Barcelona, 8 October 2020. The fourth Webinar to be delivered by the UfM Economic Development and Employment Division is anchored to the UfM Secretariat’s efforts to contribute to the post-pandemic recovery, and aims to showcase some of the promising sectors and the required skills for the ‘new normal’ that will follow the crisis. Capitalizing onRead more
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6 October 2020. The Social Dialogue Forum, as a bipartite forum, meets for the fourth time on 6-7 October 2020, in a fully virtual format and brings together representatives from national employers’ and workers’ organisations from UfM partner countries, relevant Euro-Mediterranean regional organisations, as well as representatives from the UfM Co-Presidency, the UfM, the EuropeanRead more
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The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the world in all its aspects. It questioned the ability of the governments to protect their citizens and the ability of national and international health organizations to mitigate exponential contagions, death, and widespread panic. Economies were shutdown, uncertainty at its peak, and the ability of some businesses and organizations to deliverRead more
Meet Raneem Al Jaouni, Jordanian student who just graduated in accounting at Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman. Her final year studies included a course called ‘Business Skills’, a university module of the wider Maharat MED programme, part of the UfM Med4Jobs initiative to help increase the employability of youth and women. 13 July 2020. Jordanian student RaneemRead more
9 July 2019. The webinar Entrepreneurship in times of the 19th Covid Crisis will be organized to promote entrepreneurship after the Coronavirus crisis and contribute to providing the best conditions for the emergence of prosperous economies that create job opportunities and are integrated in the region. The webinar will also give some practical advice onRead more
The UfM Webinar on “Access to Finance: Introduction to the Funding Landscape” introduced the public to the basics of funding and the various categories and instruments available to startups and young entrepreneurs. The Webinar is part of a series of webinars targeting the general public with more focus on younger stakeholders, as part of theRead more
The social economy is an enterprise model based on participatory management, the primacy of people over capital, and where profits are reinvested. It is a key player in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and in reducing inequalities in the Euro-Mediterranean region The social economy currently consists a total of 3.2 million enterprises and 15 millionRead more
