UfM holds an official visit to new Member State, North Macedonia, to discuss regional environmental challenges and potential cooperation initiatives. 31 January 2023, Skopje. Following the entrance of the Republic of North Macedonia into the Union for the Mediterranean last November, UfM Deputy Secretary General in charge of Water, Environment and Blue Economy, Almotaz Abadi, paid an official visit to the new Member State to meet with the Minister of Environment and Physical Planning, Naser Nuredini and the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water, Abdylshyqr Abedini, in Skopje. The accession of the Balkan country comes at a moment of great need… إقرأ المزيد
24-25 January 2023, Athens. The Plan of Action for a Model Mediterranean Sea by 2030 (PAMEx) held its first Steering Committee meeting on 24-25 January 2023 in Athens, Greece with the participation of UfM Deputy Secretary General in charge of Water, Environment and Blue Economy, Almotaz Abadi and UfM Senior Expert, Marie-Claire Boillot. In the meeting, partners followed up on the implementation of the 20 concrete actions that PAMEx encompasses, including governance matters and the functioning of the Local Investment Finance Facility (PLIFF) —the innovative financial mechanism created to underpin the implementation of PAMEx—. The Steering Committee meeting also reviewed… 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
