EMIPO – EUROMED Invest Promotion & Observatory Economic Development and Employment Completed Labelled projects Context The EMIPO project was part of a regional programme launched and financed by the European Commission to support the development of the private sector in the Mediterranean region. The project was promoted by ANIMA Investment Network as an extension of EUROMEDRead more
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EDILE – Economic Development through Inclusive and Local Empowerment Economic Development and Employment Completed Labelled projects Context The Economic Development through Inclusive and Local Empowerment (EDILE) project aimed to improve the quality of investment projects and their local impact, which in the past has not always fulfilled expectation in projects in the Southern Mediterranean, with localRead more
Barcelona, 25-27 November 2015 The IX edition of the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders will place an imperative role on the latest regional transformations, bringing regional and European views on the economic implications of the radical political transitions and the means for further sustaining EU-Mediterranean solutions. This year the MedaWeek2015 entitled “Together, going further”, will include differentRead more
Rabat, 16-17 November 2015 After the Young Entrepreneur Forum in Marrakech, organized on 16-17 May 2013 under the Royal Patronage and support of many state, private and media institutions, Young Entrepreneur Foundation (YEF) capitalizes on the vocation of Forum to mobilize actors for youth entrepreneurship, deepens the synergies created and focuses on concrete and massiveRead more
• The meeting, organised as part of the Mediterranean New Chance Network (MedNC) UfM labelled project, aims to create a Spanish network of entities in order to increase employability opportunities among young people who have dropped out of school without obtaining a diploma.
Brussels (tbc), 11 November 2015 For further information please contact Camilla Leonori: camilla.leonori@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more
Skhirat, Morocco. 4 November, 2015 The Secretary General of the UfM will participate in the first EBRD and CGEM business forum for the countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region – Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia. The meeting will take place in Skhirat, Morocco on 4 November 2015. This event will be held under the auspices of theRead more
Marseille, 4-7 November 2015 The 9th edition of the Mediterranean Economic Week will take place from Wednesday, 4 November to Saturday, 7 November 2015 at the Villa Méditerranée, in Marseille. This year’s edition will focus on “Cities and Territories, levers of economic development in Mediterranean”. Between 1970 and 2000, the urban population of Mediterranean countries grew from 154 millionRead more
Luxembourg, 26 October 2015 At existing growth rates, the MENA region will see at least 60 million new entrants to the labour market by 2025. Creating employment opportunities, in particular for young people, is thus a key priority for the Mediterranean countries’ governments and for their international partners. Actions to improve the entrepreneurship environment are particularly importantRead more
University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, 14-16 October 2015 Around the world far too many young people are not in employment, education or training (NEET). Roughly one third of the world’s youth are unemployed, looking for work or they are discouraged and therefore inactive. Unemployment rates among young people are particularly high in the Middle East andRead more
