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A high-level mission on Agriculture, Agri-food, and Food Security to Egypt was held in January 2023, as a follow-up on the Mediterranean Ministerial Dialogue on the Food Crisis of December 2022, co-chaired by Italy, Turkey, and Lebanon, at the margins of the Rome MED Dialogue. It was led by the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of Universities and Research, Anna Maria Bernini. A meeting was also organized with Egyptian President Abdel Fatha El-Sisi as well as Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly. The goal was to support the PRIMA initiative, by scaling… إقرأ المزيد

16 December 2022. Barcelona and Piran. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) have recently concluded the webinar series “Science Diplomacy for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region”, which promoted the recently endorsed UfM Agendas on Research and Innovation as a tool for scientific cooperation in the Mediterranean . The first webinar kicked off on 12 December with ‘Scientific Cooperation for Sustainable Regional Development’  open to all R&I stakeholders in the Mediterranean. Alvaro Albacete Perea, Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education and Research at the UfM and Prof. Dr. Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, the EMUNI President inaugurated the… إقرأ المزيد

The UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment convened its fourth meeting by videoconference to discuss areas of priority ahead of the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the UfM Trade Ministers in October 2023 in Spain. 19 December 2022. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean held today the fourth meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment in an online format. During the meeting, they discussed priorities under three main headline topics of Sustainable Trade, Sustainable Investment and Regional Integration. The meeting of the Platform was chaired by the UfM Co-Presidency; the European Commission (DG TRADE)… إقرأ المزيد

Algiers, 15 December 2022 – The Union for the Mediterranean organized a Workshop on “Green Economy Promotion: how to make green economy work for sustainable development and regional integration?” in Algiers on 15 December in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry of Algeria and with the support of GIZ. This event, that brought together over 100 participants representing a wide range of relevant stakeholders coming from different UfM countries, aimed at discussing three axes as follows: The importance of green economy in terms of sustainable economic development, fight against climate change and environment protection, job creation and developmental gap reduction. The… إقرأ المزيد

More than a hundred participants including women entrepreneurs, experts and civil society representatives gathered in Madrid on 30 November to discuss ways to strengthen the role of women in the tech field in the face of the gender disparities within this sector. The event also celebrated three prominent women in their own sector, by awarding them with three different categories’ prizes: Tech Leader Award, Tech Entrepreneur Award, and Social Tech Award. The event provided networking opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean region. Madrid, 30 November 2022. Co-organised by Womenpreneur Initiative with UfM, EBSOMED, and CAWTAR, the “Mediterranean Tech Women… إقرأ المزيد

14 December 2022, Barcelona. As part of the NEMAUSUS project, which brings together 7 EU countries, a meeting aimed at bringing together and fifteen experts in forest fires, called “Reference group” was held on December 14 at the UfM, which supports this project. Funded by DG ECHO, it aims to prefigure the creation of future thematic centres on natural and technological risks in Europe, the first of which, dedicated to forest fires, will be created in France. The southern countries will be associated with these centres of expertise through civil protection and existing entities (research centers, universities, training centres, etc.) in… إقرأ المزيد

The Union for the Mediterranean and the European Investment Bank have signed an agreement this year starting training activities in Mediterranean Universities. With the support of the UfM, the EIB is bringing high-level financial expertise outside of the European Union. Barcelona, 1 December. The Union for the Mediterranean and the European Investment Bank have started working together to bring trainings on the EuroMediterranean multilateral policy frameworks, and EU project financing mechanisms to pilot Mediterranean Universities. After the signature of a dedicated agreement, the two institutions have opened discussion with three initial pilot universities, bringing for the first time dedicated trainings… إقرأ المزيد

• بعد إطلاقه في عام 2021، تجدد في ال28 من نوفمبر 2022 الاحتفال السنوي بيوم المتوسط​​، اعترافا بالثقافة المتوسطية ​​والتعاون القائم و بالتنوع الغني الذي تحتضنه المنطقة. وقام العديد من الفعاليات الموسيقية في جميع أنحاء منطقة المتوسط بمناسبة هذا الاحتفال في نسخته الثانية. • و أبرز هذه الفعاليات هي حفل لأوركسترا برشلونة العربية وللمغنية جوديت نديرمان يوم 26 نوفمبر في برشلونة، ونظمه المعهد الأوروبي للبحر الأبيض المتوسط ​​(IEMed)، وأمانة الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​(UfM) بالتعاون مع السلطات المحلية. نسق مؤسسة آنا ليند مع منظمات المجتمع المدني في 25 دولة أورومتوسطية، لتنظيم 36 عرضًا موسيقيًا مجانيًا (غير هادف للربح – بدون بيع تذاكر) والتي قامت في وقت واحد في 28 نوفمبر. • أطلق… إقرأ المزيد

•شارك وزراء خارجية الدول الاعضاء في الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​اليوم ببرشلونة في المنتدى الإقليمي السابع للاتحاد وذلك في إطار يوم المتوسط. •صادق وزراء الخارجية بالإجماع على إعلان انضمام مقدونيا الشمالية إلى الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط. •قدم الشباب العاملون في منظمات المجتمع المدني من جميع أنحاء المنطقة الأورومتوسطية توقعاتهم وتوصياتهم إلى وزراء الخارجية لوضع حلول ملموسة من أجل منطقة متوسط ​​أكثر شمولاً واستدامة وازدهاراً. •وافق الوزراء على إطلاق المبادرة الإقليمية “عواصم الثقافة المتوسطية” حيث سيتم كل عام تحديد مدينتين في الضفتين الشمالية والجنوبية للبحر المتوسط ​​من قبل 43 دولة من دول الاتحاد كعاصمتين للمتوسط ​​لتكثيف الفعاليات الثقافية والاجتماعية والاقتصادية والرياضية… إقرأ المزيد

6-20 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheik. For the first time in the Conference of the Parties’ (COP) history, the 27th edition hosted a Mediterranean Pavilion. The initiative was conceived by the UfM to highlight both the urgent challenges the Mediterranean is currently facing, and the innovative solutions already being developed, raising awareness of a region overlooked in the climate negotiations. Located in the COP27 Blue zone, the Mediterranean Pavilion hosted more than 60 events and working meetings, and provided an exceptional opportunity for the region to talk and act as one, bridging the voices of public and private, scientific and academic, technical, policymaking, civil society, finance, and business actors. In an innovative… إقرأ المزيد