The project was launched today on the occasion of the ‘Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment: Projects for Progress’ Conference. Co-funding for the implementation of the first phase has been secured by Norway and Flanders. The training courses will start in the coming months in Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco, then in Lebanon and Egypt…. إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona, 22 March 2014. The Union for the Mediterranean joins the international community in expressing the need to find global and regional solutions to address the challenges surrounding energy and water (water-energy-nexus), highlighting the interlinkage of the two sectors, and the need for more resource-efficiency, which is a particular concern also in the Mediterranean region. In this regard, the consultants undertaking the current technical preparations of the UfM-labelled project Desalination Facility for the Gaza Strip are also evaluating power supply options that include renewable sources of energy. The Secretariat, through its project-oriented approach, is currently developing a series of actions… إقرأ المزيد
Brdo, 11 March 2014. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean participated today in the seminar ‘Promoting a Culture of Mediation and Prevention in the Mediterranean’, organised in Bro, Slovenia, by the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bled Strategic Forum. The seminar was held within the framework of the Initiative on Mediation in the Mediterranean Region. Spain and Morocco launched the Initiative on Mediation in the Mediterranean in September 2012. By focusing on a specific region, the initiative, of which Slovenia is a participant country, is part of a broader international endeavour to encourage national and regional… إقرأ المزيد
The UfM-labelled project, Euro-Mediterranean Masters & PhDs, will be implemented at Universities which are part of the EMUNI network, promoter of the initiative. The project aims to increase the employability of students by offering higher education courses related to the priorities of the Euro-Mediterranean region…. إقرأ المزيد
Barcelona, 8 March, 2014. On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Union for the Mediterranean joins the international community in congratulating and supporting all women around the world. We express our particular and utmost admiration and respect for the women of the Euro-Mediterranean region, who have stood at the forefront of development, respect and freedom. Women represent an enormous wealth of knowledge, wisdom, expertise and work force that still needs to be fully acknowledged and supported. The Union for the Mediterranean stands ready to contribute to these strategic global goals by fostering a stronger participation of women from… إقرأ المزيد
Tunis, 4 March, 2014. On the occasion of his first official overseas mission to Tunisia, the new Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, stated that the Mediterranean region is of great importance to Italy and to Europe, as a whole. `The Mediterranean is not the border but the heart of Europe´, said Renzi during a press conference held with his homologue, the Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mehdi Jomaa. “I chose Tunisia for my first foreign visit as prime minister to show the centrality that Italy attaches to the Mediterranean,” he said. Matteo Renzi, who took office last month, also said that… إقرأ المزيد
The UfM-labelled project “Jordanian National Railway project as part of a Regional Railway Network” has been selected among the 2014 Strategic Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects by CG/LA Infrastructure. Its main expected result is to achieve a closer integration among the transport markets of the Mediterranean, thus making transport connections faster, cheaper and more efficient to the benefit of citizens and business. Barcelona, 26 February, 2014. The UfM-labelled project “Jordanian National Railway project as part of a Regional Railway Network” has been selected as one of the 2014 Strategic Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects by CG/LA Infrastructure. The official report… إقرأ المزيد
انعقد الاجتماع الوزاري التاسع للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط حول التعاون الصناعي في بروكسل بهدف مناقشة بيئة العمل في البلدان المتوسطية الأعضاء، وتقييم التوجهات الاستراتيجية المستقبلية للتعاون الاقتصادي الأورومتوسطي والتطلع لتعاون أكثر عمقًا…. إقرأ المزيد
شهد المنتدى الثالث للمقاولين المغاربة الإطلاق الرسمي للمبادرة المغاربية للتجارة والاستثمار. وقد أعلنت هذه المبادرة رسميًا أثناء المنتدى الاقتصادي لبلدان غرب البحر الأبيض المتوسط (قمة حوار 5+5) الذي انعقد في مقر الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط، في أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2013…. إقرأ المزيد
مدريد، 14 فبراير/شباط 2014. عقب المنتدى الاقتصادي لبلدان غرب المتوسط (حوار 5+5) الذي عقد في مقر الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط في 23 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول، وبهدف بهدف طرح نتائجه في مدريد، نظمت الأمانة العامة للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط، ووزارة الخارجية والتعاون الإسبانية، واتحاد مؤسسات الأعمال الإسباني، والمعهد الأوروبي لبلدان البحر الأبيض المتوسط، وCasa Mediterráneo اجتماعًا مع رواد الأعمال التجارية الإسبانية في مقر اتحاد مؤسسات الأعمال الإسباني. وقد شهد الاجتماع استعراض لملخص ونتائج المنتدى الاقتصادي الأول لبلدان غرب المتوسط (حوار 5+5) وهي: • إطلاق المبادرة المشتركة الإسبانية الجزائرية بشأن المياه والتي تهدف إلى السير نحو اعتماد نهائي لإستراتيجية مياه لبلدان غرب البحر… إقرأ المزيد