Beirut, 28 October 2020 –The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) partnered with AMWAJ Forum, a leading platform focusing on tackling water scarcity and energy challenges and with CEWAS Middle East, and KAS – REMENA, to address the most pressing issues facing the Mediterranean region on the fronts of energy and water nexus. After Amman (2016) and Barc… إقرأ المزيد
The year 2020 marks the 25th Anniversary of the launch of the Barcelona Process. It is the time to take stock of what has been achieved during a quarter of a century of dialogue and cooperation as well as to reflect on the future of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The 5th UfM Regional Forum will bring together the Ministers of Foreign Affairs o… إقرأ المزيد
19 October 2020.The 2nd Cairo Water Week (CWW) will be held next October in Cairo, between 18-22 October 2020, under the auspices of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Cairo Water Week (CWW) is considered one of the biggest water-related events at the national, regional and international levels. It has grown significantly over the pas… إقرأ المزيد
19-20 October 2020. Following the proposed recommendations of the Third Meeting of Civil Protection Directors-General of the Union for the Mediterranean, a two-day preparatory meeting will gather online to discuss the two working groups, namely: – Public awareness in Civil Protection and disaster risk management – Volunteers in Civil Protection. Th… إقرأ المزيد
13 October 2020. As a follow-up to the UfM Senior Officials’ meeting of 23rd September, 2020, the UfM is organising an online informal coordination meeting, which will be hosted on Tuesday, 13 October, 2020, between 14:00-15:30 hrs. CEST. The objective of the meeting is to facilitate information exchange, enable comparison of notes, and to contrib… إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona, 8 October 2020. The fourth Webinar to be delivered by the UfM Economic Development and Employment Division is anchored to the UfM Secretariat’s efforts to contribute to the post-pandemic recovery, and aims to showcase some of the promising sectors and the required skills for the ‘new normal’ that will follow the crisis. Capitalizing on t… إقرأ المزيد
LIVE WEBINAR (WEBEX) Thursday 08 OCTOBER 2020 13:00 BRITISH SUMMER TIME KEYNOTE GUEST OF HONOUR SPEAKER HE Ambassador Nasser Kamel, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean SPEAKER MODERATOR Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani Founder & Chairman, The Arab International Women’s Forum The UfM celebrates a very special anniversary in 2020, being … إقرأ المزيد
6 October 2020. The Social Dialogue Forum, as a bipartite forum, meets for the fourth time on 6-7 October 2020, in a fully virtual format and brings together representatives from national employers’ and workers’ organisations from UfM partner countries, relevant Euro-Mediterranean regional organisations, as well as representatives from the UfM Co-P… إقرأ المزيد
2 October 2020 at 12h30 -14h. The pandemic crisis has taken its toll on our society, our lives and economy. On a global level, many countries decided to close their borders, while international and national travel institutions decided to put people first by imposing a travel ban. Tourism, being one of the fastest growing economic sectors has been t… إقرأ المزيد
30 September 2020. The second UfM Ad hoc Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Environment and Climate Change will take place online on 30 September 2002. The first ad hoc SOM on Environment and Climate Change took place online on 9 July 2020.