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
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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
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
The UfM is co-organizing the second edition of Creative Forum Ljubljana together with the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH commissioned by BMZ. This Forum is the only platform that links the Southern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans through creativity. It provides capacity building, networking opportunities, roomRead more
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16 September 2019. The UfM is organising a workshop on Credit Guarantee Schemes in the Euro-Mediterranean region in its headquarters in Barcelona on 16 September 2019.Read more
Euro-Mediterranean Development Center for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Economic Development and Employment Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The objective of the Euro-Mediterranean Development Centre (EMDC) for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) was to build networking infrastructure between Euro-Mediterranean entrepreneurs, institutions and investors. This in turn supported MSMEs along the critical stages of start-up, growth and internationalisation. ConceivedRead more
Madrid, 26 June 2019. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, participated in the Concordia Europe AmCham Summit in Madrid, moderating a round table session on relations among the MENA region countries, the U.S., and Europe aiming to assess the potential of such trilateral cooperation in a rapidly changing global landscape. In his introductory speech, SGRead more
18 June 2019, Cairo. In their UfM Ministerial Declaration of March 2018, the UfM Trade Ministers encouraged the organization of business-to-government and business-to-business meetings in the region, in order to include business organizations and operators in the definition and implementation of the trade and investment reform agenda in the Mediterranean. To this end, the Ministers expressed theirRead more
