during the period 2013-2018 in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia…. إقرأ المزيد

Barcelona, 15 May 2013. The preparatory work of the UfM Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy that started in March 2012 following the request by the First Ministerial Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on Sustainable Urban Development (Strasbourg, November 2011), has been successfully concluded on the occasion of the Fifth Senior Official Experts Meeting. The main elements of the Strategy, namely, the ‘UfM Guidance Framework for Sustainable Euro-Mediterranean Cities and Territories’; the ‘Study for the Creation of an Urban Agency for the Mediterranean and of An Award for Urban Innovations’; and a report on the latest developments about… إقرأ المزيد

Le Secrétaire général de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM), M. Fathallah Sijilmassi s’est entretenu jeudi à Lisbonne avec le ministre portugais des Affaires étrangères Paulo Portas, de l’agenda méditerranéen commun et de la coordination entre le groupe “5+5” et l’UpM. “Le Portugal est un partenaire méditerranéen important et cette rencontre a été l’occasion pour faire le point sur les développements et l’évolution de l’UpM notamment dans la perspective de la présidence du Portugal du groupe “5+5″ puisque ce groupe et l’Union travaillent en synergie”, a souligné M. Sijilmassi dans une déclaration à la MAP à l’issue de cette entrevue. Il… إقرأ المزيد

On the 6th of May, the Secretary General met with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs of Belgium, Mr. Didier Reynders. The Secretary General holds regular visits to the capitals of the UfM Member countries to discuss developments in the region, the work progress of the Secretariat and the engagement of the countries in the UfM projects and presents the latest developments and achievements of the UFMS. During his meeting with Minister Reynders, the Secretary General thanked the Minister for the active participation of Belgium in the UfM official meetings and projects. Minister… إقرأ المزيد

The project Young Women as Job Creators intends to inform, motivate and train about 10.000 young women university students to become future successful businesswomen and employers. It will be implemented between May and November 2013 in Morocco, Palestine, Jordan and Spain…. إقرأ المزيد

Barcelona, 23 April, 2013. The UfM Secretariat hosted from 23 to 25 April a seminar organized by the College of Europe on “the Euro‐Mediterranean Partnership and the Union for the Mediterranean”. This seminar is part of an EC funded project targeting EU neighbouring countries. The general objective is to enhance the professional skills of relevant staff from public administrations of these countries and to enable them to gain a better understanding of the European Neighbourhood Policy and other relevant EU policies. This year it was agreed to organize the seminar for southern Mediterranean countries at the premises of the UfM… إقرأ المزيد

The UfM website has been redesigned to offer an improved user experience through better navigation and access to content. The new structure will also set the basis for a multilingual platform. The new UfM website will be available in English, French and Arabic during the second quarter of 2013…. إقرأ المزيد

UfM projects and initiatives on renewable energies, water and climate change were among the main subjects discussed between representatives of the UfM Secretariat and the Commissioner Connie Hedegaard…. إقرأ المزيد