Ahead of the 2025 UfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour, representatives of the UfM Member States and Social Partners convened in Zagreb to discuss the state-of-play of implementation of the 2022 Marrakech Declaration and to exchange best practices on Youth Employment and Women Economic Empowerment. The UfM Region faces several employment-related challenges in the aftermathRead more
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16 and 17 April 2024, Zagreb (Croatia) – The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean will convene for the 16th meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour in Zagreb/Croatia, as part of the Roadmap implementing the Declaration of the 5thUfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour that took place in MarrakechRead more
The Union for the Mediterranean hosted a meeting of Euro-Mediterranean development agencies in Barcelona to encourage deeper cooperation with the goal of maximising outcomes and amplifying impact on the ground. Some 30 representatives from agencies from 15 UfM Member States discussed common priorities in the Mediterranean region as well as how to join forces toRead more
In collaboration with the German Development Cooperation and with the support of the European Union, the UfM Secretariat convened the 7th Meeting of the UfM Community of Practice (CoP) on Youth Employment in the Southern Mediterranean. The UfM Secretariat actively promotes decent work opportunities and career guidance initiatives for young people in the Southern MediterraneanRead more
5 and 6 March 2024, Barcelona, Spain – The 7th meeting of the UfM Community of Practice (CoP) on Youth Employment in the Southern Mediterranean will take place in Barcelona on 5 and 6 March 2024. The CoP aims to collect, discuss, assess and disseminate experiences and good practices inter alia in supporting decent jobRead more
13-14 February 2024, Split, Croatia. – The UfM co-organised with the Croatian National Bank, the Banco de España, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), the 8th Annual Conference of Mediterranean Central Banks, which took place in Split, Croatia, on 13 and 14 February. This conference served asRead more
