29-30 January 2019, Barcelona. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean hosted this past 29 and 30 January the annual meeting of the UfM Energy Platforms in Barcelona, Spain. The UfM Energy Platforms are the only existing dialogue forum gathering all Euro-Mediterranean countries as well as the key stakeholders dealing with electricity markets, renewable energy, energy efficiency and gas in the Mediterranean region. The Observatoire Mediterranén de l’Energie presented the recently published the “Mediterranean Energy Perspectives 2018” that shows the current energy trends in the region, forecasting potential 2040 scenarios. Per capita energy demand in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean… إقرأ المزيد
29 and 30 January 2019, Barcelona. A delegation of parliamentarians from the EPP Group composed of Andrey Kovatchev (Bulgaria), Santiago Fisas (Spain) and Francis Zammit Dimech (Malta) visited the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in Barcelona, on 29-30 January, 2019. This visit is part of a series of discussions organized with parliamentarians from UfM Member-States aimed at presenting ongoing flagship projects and initiatives promoted by the organisation. The members of the European Parliament (MEPs) met with the UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel and other UfM representatives to discuss how to strengthen synergies and partnerships to jointly tackle common challenges in… إقرأ المزيد
31 January 2019, Brussels. UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel met yesterday with the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, and conveyed his gratitude for the continuous support of the European Commission to the UfM…. إقرأ المزيد
24 January 2019, Barcelona. The Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Taieb Baccouche, joined by AMU’s Director of Cabinet, Political Affairs and Information, Besma Soudani, visited for the first time the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in Barcelona and met with its Secretary General, Nasser Kamel. The objective of this visit was to initiate and shape the future collaboration between the two organizations. Secretary General Kamel and Baccouche took the opportunity to present the respective roles of the two organizations and how they can build synergies to benefit the people of the Maghreb region, notably on key areas… إقرأ المزيد
22 January 2019 in Fes. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the European Commission, in partnership with the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Euro-Med University of Fes (UEMF), jointly organised, on the 22 of January 2019 in Fes, Morocco, a regional seminar on the last calls of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation (R&I) programme of the European Union (EU) specifically targeting the Euro-Mediterranean region…. إقرأ المزيد
GTMO 5+5 Ministers welcomed the leading role of the UfM in the promotion of regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of projects contributing to regional development, stability and integration 12 December 2018, Nouakchott. In the framework of the Ninth Conference of Group of Transport Ministers of the Western Mediterranean (GTMO 5+5) held in Nouakchott (Mauritania) on 11-12 December 2018, the Ministers welcomed the leading role of the UfM in the promotion of regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of projects contributing to regional development, stability and integration, and reaffirmed their desire for continued exchange and cooperation in transport and logistics, with… إقرأ المزيد
تشارك أمانة الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) بنشاط في مؤتمر COP24 في بولندا ، حيث تقدم دراستين حول تأثير التغير المناخي و أحوال المناخ المالية في المنطقة – وبدون تخفيف إضافي ، ستكون الزيادة في درجة الحرارة الإقليمية عند ٢٫٢ درجة مئوية في عام ٢٠٤٠ ، وربما تتجاوز ٣٫٨ درجة مئوية في بعض المناطق في عام ٢١٠٠. سينخفض معدل هطول الأمطار في الصيف بنسبة تتراوح من ١٠ إلى 30 ٪ وفقًا للمنطقة – حصلت منطقة جنوب وشرق المتوسط على ١٣ ٪ من التمويل العالمي للمبادرات المناخية – كاتوفيتسي ، 11 ديسمبر 2018 – تعد منطقة البحر المتوسط إحدى من المناطق الساخنة في… إقرأ المزيد
The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, participated in the Ministerial Meeting of the WestMED initiative, which took place today in Algiers. The WestMED initiative seeks to promote specific measures to secure a sustainable development of the maritime economy in ten Western Mediterranean countries. The UfM is closely associated to the initiative to ensure coherence and synergies with the broader Mediterranean Blue Economy agenda. Algiers, 4 December, 2018. Ministers of the Western Mediterranean countries, together with the European Commission and the Union for the Mediterranean, adopted today a declaration to strengthen regional cooperation on the WestMED… إقرأ المزيد
In 2018, an average of one in four young North Africans is not in employment, education or training (NEETs) At the same time, in the Euro-Mediterranean region, hundreds of thousands of job positions are not filled due to a lack of suitable profiles. The skills gap is one of the main obstacles to the recruitment of young people. At a regional level, the Mediterranean New Chance Network mobilises and strengthens cooperation between stakeholders in the socio-professional integration of young people in eight Euro-Mediterranean countries, including the Second Chance Schools, and benefits more than 26,000 young people. Marseille, 29 novembre 2018 (IECD… إقرأ المزيد
Fes, 29 November 2018. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, participated in the annual meetings of the governance bodies of the Euromed University of Fes on 29 November 2018. The SG had a working session with the President of the University, Mr. Mostapha Bousmina and the Chancellor of the University, where they exchanged on various aspects related to the functioning of the university and the joint cooperation projects in the future. To this end, the SG has reiterated the UfM’s commitment and willingness to support and assist the University in its future projects and underlined its willingness to… إقرأ المزيد