The UfM Secretariat held a joint session with 40 Directors and Researchers of Euro-Mediterranean Think Tanks. The event, organised in collaboration with the IEMed and EuroMesCo, aimed to discuss the future of the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and the role of the UfM.
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The meeting was an occasion to reiterate Sweden’s support to the UfM and to explore ways to enhance joint work on the concrete projects the UfM is leading.
Discussions focused on possible ways of cooperation between Hungary and the Secretariat and the role that the private sector could play in it.
During a working visit to Nicosia, UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Kozakou-Marcoullis and participated at the 12th Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) Conference. Cyprus currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Secretary General Sijilmassi met with Jordanian ministers and high officials during his visit to Amman. Jordan will assume the southern co-presidency of the Union for the Mediterranean for a two-year term.
التنمية الاقتصادية والتوظيف تسجل منطقة المتوسط أحد أعلى معدلات البطالة في العالم، وهي الأقل تكاملاً اقتصاديًا. في هذا السياق، يشارك الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) في تنفيذ مشاريع ومبادرات محددة تركز على تنمية الأعمال التجارية، وتيسير التجارة، وتوفير فرص العمل ومهارات التوظيف. هناك تركيز خاص على الشباب والنساء، وبالتالي على معالجة القضايا الشاملة مثل تعزيزإقرأ المزيد
The UfM Secretary General and the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed steps forward to enhance cooperation between Greece and the UfM in the fields of energy, maritime transport, environment and water. Greece will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1st January 2014
“Italy is committed to support the Union for the Mediterranean. Its existing structure constitutes an added-value that will bring immediate benefits, leverage the small and medium-sized enterprises’ sector and increase the confidence in the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation”
During the 20th French Annual Ambassadors’ Conference, President Hollande said: “My priority is to develop what I call a Mediterranean of projects… I want the expertise of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean to be used at maximum”
UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi welcomed the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo, at the premises of the UfM. Both parties agreed on continuing to develop common synergies to boost an operational collaboration based on concrete actions.
