Leading the Future: Women at the Helm of Mediterranean Science and Higher Education Despite significant progress in the Euro-Mediterranean region, a glass ceiling persists in both academic governance and scientific management. While the region has seen a rise in female graduates (exceeding 50% in STEM fields in Syria and Tunisia compared to a globa… إقرأ المزيد
20 April 2026, Barcelona, Spain – UfM countries – including Jordan, Morocco, and Egypt as initial beneficiary countries of the BMP – and IFIs will meet in Barcelona on 20 April for the 5th Steering Committee of the Blue Mediterranean Partnership (BMP). As multilateral Fund and cooperation framework supporting Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) initiati… إقرأ المزيد
20-24 April 2026, Cyprus – The official launch of the Cyprus Regional Aerial Firefighting Station (CRAFS) by the Cyprus authorities and the EU commission will take place on 20-24 of April 2026. Presidents of the EU countries and the EU commissioners will attend and there will be exercises with Cyprus and regional firefighters. The UfM is contributi… إقرأ المزيد
15 April 2026, online. The 10th Meeting of the UfM Working Group on Environment will take place online on 15 April 2026. The meeting will review recent international and Euro-Mediterranean environmental developments and progress under the 2030GreenerMed Agenda. Participants will exchange on countries’ priorities, advancements and needs, fostering p… إقرأ المزيد
15-16 April 2026, Marseille. The Union for the Mediterranean, together with the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD), is implementing the project “Wom en Leading Change: Gender-Responsive Leadership in Mediterranean Universities and Municipalities”. The project will be launched at Aix-Marseille University in Marseille on 15 and 16 Apr… إقرأ المزيد
25-27 March 2026, Barcelona. The UfM will host the steering committee meeting of the MedfireWise EU-funded project (Interreg Next Med). This project aims to strengthen wildfire resilience across the Mediterranean region. The project promotes nature-based solutions such as prescribed burning and silvopasture, while improving risk assessment, prevent… إقرأ المزيد
23-24 March 2026, Valencia, Spain – The 20th UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour in Valencia, Spain will give an important impetus to the implementation of the ambitious Union for the Mediterranean Action Plan on Employment and Labour 2026-2028, bringing together national focal points from the UfM Member States and Social Partners’ regio… إقرأ المزيد
19 March 2026, Online / From 10-11.30 CET – This webinar will share the findings of the Mediterranean Wetlands Outlook 3 (MWO-3), an overview of the state and trends of wetlands across the Mediterranean, and to introduce the Mediterranean Wetlands Geoportal. The MWO-3 marks a new milestone, building on two previous editions. It has been developed b… إقرأ المزيد
5 March 2026, 14:00-16:00 (CEST), Online – On the occasion of the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 and in the lead-up to International Women’s Day, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and CIHEAM, within the framework of the SFS-MED Platform, are co-organising a webinar entitled “Justice in the Fields and in our Plates: Women’s rights a… إقرأ المزيد
24–26 February 2026, Nicosia, Cyprus – The Regional Conference on the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus will take place on 24–26 February 2026 in Nicosia, Cyprus, bringing together Mediterranean stakeholders to advance integrated, climate-resilient resource management. The Conference is supported by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as… إقرأ المزيد
