Water is one of the major challenges for the Mediterranean. Cooperation across the Mediterranean on water projects willbe critical to ensure that 250 million people will have access to quality water in the future. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean is mandated to play a major role in the identification, promotion and searchfor funding water projects in the region. 60 experts, officially representing 22 countries, together with the European Commission and League of Arab States and representatives of 23 international, inter- and non-governmental organisations met over a period of two days todiscuss the way forward especially with regards… إقرأ المزيد
The WEG meeting was held on May 18th 2011, at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain. It was chaired by the Environment & Water Division of the UfM Secretariat…. إقرأ المزيد
Geneva – UfMS Acting Secretary General Dr. Lino Cardarelli was invited as keynote speaker at the second operational meeting on External Trade and Investments in the Mediterranean organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Trade and Productive Capacity Cluster. The meeting was attended by several imminent speakers from the Mediterranean region which focused on the recent developments in the Southern parts of the Mediterranean and its economic impact…. إقرأ المزيد
UfM member States, represented by their Senior Officials, lately adopted two key documents related to the work of the Secretariat…. إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona – Will the Arab revolutions topple the invisible wall that separates the two Mediterranean shores? In order to do this, Europe must contribute towards it, helping the North African evolution towards democracy and progress…. إقرأ المزيد
The Division of Environment and Water of the UfM Secretariat is organizing a technical Meeting of the Water Expert Group (WEG), to be held at the Palau de Pedralbes, headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean’s Secretariat, Barcelona on 17-18 May 2011, and which will be co-hosted by the European Commission and MED EUWI…. إقرأ المزيد
Murcia – Rafiq Husseini, Deputy Secretary General and Head of Environment & Water Division, and Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General for the EU Committee of Regions, were invited by the President of the Murcia Region, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, to address the proposals of the ‘ARLEM Report on local water management in the Mediterranean’ and governance of water resources…. إقرأ المزيد
At the MISTRALS International Workshop held between 30 March and 1 April 2011 in the University of Malta in Valetta, Dr. Rafiq Husseini outlined the serious environmental challenges that face the Mediterranean Region and threats to its biodiversity, habitable areas, health and food security…. إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona – During the First UfM Working Group on Transport Meeting organised by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean held on 21 March 2011, Barcelona, the experts shared their vision on the role and possible roadmap of the Division of Transport and Urban Development (TUDD) of the UfMS in the framework of the Euro-Med…. إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona – The UfMS received the strong support of the representatives of institutions such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)…. إقرأ المزيد
