5 May 2025, Porto, Portugal – The voluntary and observer UfM Member States of the UfM Community of Practice on Monitoring employment and labour will meet in Porto, Portugal, to discuss the draft cross-country report and the Online Tracking Tool being developed to store and visualise information and trends, both thematically and geographically. These willRead more
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The UfM Forum “Green Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to Sustainable and Inclusive Employment” Forum explored the intersection of green entrepreneurship and just transition. It highlighted EU-funded regional initiatives supporting the green economy, social entrepreneurship, and economic inclusion of women and youth. The Forum was jointly organised by the European Commission and the Business Development Centre (BDC)Read more
In the spring of 2020, while the world was closing its doors to bustling markets and physical commerce, Aïda Kandil opened a new window—one that offered Moroccan artisans access to the digital economy. But this wasn’t just an online store. It was a vision for a new kind of marketplace: one rooted in heritage andRead more
Barcelona, 11 April 2025 — Over 80 project promoters, partners, beneficiaries, entrepreneurs, and donors from 11 UfM countries gathered today in Barcelona to review the state-of-play and the progress of the UfM Grant Schemes, which have provided over €3 million in funding to support employment, green jobs, and entrepreneurship among youth and women in theRead more
10 April 2025, Barcelona (Spain). In the framework of the ongoing reform of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) to ensure its continued relevance and increased impact in the region, the UfM Secretariat is convening the Second Meeting of UfM Development Actors from the Member States at the UfM’s headquarters. Following the success of theRead more
2–4 April 2025, Granada, Spain – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean will convene in Granada under the leadership of the Spanish Presidency. The Forum on the Future of the Mediterranean will bring together Speakers and Deputy Speakers from the Parliaments of all Assembly Member States to address key regional challenges acrossRead more
In alignment with its 2025 UfM Work Programme and in response to the pressing economic and trade challenges in the region, the Economic Development and Employment (EDE) Division of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Secretariat organized a study visit in collaboration with the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Conference on Trade andRead more
The UfM undertakes a first landmark step towards engaging policymakers from the UfM Member States in the formulation of multilateral trade and investment policies, leveraging the expertise of international trade and investment organisations. The study visit will pave the way for enhanced collaboration between UfM Member States and international trade institutions, aiming at greater regionalRead more
The ARLEM Award – Young local entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean goes into its seventh edition, and once again within the framework of the celebrations of the Day of the Mediterranean and with the support of the UfM. Registration is now open for the prize for entrepreneurial enterprises boosting local communities in the Southern Mediterranean, awardedRead more
