The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the World Ocean Council (WOC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UfM Headquarters in Barcelona in the framework of the 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy and Roadmap for its implementation, and of the WestMED Initiative, supported by the UfM and by the European Commission. 28 March 2023, Barcelona. In close coordination with the UfM EU (DG MARE) and Jordan Co-Presidency, on March 28, 2023, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the World Ocean Council (WOC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UfM Headquarters in Barcelona in the… إقرأ المزيد
• يشارك الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) بجانب المنظمات الدولية الشريكة والعديد من الدول الأعضاء في مؤتمر الأمم المتحدة للمياه 2023 للتنبيه إلى أزمة المياه التي تواجهها منطقة المتوسط، والحاجة لزيادة التمويل المخصص لادارتها وضمان استدامته. • لبناء قدرات الشباب والتعاطي مع تحديات المياه في منطقة المتوسط، وضع الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط استراتيجية جديدة للمياه ولمشاركة الشباب. • تسعى المشاريع التي يدعمها الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط مثل “البرنامج المتكامل لحماية بحيرة بنزرت من التلوث” أو “الصحراء الذكية” إلى التخفيف من ندرة المياه الشديدة للسكان المعرضين للخطر. 22 آذار/ مارس 2023. في اليوم العالمي للمياه، يسعى الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط إلى… إقرأ المزيد
A 14th edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI) led by the Foundation of the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco was organized in March 2023. The UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel was among the main key speakers invited to this discussion platform. He underlined the importance of Mediterranean cross-shore cooperation and partnerships in anticipating and tackling the effects of climate change in the region. 20 March 2023, Monaco – Invited by the Foundation of Prince Albert II, UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel partook in the 14th edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI). Organized by the Foundation and the Oceanographic Institute… إقرأ المزيد
14-17 March 2023, Tunisia – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the General Directorate of Forests of Tunisia and with the support of the Union for the Mediterranean, organized between 14-17 March 2023 a regional capacity building workshop for Mediterranean countries on the restoration of degraded forest landscape. The workshop was part of the Mediterranean regional component of the UfM labelled project “The Paris Agreement in action: scaling up forest and landscape restoration to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions”, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and… إقرأ المزيد
14 March 2023, Brussels. The 13th meeting of the UfM Working Group on Blue Economy took place on the 14th of March at the in Brussels, bringing together the UfM Focal Points on Blue Economy, relevant regional stakeholders, international financial institutions and donors. The event focused on the progress made regarding the Roadmap for the implementation of the 2nd UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE), as well as to present the Blue Mediterranean Partnership for potential expansion to the wider Mediterranean. The meeting was an opportunity to further strengthen the regional dialogue based on concrete advancements at regional and national level, to maximise the existing resources and collaboration, as well as producing an… إقرأ المزيد
8 March 2023. To celebrate the International Women’s Day, the UfM seeks to recognise the paramount role of women in the water sector, and highlight the need to ensure that the women’s role is at the heart of the UfM priorities and in promoting initiatives supporting women in the Mediterranean region and beyond. Gender equality is key to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As “being off the track to achieve the SDGs by 2030” is a looming reality, the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) launched a Call for Action (CfA) to accelerate the achievement of gender equality… إقرأ المزيد
7 March 2023, Barcelona – UfM hosted on 7 March 2023 the webinar on the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF): Outcomes, follow up and way forward”, as a follow-up on the COP15 Biodiversity, which took place in December 2022 in Montreal as shared international roadmap to tackle the ecological crisis and towards a more nature-positive world. The webinar stressed the need to continue pooling technical, human and financial resources; ensuring coordination and converge efforts to reach the 30×30 target, which calls for 30% of the world’s terrestrial, inland water, and of coastal and marine areas, to be in effective protection… إقرأ المزيد
20-21 فبراير 2023، دبي- نظم الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط، بالاشتراك مع الوكالة الإسبانية للتعاون الانمائي الدولي AECID، جلسة هامة في إطار المؤتمر العربي للمياه، الجلسة التفاعلية الرابعة حول تحدي التفكير التصميمي (مختبر المستقبل). وخلال هذا الحدث، طرح المتحدثون أفكارًا جديدة ومبتكرة خارج الصندوق يمكن أن تساعد في جعل موارد المياه غير التقليدية في المنطقة أكثر جاذبية من الناحية المالية. نظم المجلس العربي للمياه، بدعم من جامعة الدول العربية والاتحاد من أجل المتوسط، مؤتمره للمياه الذي تناول هذا العام استخدام الموارد المائية غير التقليدية (NCWR) كحل استراتيجي واستكشاف ثروة من الفرص الجديدة وتحفيز الاستثمار. هناك إجماع حول حقيقة أن إدارة المياه… إقرأ المزيد
16-17 February 2023, Barcelona – The UfM Water Task Forces, Water, Environment, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus, Water Access, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Water, Employment and Migration (WEM) Nexus and Water Climate Change Actions (WCCA) meeting took place on 16 and 17 February 2023 in the Union for the Mediterranean premises in Barcelona. The meeting brought together the leaders of the task forces, strategic partners and UfM countries representatives as well as civil society in order to reflect on the Biannual Work Plans 2023-2024, and next steps towards meeting the objectives determined by the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Water (Malta, April 2017). It… إقرأ المزيد
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