The ANIMA Investment Network, in collaboration with the UfM and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), is holding this month a series of workshops to help develop investments that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Mediterranean region. 28 April 2020. Increasing investments that contribute to the SDGs can be a development enabler: itRead more
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Maharat Med, a project to train students to be ready for future work and help them to start their own businesses has launched a package of activities since the beginning of the current year, including Maharat Universities and Maharat Awareness Sessions. Developed in line with the UfM flagship Mediterranean Initiative for Jobs (Med4Jobs), Maharat Med is anRead more
Due to the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) emergency, the UfM Conference on the challenges to access to Finance for MSMEs in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (Barcelona, 20 March 2020), will not take place as initially scheduled and is postponed to a later date still to be confirmed, in the framework of the measures taken by otherRead more
27 February 2020. The UfM Secretariat will be hosting the Closing conference of the MED HUB project: The future of studying the Euro-Mediterranean. The Conference will take place at the UfM Secretariat’s premises in Barcelona on 27 February 2020. The project MEDHUB (Knowledge Hub on the Euro-Mediterranean Region) is an 18-month project, financed by theRead more
Geneva, 27-28 January 2020. Following UfM’s commitment to contributing to a greater economic integration in the Mediterranean, UfM Secretary General (SG), Nasser Kamel, held bilateral meetings in Geneva with Roberto Azevêdo, Director General of WTO, Mukhisa Kituyi , Secretary General of UNCTAD, Seth Nikhil, Executive Director of UNITAR, and OIga Algayerová, Executive Secretary of UNECE.Read more
ENI CBC MED thematic clusters Economic Development and Employment Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The ENI CBC “Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme” is the largest Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) initiative implemented by the EU under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI). The Programme brings together the coastal territories of 14 countries to fund innovative, inclusive and sustainable developmentRead more
To date, the MedNC programme has given hope to 29,000 young people through its 100 partner centres in 9 countries with programmes focusing on education, training and confidence-building. The UfM is hosting the 2019 MedNC Annual Conference, in order to support an agenda for the region based on employability for the Mediterranean youth. 25-27 NovemberRead more
Turin, 25 November 2019. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and the European Training Foundation have joined efforts to co-organize the UfM Workshop on the Future of Work and Skills for the Future in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic CooperationRead more
25 November 2019 – Turin, Italy. Acting upon this mandate, the UfM in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and in cooperation with the European Training Foundation (ETF), will co-organize the ‘Workshop on Work and Skills for the Future’ in Turin,Read more
The Creative Forum Ljubljana is organised by the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as a unique platform that links the Southern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans through creativity Creative industries hold great potential for the Euro-Mediterranean countries seeking to diversify their economies and participate in one of the most dynamic sectorsRead more
