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29-30 March 2023, Barcelona – The UfM took part in Barcelona REACT 2023 Economic Reactivation Days, organized by the Barcelona City Council since 2021. REACT is the meeting point for Barcelona’s economic sectors, bringing together experts, and local, national and international leaders, to reflect on the next decade’s economic outlook and on key ongoing projects at local level. A valuable opportunity to exchange on regional and local experiences, best practices, and lessons learned, UfM Deputy Secretary General for Water, Environment, and Blue Economy, Almotaz Abadi, took part in a session on ‘The blue economy in Barcelona, placing the Sea on… إقرأ المزيد

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the World Ocean Council (WOC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UfM Headquarters in Barcelona in the framework of the 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy and Roadmap for its implementation, and of the WestMED Initiative, supported by the UfM and by the European Commission. 28 March 2023, Barcelona. In close coordination with the UfM EU (DG MARE) and Jordan Co-Presidency, on March 28, 2023, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the World Ocean Council (WOC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UfM Headquarters in Barcelona in the… إقرأ المزيد

17 March 2023, Alicante. The UfM Higher Education Stakeholders’ Meeting aimed at discussing and exchanging on how to lay concrete foundations for regional close cooperation in the field of Higher Education. The meeting, organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante was attended by over 70 people, including representatives of higher education institutions and networks, ministries in charge of higher education, and the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission. The event sought to gather feedback from key Euro-Mediterranean higher education stakeholders in view of preparing the first UfM Ministerial Conference… إقرأ المزيد

• يشارك الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​(UfM) بجانب المنظمات الدولية الشريكة والعديد من الدول الأعضاء في مؤتمر الأمم المتحدة للمياه 2023 للتنبيه إلى أزمة المياه التي تواجهها منطقة المتوسط​​، والحاجة لزيادة التمويل المخصص لادارتها وضمان استدامته. • لبناء قدرات الشباب والتعاطي مع تحديات المياه في منطقة المتوسط​​، وضع الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​استراتيجية جديدة للمياه ولمشاركة الشباب. • تسعى المشاريع التي يدعمها الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​مثل “البرنامج المتكامل لحماية بحيرة بنزرت من التلوث” أو “الصحراء الذكية” إلى التخفيف من ندرة المياه الشديدة للسكان المعرضين للخطر. 22 آذار/ مارس 2023. في اليوم العالمي للمياه، يسعى الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​إلى… إقرأ المزيد

Sciences Po Paris, Campus of Menton’s director invited the UfM Secretary General to this campus dedicated to Euro-Mediterranean affairs. Secretary General Nasser Kamel conversed with a group of students the challenges and opportunities of the Mediterranean region and highlighted the role of the UfM in that prospect. 21 March 2023 – Menton – In the framework of a teaching seminar dedicated to Euro-Mediterranean frameworks of cooperation, UfM Secretary General was invited to Sciences Po. Paris’s campus of Menton, where studies are mainly dedicated to the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern region. After meeting with the Director and some members of the… إقرأ المزيد

A 14th edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI) led by the Foundation of the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco was organized in March 2023. The UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel was among the main key speakers invited to this discussion platform. He underlined the importance of Mediterranean cross-shore cooperation and partnerships in anticipating and tackling the effects of climate change in the region. 20 March 2023, Monaco – Invited by the Foundation of Prince Albert II, UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel partook in the 14th edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI). Organized by the Foundation and the Oceanographic Institute… إقرأ المزيد

14 – 15 March 2023, Nice. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean held the 14th meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour in Nice, France, as part of the Roadmap implementing the Declaration of the 5th UfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour that took place in Marrakech on 17-18 May 2022. The meeting of the Platform was chaired by the UfM Co-Presidency: the European Commission  (DG EMPL) and Jordan (Ministry of Labour), and the discussions covered the following areas: Youth Employment: there was a session dedicated to youth employment, during which the state of… إقرأ المزيد

14-17 March 2023, Tunisia – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the General Directorate of Forests of Tunisia and with the support of the Union for the Mediterranean, organized between 14-17 March 2023 a regional capacity building workshop for Mediterranean countries on the restoration of degraded forest landscape. The workshop was part of the Mediterranean regional component of the UfM labelled project “The Paris Agreement in action: scaling up forest and landscape restoration to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions”, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and… إقرأ المزيد

برشلونة، 16 مارس 2023. أطلق الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​(UfM) برنامج منح لتعزيز التوظيف وريادة الأعمال في الاقتصاد الأخضر.ويدعم البرنامج التحول الأخضر لاقتصادات جنوب المتوسط​​، و بشكل خاص الفئات الضعيفة، التي تتأثر بشكل غير متناسب بعواقب اختلال المناخ وما يرتبط به من تغير في المشهد الاجتماعي والاقتصادي. من المنتظر أن يلعب الاقتصاد الأخضر والمهارات والوظائف الخضراء دورا رئيسيا في الانتعاش المستدام لمنطقة جنوب المتوسط  ​​في أعقاب جائحة كوفيد-19. من خلال النسخة الجديدة لهذا البرنامج الجديد، يدعم الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط  ​​بقوة المنظمات غير الربحية التي تعمل على تعزيز التحول الأخضر للاقتصادات بطريقة شاملة وعادلة اجتماعيًا. فبجانب الدعم المالي الذي يتراوح… إقرأ المزيد

14 March 2023, Brussels. The 13th meeting of the UfM Working Group on Blue Economy took place on the 14th of March at the  in Brussels, bringing together the UfM Focal Points on Blue Economy, relevant regional stakeholders, international financial institutions and donors. The event focused on the progress made regarding the Roadmap for the implementation of the 2nd UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE), as well as to present the Blue Mediterranean Partnership for potential expansion to the wider Mediterranean. The meeting was an opportunity to further strengthen the regional dialogue based on concrete advancements at regional and national level, to maximise the existing resources and collaboration, as well as producing an… إقرأ المزيد