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29 and 30 September 2021: The UfM Practical Educational Workshop on ´´e-governance´´ in Palestine was organized digitally on 29 and 30 September, in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ, and the Estonian ICT Cluster, as a tangible initiative towards strengthening UfM-Palestine cooperation ties. This Workshop is the second in a series of UfMإقرأ المزيد

29 and 30 September 2021 – Palestine. The UfM will organize, in collaboration with GIZ and the Estonian ICT Cluster, an online Practical educational workshop on e-Governance to be held on 29 and 30 September 2021 for the benefit of Palestinian participants. The second of a series of national Workshops dedicated to “e-Governance”, this eventإقرأ المزيد

The UfM Regional Platform on Industrial Cooperation convened on 20th September 2021, bringing together, in addition to the EU and Jordanian UfM Co-presidencies as well as the UfM Secretariat, representatives of Embassies, SBA coordinators and Senior Officials in charge of industrial cooperation from the UfM Member States. In their opening remarks, Ms Outi SLOTBOOM, Directorإقرأ المزيد

  The 2021 Creative Forum, hosted by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU and organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, in collaboration with the UfM, took place from 12th until 15th of September in Ljubljana. Under the slogan Future Unlocked, the event gathered creative entrepreneurs and policymakers of theإقرأ المزيد

12-15 September 2021. The 2021 Creative Forum, under the slogan Future Unlocked, is being organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, in collaboration with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). The event will take place in Ljubljana from 12th  until 15th of September, hosted by the recently inaugurated Slovenian Presidency of the Councilإقرأ المزيد

The UfM Secretariat, with the support of the German Development Cooperation,  fulfills the call of the UfM Trade Ministers on their 11th  Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Trade Ministers Conference of  10 November 2020 on the organization of trainings and technical assistance for ministries, customs authorities and businesses on the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention of Rules ofإقرأ المزيد

The UfM has consolidated an action-driven methodology to create effective links between the policy dimension and its operational translation into concrete projects and initiatives on the ground. This methodology comprises three components: Political Framework The UfM’s political dimension is structured around Ministerial and governmental representatives’ meetings that specify work priorities in key strategic areas. Through declarations adopted byإقرأ المزيد

  14 July 2021. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) convened by videoconference in a meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment (formerly known as the UfM Trade Senior Officials Meeting), chaired by teh UfM Co-Presidency of the European Commission and Jordan. The meeting followed up on theإقرأ المزيد

8 July 2021. Social dialogue as an instrument of change has undergone several adjustments in the Mediterranean countries, leading its actors to be more and more involved in the social, economic, and environmental decision-making process. This virtual discussion will provide an opportunity to build on past efforts towards more inclusive social policies in order toإقرأ المزيد

The UfM promotes social dialogue between representatives of employers, workers and governments as a prerequisite to meaningful post-pandemic recovery in the region. With the economic difficulties facing private sector worldwide, and the slowing of employment and labour progress caused by the pandemic, there is a risk of neglecting such social dialogues in the short term.إقرأ المزيد