Blog

• The UfM Secretariat, ANIMA, the cooperation platform for economic development in the Mediterranean; and iesMed, the cooperative platform to boost the Mediterranean Social Economy are organising a seminar in Barcelona, on 14 and 15 March 2016, about inclusive investment in the Mediterranean.
• The seminar will be based around the launch of two UfM projects – EDILE and EMIPO – two Euro-Mediterranean initiatives aimed at developing investments that contribute to inclusive growth in the Mediterranean.

• HOMERe stakeholders sign a cooperation charter and adopt action plan for 2016-2017 to improve employability prospects of talented postgraduates through internship mobility experiences in transnational companies in the Mediterranean.

• Labelled under the Mediterranean Initiative for Jobs (Med4Jobs), the project will be implemented during this pilot phase in nine Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, Morocco and Tunisia.

Villa Méditerranée (Marseille), 2 March 2016 The objective of the HOMERe project, labelled by the UfM in the framework of the Med4Jobs Initiative, is to improve the competencies and employability prospects of talented postgraduates through internship mobility experiences in transnational companies in the Mediterranean. During their meeting, the members of the euro-mediterranean consortium will take stockRead more

HOMERe stakeholders have signed a cooperation charter and adopted an action plan for 2016-2017 to improve the employability prospects of talented postgraduates through internship mobility experiences in transnational companies in the Mediterranean.

Labelled under the Mediterranean Initiative for Jobs (Med4Jobs), the project will be implemented during this pilot phase in 9 Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, Morocco and Tunisia.

Marseille, 24-26 February 2016 For further information please contact the Business Development divison: business@ufmsecretariat.org  Read more

23 February 2016, Conference Centre “Albert Borschette”, Brussels Implementing the 2014-2016 work programme on Euro-Mediterranean industrial cooperation At the invitation of the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROWTH), of the European Commission, the UfM Secretariat will participate on the 23rd of February to the meeting of the Working Party onRead more

• At their first meeting of 2016, the Senior Officials of the Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) approved four new regional projects in the fields of Inclusive Growth, Sustainable Development and Women’s Empowerment.
• The meeting also provided an opportunity for the 43 Member State representatives to highlight the achievements of 2015 with a view to further develop regional cooperation and integration in the Mediterranean within the framework of the UfM.

Youth unemployment is a key major challenge for both European and Southern Mediterranean countries. It is a major issue to be addressed within the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean as it holds a very significant connection with the overall objective of regional integration in the Euro-Med region.

Following-up on the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Digital Economy, endorsed last September 2014 in Brussels, the UfM Secretariat is working together with key partners to remove the regional barriers in the digital sector.

 18-19 January 2016. Centre de Conférences Ministériel (CCM), Paris The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (MAEDI) has invited the UfM to participate in a seminar entitled “The Professionalisation and employability of youth in the Mediterranean: innovated approaches & exchange of views” organised by the FSP (Priority Solidarity Fund) on 18-19 January 2016.Read more