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16 September 2019. The UfM is organising a workshop on Credit Guarantee Schemes in the Euro-Mediterranean region in its headquarters in Barcelona on 16 September 2019.إقرأ المزيد

Madrid, 26 June 2019. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, participated in the Concordia Europe AmCham Summit in Madrid, moderating a round table session on relations among the MENA region countries, the U.S., and Europe aiming to assess the potential of such trilateral cooperation in a rapidly changing global landscape. In his introductory speech, SGإقرأ المزيد

18 June 2019, Cairo. In their UfM Ministerial Declaration of March 2018, the UfM Trade Ministers encouraged the organization of business-to-government and business-to-business meetings in the region, in order to include business organizations and operators in the definition and implementation of the trade and investment reform agenda in the Mediterranean. To this end, the Ministers expressed theirإقرأ المزيد

The Legacy event: ‘EU Med means Business – Shaping the future of entrepreneurship in the South’ focused on unleashing entrepreneurial potential, as well as growing and retaining talent in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, in the presence and with the active participation of young entrepreneurs and relative stakeholders. UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel stressed the importance ofإقرأ المزيد

Barcelona, 18 March 2019. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, met today with Fakhry Alhazaimeh, the Executive President of the Agadir Technical Unit (ATU) responsible for the Trade Technical issues related to the Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (Agadir Agreement). The UfM Secretary General Kamel highlighted the importance and the opportunities of tradeإقرأ المزيد

12-13 March 2019, Brussels. The first UfM meeting of IPR experts to implement the Action Plan on Fight against piracy and counterfeiting will take place in Brussels on 12 March 2019, back to back with the sixth Focal Points meeting on Trade and Investment Facilitation Mechanism, which will take place in Brussels on 13 Marchإقرأ المزيد

26-27 February 2019, Seville. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel,  participated in the 10th Plenary Session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly, which took place in Seville on the 26th and 27th February. The annual gathering of the Assembly of regional and local authorities of the Euro-Mediterranean regionإقرأ المزيد

21-23 November 2018, Barcelona. Over the course of three days (November 21st, 22nd and 23rd), the MedaWeek Barcelona will host a number of key thematic and sectoral fora. In the past edition, the event counted with more than 60 working sessions, and enjoyed over 1,500 attendees from all corners of the world. These included entrepreneurs and representativesإقرأ المزيد

Representing nearly 60% of the total population, young people constitute one of the greatest assets for stability and development in the Euro-Mediterranean region The UfM will co-organize the Youth Forum, on the margins of the 4th Edition of the UfM high-level Women Conference” in October 2018 12 August 2018. The UfM embraces the celebration of Internationalإقرأ المزيد

16 and 20 July 2018, Sevilla (Spain). In the framework of the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) together with the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB) are hosting a high-level roundtable discussion to assess the  strategies that could better serve to promote inclusive and sustainable economic development in selectedإقرأ المزيد