10-11 November 2020. The environmental impact on human health will become more critical in the future. By 2050, it is estimated that 68 % (about 650 million) of the Arab population will be living in urban areas, often characterized by heavy traffic, polluted air, poor housing, limited access to water and sanitation services, noise pollution, besidesإقرأ المزيد
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Beirut, 28 October 2020 –The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) partnered with AMWAJ Forum, a leading platform focusing on tackling water scarcity and energy challenges and with CEWAS Middle East, and KAS – REMENA, to address the most pressing issues facing the Mediterranean region on the fronts of energy and water nexus. After Amman (2016)إقرأ المزيد
19 October 2020.The 2nd Cairo Water Week (CWW) will be held next October in Cairo, between 18-22 October 2020, under the auspices of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Cairo Water Week (CWW) is considered one of the biggest water-related events at the national, regional and international levels. It has grown significantlyإقرأ المزيد
بروكسل ، 30 سبتمبر 2020 – وقعت اللجنة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية الأوروبية (EESC) والاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) اليوم مذكرة تفاهم جديدة للتأكيد مجددا على طموحهما المشترك لدعم الإصلاحات السياسية الجارية في بلدان جنوب وشرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط. . و تكتسب المساهمة المشتركة في إقامة منطقة سلام واستقرار وديمقراطية وازدهار في البحر الأبيض المتوسط أهميةإقرأ المزيد
27 August 2020, online. Vast additional public and private funds will be required to deliver the Paris Agreement and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Blended finance is emerging as an important financing solution to accelerate action, but it must be scaled-up. The webinar on ‘Blended finance for water and climate: when theory meets practice’ is takingإقرأ المزيد
وافقت الدول الأعضاء في الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط على تقديم حلول لمواجهة التحديات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية المتعلقة بالمياه وتعزيز الصمود أمام تغير المناخ، مع مساعدة المرأة والشباب على خلق فرص العمل من خلال الاجتماع المشترك الذي عُقِدَ بين فرق العمل فيما يتعلق بكل من المياه -التوظيف -الهجرة (WEM) والمياه -الطاقة -الغذاء -النظم البيئية (WEFE) اجتماع فرقإقرأ المزيد
23 July 2020 Online, 13.30-15.30 CET. The UfM Water Task Forces on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (4th Meeting) & Water-Employment-Migration (5th Meeting) will take place online on 23 July 2020. The Meeting is addressed to members of the UfM WEFE Nexus and WEM Task Forces as well as other stakeholder organisations. The Meeting will be co-chaired by Lebanon, Italyإقرأ المزيد
21 July 2020. A technical webinar on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in practice under the title Technical Solutions in the Mediterranean: Experience and Opportunities will take place online on 21 July at 13:30-15:00. The webinar is organised with the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean. The objectives of the Webinar are to share case studies and tangible examples of WEFEإقرأ المزيد
7-16 July 2020. The UfM is co-organising together with the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) the high-level side event on “accelerating water action to build our countries back better post-COVID and scale up SDG delivery”, in the framework of the UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. High-level representatives of countries andإقرأ المزيد
The Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Ángeles Moreno Bau, and the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, met today to discuss the progress of the Desalination Facility for the Gaza Strip project, with the Palestinian Minister of Water, Mazen Ghunaim, in a virtual meeting. During the meeting, Spainإقرأ المزيد
