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
يقوم حاليا ممثلون من دول الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط وخبراء من المنطقة بتطوير آلية لرصد التقدم المحرز في مجال حقوق المرأة وتقييم الفجوات بين الجنسين وتقديم اقتراحات للزعماء السياسيين يعد تعزيز المرأة من أولويات العمل في الأتحاد من أجل المتوسط. وتعكف المنظمة حاليا على تشجيع مشاريع التعاون على نطاق المنطقة بشأن تنظيم ريادة الأعمال بين النساء، والصحة، والمساواة بين الجنسين، ومكافحةالعنف ضد النساء ومنع التطرف.سيتم إصدار دراسة بحثية إقليمية حول دور المرأة والشباب في منع التطرف العنيف في شهر أبريل القادم استكمالاً لمشروعتعزيز المشاركة المدنية والاجتماعية للنساء والشباب في منع العنف والتطرف، والمعتمد من قبل الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط برشلونة… إقرأ المزيد
26-27 February 2019, Seville. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, participated in the 10th Plenary Session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly, which took place in Seville on the 26th and 27th February. The annual gathering of the Assembly of regional and local authorities of the Euro-Mediterranean region (ARLEM) focused its debates on two main topics, “Governance and Transparency” and “Youth Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean”, with the presentation and approval of two reports on those important subjects. UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, presented the members of ARLEM with an overview of the activities,… إقرأ المزيد
Sofia, 25 February 2019. In the framework of his outreach to Member States, the UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, has paid his first official visit to Bulgaria on the 25th of February 2019, following an invitation by Ekaterina Zakharieva, Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria. During their meeting, Secretary General Kamel expressed his appreciation to Minister Zakharieva for the support of her country to the UfM, highlighting that Bulgaria has always been a natural bridge between Europe and the Southern Mediterranean countries, and has close ties to the Mare Nostrum in… إقرأ المزيد
Athens, 19-20 February 2019. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, paid a working visit to Athens from 19 to 20 February 2019, where he was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, George Katrougalos. The new Alternate Minister for European Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Sia Anagnostopoulou, also joined the meeting. During their meeting, Secretary General Kamel expressed his appreciation to the Minister for the support of his country to the UfM, highlighting the role of Greece as a strong proponent of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, and a country with a rich Mediterranean heritage. Secretary General Kamel also… إقرأ المزيد
13-14 February 2019, Strasbourg. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, participated in the 6th Summit of Presidents of Parliament and the 15th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the UfM (PA-UfM), which took place in Strasbourg on the 13th and 14th February. The annual gathering of the 280 members of the Parliamentary Assembly, that marks the end of the European Parliament’s Presidency of the Bureau, focused its debates on the important topic of “the challenges of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean”. European Parliament’s President Antonio Tajani, as well as EU Commissioner for… إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona, 11 February. UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, hosted today a discussion between Josep Borrell, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation of Spain, and 15 experts and researchers from different Euro-Mediterranean countries on the state of the region and its perspectives horizon 2030. Organized in collaboration with EuroMeSCo, the main network of research centres on politics and security in the Mediterranean, the round-table debate was moderated by Ambassador Senén Florensa, President of its General Assembly. The discussion was structured around four main issues, namely: the security situation in the MENA region; migration; the social contract in MENA economies; and… إقرأ المزيد
The 3rd Meeting of the Directors-General of Civil Protection of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Member States will launch a reflection to develop an action plan for strengthened Euro-Mediterranean cooperation on prevention campaigns, emergency response and crisis management. Through a common Civil Protection Mechanism, UfM Member States could play a key role in coordinating common responses to crises and cooperate on risk assessment, disaster prevention, preparedness and planning. Barcelona, 11 February 2019. The Directors-General of Civil Protection of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Member States gathered today at the UfM headquarters, in Barcelona, almost a decade after their last meeting…. إقرأ المزيد
Monday 4 February 2019 – The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, attended this afternoon the signing ceremony of the declaration launching the #MedCooperationAlliance, a new strategy put in place by long-standing local and regional partners of the UfM to promote the sustainable and integrated territorial development of the Mediterranean basin. Signed by the regions of the Intermediterranean Commission of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), the Euro-Région Pyrénées-Méditerranée, the Adriatic Ionian Euroregion and the networks of local authorities MedCities and Arco Latino, this declaration calls stakeholders active in the Euro-Mediterranean region to redouble their… إقرأ المزيد