November 2023 (Date TBC), Barcelona (Spain) – The upcoming meeting of the “UfM Network of Schools of Architecture & Urban Planning” will take place in Barcelona, Spain in November 2023, back-to-back with the Award Ceremony of the “UfM Urban Design Student Competition”. The Student Competition has been conceptualized and initiated by the UfM Meetings ofإقرأ المزيد
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November 2023 (Date TBC), Barcelona (Spain) – 2023 will witness the first iteration of the “UfM Urban Design Student Competition”, which this year will focus on “Urban Solutions to Climate Change in the Mediterranean”. Urban Design solutions/proposals for all kinds of climatic challenges constitute the main subject of the competition. As part of the celebration ofإقرأ المزيد
مارتا ميكيل هي مسؤولة الأعمال التجارية بالمدرسة الأوروبية للنقل متعدد الوسائط (Escola Europea) ببرشلونة، وهي الجهة المروجة لمشروع “ترانس لوج ميد” TransLogMed الذي يحمل علامة الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط. يعمل المشروع، الذي يتم تنفيذه من داخل إحدى المناطق الأقل تكاملاً في العالم،كجسر بين القارات لوضع حلول لوسائل نقل أكثر كفاءة وصديقة للبيئة. تمتلك المنطقة الأورومتوسطيةإقرأ المزيد
25-26 October, Tunis – The Closure Event of the UfM-labelled Co-Evolve4BG project will take place on 25-26 October in Tunis. The meeting will aim to celebrate the successful completion of the project and showcase its key outcomes. Operating under the UfM label, Co-Evolve4BG has been a driving force in advancing sustainable coastal/maritime tourism throughout the Mediterraneanإقرأ المزيد
11 October 2023, Barcelona. Following the 13th UfM Working Group on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) held on in Brussels on 14 March back-to-back with the First meeting of the Blue Mediterranean Partnership (BMP), UfM countries and SBE stakeholders will meet on 11 October at UfM premises in Barcelona in order to continue making progress on theإقرأ المزيد
6 October 2023, Barcelona. The Mediterranean region is currently grappling with the challenge of over 80 million hectares of degraded land. Moreover, more than 400,000 hectares of forests are lost to wildfires each year, placing at least 16 animal and plant species in Mediterranean forests at the brink of extinction due to environmental threats, includingإقرأ المزيد
In 2017 the UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water mandated the development of a regional Water Agenda and a companion Financial Strategy. The UfM Water Agenda is structured around four pillars: ensuring universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); increasing the climate-resilience of Mediterranean economies; supporting balanced development across the water-energy-food-environment nexus; andإقرأ المزيد
4-6 October 2023, Paris (France) – The “2nd TAIEX Multi-Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Buildings” is a 3-day workshop co-organised with the Union for the Mediterranean and the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion of France. The workshop, which will be held in Paris, France on 4-6 October 2023, targets Southern Neighbourhood andإقرأ المزيد
3-4 October 2023, Brussels – Following the successful UfM Ministerial Conference on Transport held on 9 February this year and the adoption of the new Region Transport Action Plan (RTAP) for the Mediterranean region, the upcoming meetings of the UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity and its thematic Working Groups (WGs) on Land, Air, Maritime Transport andإقرأ المزيد
2- 6 October 2023, Barcelona EFI Young Leadership Programme 2023 is co-organised with the Union for the Mediterranean aiming at young professionals working in the research and development, governance, administration or business side of the forest sector, or a related area. The 5-day programme offers a unique opportunity for young professionals with leadership potential to interactإقرأ المزيد
