27 January 2022 | Online meeting | 10.00 AM – 12.00 PM CET. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) are pleased to invite you to the Digital event on “Higher Education and Vocational Training as tools for employability: Which strategies for the UfM region?” that will be held on JanuaryRead more
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The UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment convened its second meeting in 2021 by videoconference. 16 December 2021. The 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean convened today by videoconference for the second meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment. They followed up on the planned work agreed uponRead more
30 November and 1st December 2021. In collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a UfM Practical Educational Workshop on “e-governance” was implemented by the Estonian ICT Cluster for the benefit of Mauritania in a hybrid format on 30th November and 1st December 2021. The third in a series of UfM e-governance Workshops organized throughoutRead more
Barcelona, 29 November 2021 – Climate action, economic integration and support for women and youth are some of the key areas of partnership under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today between the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the the Regional Bureau for Arab States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). TheRead more
11 November 2021. The third edition of the UfM Trade and Investment Forum will be held on 11 November 2021 from 10:00 – 14:00. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be held in a digital format and will be streamed online to a broad audience in all UfM Member States. The Union forRead more
Online, 4 November 2021. Following the first two first editions of the UfM Social Economy Workshop held in 2019 and 2020 successively, and acting upon its mandate in promoting human and sustainable development, the UfM Secretariat joins hands again with the Spanish Social Economy Employers’ Confederation (CEPES) and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ/BMZ), to co-organizeRead more
MAST – Mediterranean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism post COVID Economic Development and Employment Completed Grant scheme projects Context and objectives According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), tourism is one of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. International tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2020 were a fraction of what they wereRead more
SEARChED – Strengthening Employment and entrepreneurial Activities to Recover COVID-19 Epidemic Damages Economic Development and Employment Completed Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The SEARChED project aims to promote the economic growth of enterprises and improve the business environment by developing resources and services for MSMEs, focusing on the agri-food sector in Tunisia and Jordan, andRead more
RISE – Resilience and Innovation through Strengthened Entrepreneurship Economic Development and Employment Completed Grant scheme projects Context and objectives The RISE project aims to increase economic resilience and employment opportunities for vulnerable groups in Morocco and Tunisia by improving institutional, technical, social and economic conditions for innovative entrepreneurial activity, inclusive growth and job creation. ItRead more
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 UfMRead more
