UfM headquarters. Barcelona – Start date: 22.04.2013 The meeting is organised in the framework of the Euro-Med Transport Cooperation. It follows from the conclusions and recommendations of the 12th Working Group Infrastructure & Regulatory issues and the 10th Euro-Mediterranean Transport Forum that were held in January 2013, with the aim to create an ad-hoc Committee toإقرأ المزيد
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Geneva, 17 April 2013. UfM Secretariat Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, and International Road Transport Union (IRU) Secretary General Emeritus, Mr. Martin Marmy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim to further facilitate and secure trade around the Mediterranean basin by implementing key UN multilateral trade and transport facilitation instruments, such asإقرأ المزيد
The measures of the RTAP were formulated by the Mediterranean partners themselves in accordance to national needs and objectives. Consequently the measures of the RTAP have been largely taken into account in the development of various policy strategies and national action plans in the field of transport. The regional vision of the RTAP was dictated by the guidelines ofإقرأ المزيد
In 2005, ten years after the launch of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, also known as the Barcelona process, the first Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Transport took place in Marrakech. On this occasion, the ministers of transport of the EU and the Mediterranean called for an intensification of the cooperation with and within the Mediterranean region in the field of transport.إقرأ المزيد
Discussions between UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi and Turkish Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Transport focused on possible ways of operational cooperation between Turkey and the Secretariat of the UfM, especially in the area of transport.
A study to prevent, abate and combat pollution of the Mediterranean Sea will be conducted by the UfM Secretariat. The results and findings of the study will contribute to the comprehensive assessment of the current situation of depollution in the Mediterranean.
Barcelona – Start date: 26.02.2013 The 5th UfM Working Group on Transport will be held in the UfM premises in Barcelona on 26 February 2013.إقرأ المزيد
The Fourth Senior Officials Experts Meeting took place at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Barcelona. Crucial steps have been accomplished for the conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy during the last few months.
Barcelona – Start date: 22.02.2013 The “UfM Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy: 4th Senior Official Experts Meeting” hosted by the Secretariat of the UfM, will be held in Barcelona on 22 February 2013, with the participation of the Senior Official Experts (SOEs) from UfM member countries as well as numerous institutions working on urban developmentإقرأ المزيد
Barcelona – Start date: 22.02.2013 The launching workshop of the study for the “Update priority investment portfolio for protecting the Mediterranean Sea from pollution” will be held at the UfM premises in Barcelona on 22 February 2013. The workshop will bring together the coordinating partners, namely the European Commission, the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan, Europeanإقرأ المزيد
