3 February 2022. Last 17 November , the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), joined forces with Business Club Africa, a network with a reach of 6000+ executives across the African continent and around the world, to create and launch the MENA Women Business Club. Theإقرأ المزيد
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The call for applications launched in November led to the selection and sponsorship of 136 women entrepreneurs and female executives from the MENA region looking to expand their network and grow their business within the region. 3 February 2022. Today, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in partnership with the Union for the Mediterraneanإقرأ المزيد
أكثر من واحد من كل 7 أشخاص يعانون شكلا من أشكال الإعاقة على مستوى العالم (منظمة الصحة العالمية، 2021)، ويواجهون العديد من العوائق التي تحول دون إدماجهم في بعض المناحي الرئيسية في المجتمع، و خصوصا في سياق جائحة كوفيد-19. النساء ذوات الإعاقة أكثر عرضة للعنف، من مرتين إلى ثلاث مرات على الأقل، من النساء الأخريات. فقط فيإقرأ المزيد
Live The First Edition UfM I Conference on Disability and Social Inclusion in the Mediterranean will take place on 26 and 27 of January 2022 The I Conference on Disability and Social Inclusion in the Mediterranean is a regional event that addresses the rights, challenges, and limitations of persons with disabilities in the Euro-Mediterraneanإقرأ المزيد
Gender equality and women’s empowerment is at the heart of the UfM’s agenda, endorsed by the IV Ministerial Cairo Declaration on strengthening the role of women in society, 2017, which called for increasing women’s economic participation through establishing and enforcing a legal and policy framework to ensure access to the opportunities of full economic participation and promote women’s entrepreneurship. It is in this context thatإقرأ المزيد
As in many parts of the world, food systems across the Mediterranean are not on track to deliver on food security, nutrition and sustainability outcomes: food systems are the main drivers of environmental degradation, and they are failing to provide decent livelihoods to large parts of the population in a context of increasing disparities andإقرأ المزيد
Tuesday 18 January 2022. The Commissioner General for Italy, Paolo Glisent, and the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, announce the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding for the European Commission’s “No Women No Panel” campaign, taken up a year ago by Rai Radio1 . The Union for the Mediterranean announcedإقرأ المزيد
Sharm el Cheikh, 10-13 January 2022 – The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, participated at the 4th edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF) held in Sharm el Cheikh under the auspices of Egyptian President Abdelfattah El Sisi. This year’s edition was titled “Back together” and discussed Post-COVID effects, climateإقرأ المزيد
The new UfM Research and Innovation agenda supports three new research priorities: climate change, health and renewable energy. The UfM meeting of Senior Officials on 21 October endorsed the R&I platform proposal to hold an R&I Ministerial. The UfM Ad-hoc Senior Official Meeting convened on 20 December kickstarted the process for agreeing on a jointإقرأ المزيد
In the Euro-Mediterranean region, cultures and science met and mingled for millennia, creating spaces for innovative and inclusive solutions to common challenges. This makes science diplomacy a promising tool for cooperation between Southern Mediterranean countries and Europe, and a field that the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) strongly supports through its work on research andإقرأ المزيد
