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On the occasion of the 2nd World Conference on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet in Palermo, the UfM met with CIHEAM and FAO to partner in support to a new platform on sustainable food systems in the region Within the conference, UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, participated in the session “A Mediterranean Contribution onإقرأ المزيد

10 April 2019, Montpellier. In order to follow up on the collaboration that was initiated on the occasion of the first joint event in Barcelona on 30-31 October 2018, the two projects are organising a second joint event on 9-10 April 2019, in the premises of the Département de l’Hérault (Montpellier, France). CO-EVOLVE is an ongoingإقرأ المزيد

1-5 April 2019, Lebanon. The UfM side-event to the Sixth Mediterranean Forest Week will take place in Lebanon on 1-5 April 2019 and will be the opportunity to launch the“Scaling up forest and landscape restoration in order to restore biodiversity and promote joint mitigation and adaptation approaches in the Mediterranean”, labelled by the UfM. This FAOإقرأ المزيد

25 March 2019, Brussels. The fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Blue Economy (BE WG) will take place at the Centre des Conferences Albert Borschette (CCAB) in Brussels on 25 March 2019.   BE WG is an integral part of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy, which is one of the deliverables of the UfMإقرأ المزيد

لدى منطقة البحر المتوسط أكثر من 25 مليون هكتار من الغابات وحوالي 50 مليون هكتار من الأراضي الحراجية. تغطي مناطق الغابات المحمية 9 ملايين هكتار، أي ما يمثل 4.3% من إجمالي مساحة الإقليم. وفي هذا الصدد، سيطلق الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) ومنظمة الأغذية والزراعة (FAO) التابعة للأمم المتحدة (UN) مشروعًا لاستعادة التنوع البيولوجي فيإقرأ المزيد

28 February-1 March 2019, Paris. The Second Meeting of the UfM Thematic Working Group on Affordable and Sustainable Housing is hosted in Paris by the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion of the French Republic.  This Thematic Working Group assists the UfM Regional Platform on sustainable urban development in preparing the groundwork for the implementation of theإقرأ المزيد

ضمان الوضع البيئي الجيد (GES) للنظم البيئية البحرية والتنوع البيولوجي هو أولوية متوسطية رئيسية ، مدعومة بأطر إقليمية مثل إعلان الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ​​حول البيئة وتغير المناخ واتفاقية برشلونة لحماية البيئة البحرية والمنطقة الساحلية في البحر المتوسط. فيما يتعلق بالمياه البحرية للاتحاد الأوروبي ، يهدف التوجيه الإطاري للاستراتيجية البحرية إلى تحقيق GES بحلول عامإقرأ المزيد

13 December 2018, Rome, Italy. The UfM will organize a side event at the Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea(Fish Forum 2018) that will take place on 10-14 December 2018 at the FAO Headquarters in Roma. The side event will promote, through a focus on the BLUEMED Initiative, the enhanced coordinationإقرأ المزيد

GTMO 5+5 Ministers welcomed the leading role of the UfM in the promotion of regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of projects contributing to regional development, stability and integration 12 December 2018, Nouakchott. In the framework of the Ninth Conference of Group of Transport Ministers of the Western Mediterranean (GTMO 5+5) held in Nouakchott (Mauritania) onإقرأ المزيد

11-12 December 2018, Nouakchott, Mauritania. The Group of Transport Ministers of the Western Mediterranean (GTMO 5+5) Ministerial Conference will take place in Mauritania on 11-12 December 2018. The UfM Secretariat works in close collaboration with GTMO 5+5 and, among other issues, the Conference will cover the common work carried out on concrete transport projects. For more informationإقرأ المزيد