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
Rome, 22-24 November. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, participated in the Rome MED Dialogues, a three-day annual high–level initiative now at its 4th edition co–organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) on 22-24 November 2018. The event turned Rome into a global hub for discussions on the broader Mediterranean, providing a unique space for genuine dialogue between eminent stakeholders from the region and beyond. The Secretary General took part in a Policy Forum on the theme “Seizing the Future: Employing Youth in the MENA… إقرأ المزيد
Skhirat, 19 Novembre 2018. The UfM Secretariat and the Energy Federation of Morocco (Fédération de l’Energie) co-organized last Monday, 19 November, the 14th Energy Conference in Skhirat, under the High Patronage of His Majesty the King Mohamed VI, to promote regional dialogue towards a sustainable energy transition in the Mediterranean region. Such joint effort comes in line with the UfM mandate on energy and the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the UfMS and the Energy Federation of Morocco in 2017 to foster inter-institutional cooperation and promote regional dialogue. The 14th Energy Conference titled “Energy Transition: What Regional Geostrategy on the Horizon… إقرأ المزيد
Marseille, 12- 13 November 2018. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, participated on November 12 and 13 2018, in the Conference “Mediterrranée du futur”, held in Marseille at the Mediterranean Villa, whose theme was: priority to youth and innovation. During this conference, the SG made an official speech during the closing session, alongside the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian and the President of the French Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Renaud Muselier. The French Minister, on this occasion, presented the French initiative “Sommet des Deux Rives”, announced its organization in Marseille and exposed the main lines relating… إقرأ المزيد
اجتمع عدد من الصحفيين البيئيين في برشلونة مع علماء وخبراء لمناقشه التحديات البيئية في منطقه البحر الأبيض المتوسط تحت عنوان “الاجتماع الثالث للصحافيين البيئيين في وكالات انباء البحر الأبيض المتوسط”، برعاية الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) والاتحاد الدولي لحفظ البيئة (IUCN), بالتعاون مع تحالف وكالات أنباء البحر الأبيض المتوسط (AMAN) و (EFEverde) التابعة لوكالة أنباء (EFE) الإسبانية. حوالي 50 صحفيا وعالما بيئيّاً من 20 بلدا في حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط، بالإضافة الى باحثين وخبراء في الميدان، ومنظمات غير حكوميّة ومؤسسات دولية، اجتمعوا في مقر الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط في برشلونة و ناقشوا سبل مواجهة التحديات البيئية في ضوء التحوّل الايكولوجي… إقرأ المزيد
مرسيليا، فرنسا، 31 تشرين الثاني/ نوفمبر 2018 – وقع مركز التكامل المتوسطي والاتحاد من أجل المتوسط مذكرة تفاهم (MoU) مدتها ثلاث سنوات معلنين بذلك إطلاق اتفاق تعاون جديد بين المنظمتين، حيث سيتعاون الطرفان على تعزيز التنمية والتكامل في المنطقة الأورومتوسطية من أجل تحقيق السلام والاستقرار والازدهار. تتزامن هذه الشراكة مع الذكرى العاشرة لتأسيس المؤسستين، كما تبني على تكامل مهام المؤسسات عبر المتوسط حيث يتواءم تعزيز الحوار السياسي ومنصات وضع السياسات والتبادل المعرفي التي يضطلع بها الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط مع الخبرة التقنية لمركز التكامل المتوسطي. من شأن هذا التعاون الوثيق أن يعزز من تأثير الجهود المتضافرة للمنظمتين وذلك عن طريق… إقرأ المزيد
UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel was invited by the OSCE Slovak presidency and Spain to be a special speaker in the opening session of the 2018 OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Malaga, addressing the importance of energy for economic growth and co-operation in the Mediterranean UfM and OSCE Secretariats signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen cooperation between the two institutions and serve as framework of ongoing joint-projects Malaga, 25 and 26 October 2018. The Union for the Mediterranean had an active participation in the OSCE 2018 Mediterranean Conference, held over two days in the Spanish city of Malaga. In a conference dedicated to “The importance of Energy for economic… إقرأ المزيد
The Secretariat of UfM hosted the BLUEMED Week on 23–25 October, where national delegates, the European Commission and stakeholders met to advance an integrated a Mediterranean research agenda on Blue Economy The BLUEMED Initiative seeks to contribute to the creation of new ‘blue’ jobs, social well-being and a sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors Barcelona, 23-25 October 2018. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) hosted the BLUEMED Week at its premises in Barcelona on 23-25 October, a three-day event aiming at promoting the blue economy through cooperation in the Mediterranean Sea . The BLUEMED Week hosted the Second Meeting of the… إقرأ المزيد
