The UfM Public Consultation on Higher Education targeted the main Higher Education institutions and networks that interact in the Euro-Mediterranean area. It focused on the achievements and challenges of the past 15 years and was aimed at identifying concrete proposals for the future. The conclusions of this exercise, which you find in the present report, intend to inspire the ministers in charge ofRead more
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Are you between 18 and 29 years old? Are you a national of one of the Union of the Mediterranean –UfM Member States? This is your chance to apply to the 3rdedition of the Mediterranean Youth Academy to be held from the 6thto the 9th of November in Barcelona, Spain. 5 May 2023. The 3rd editionRead more
27 April – 14h – 16h30 CEST. The UfM Working Group meeting on Youth engagement in Environment, Urban and Rural Development will take place online on April 27th. The WG meeting will convene policymakers, thematic experts, and representatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss how to raise awareness among young people of the consequencesRead more
Doctor Fatima Zahra Beraich is no stranger to breaking new ground. In her roles as a chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and mother, she has dedicated her life to improving her community, in Morocco and beyond. Fatima set up her company, Biodôme du Maroc, in 2013 whilst completing her chemical engineering PhD. She states that her interestRead more
Climate change, the Covid19 pandemic and recent conflicts are disrupting our Mediterranean societies. These crises particularly threaten rural and agricultural communities that are already vulnerable as a result of poor development, environmental degradation, drought and the gradual abandonment of the peasantry. They undermine the food supply systems of these communities and affect their livelihoods moreRead more
Through a partnership between the two institutions, students on the South Mediterranean have received high-level financial and political expertise on the Euro-Mediterranean policies and financial opportunities offered by the EIB. Barcelona, April 2023. Starting in November 2022 and until March 2023, the Union for the Mediterranean and the European Investment Bank have piloted trainings as proofsRead more
In line with the theme chosen for UN International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, the UfM held a Webinar on Innovation and technological change for Gender Equality on 7th March 2023 from 11h to 13h. While the digital revolution carries with it huge potential to improve social andRead more
17 March 2023, Alicante. The UfM Higher Education Stakeholders’ Meeting aimed at discussing and exchanging on how to lay concrete foundations for regional close cooperation in the field of Higher Education. The meeting, organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante was attended by over 70 people, including representatives ofRead more
Sciences Po Paris, Campus of Menton’s director invited the UfM Secretary General to this campus dedicated to Euro-Mediterranean affairs. Secretary General Nasser Kamel conversed with a group of students the challenges and opportunities of the Mediterranean region and highlighted the role of the UfM in that prospect. 21 March 2023 – Menton – In theRead more
20/21 March – Ain-Shams University – Cairo, Egypt – The Union for the Mediterranean and the European Investment Bank are continuing their partnership bringing – through trainings to selected Universities of the Southern shore of the Euro Mediterranean Region – high-level financial expertise on multilateral policies and EU project financing mechanisms. The 3 pilot UniversitiesRead more
