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Themes Training Business Club Speakers Agenda Registration Media Contact Resources The 2021 UfM Women Business Forum Final report of the Women Business Forum 2021 Technological changes, including digitalisation, have been accelerated by the Covid-19 health crisis. Digital transformation presents a major tool for empowering women to enable their inclusion in labour markets, in entrepreneurial andRead more

The UfM held an online event “Young people against Hate Speech on Social Media” with the participation of young experts from the region to address the forms and practices of hate speech and discuss the necessary measures required to combat hate speech on social media. The UfM held this online event in collaboration with theRead more

The internationalisation of higher education is aimed at enhancing the quality and standards of teaching and research. This study addresses mobility and cross-border education trends in the Euro-Mediterranean region, with special emphasis on academic exchange, involving students, scholars and administrative staff, as well as on the strategic international partnerships across the globe. The study focusesRead more

Virtual Site visit Through the testimonies of three inspiring women entrepreneurs from Tunisia, this session will take you behind the scenes of how digitalization is giving their businesses the edge in the natural cosmetics sector. Together, they paint a picture of how digitalization can optimize an enterprise’s operations–from time to market, inventory optimization, supply chainRead more

22 June 2021. The internationalisation of higher education systems goes far beyond academic mobility: it involves integrating an intercultural and global dimension in the teaching methods and governance. Internationalisation is not a goal by itself, but a process aimed at enhancing the quality and standards of education and research, and at making a valuable contribution toRead more

22 Juny 2021. Regional cooperation efforts in the fields of higher education, research and innovation play an essential role in achieving a positive agenda for the youth in the Mediterranean because of their potential on increasing employability and promoting intercultural dialogue. With this in mind, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) launched a regional dialogueRead more

MENA Business Club: Speed Networking Sessions Social & Civil Affairs (Delivered by the UfM in cooperation with UNIDO) Closed session for selected participants  Speed networking meetings are private one-on-one meetings to connect and exchange with other attendees. If you work on ICT, creative industries and cosmetics productive sectors, it is a great opportunity to promoteRead more

Women Business Forum 2021: Digital Transformation for Women-Led SMEs Social & Civil Affairs The program is designed to both increase the awareness about digital transformation for women led SMEs in the Euro-Mediterranean region and provide tools, knowledge, and skills to engage into the digital transformation journey. In particular, it will support beneficiaries to achieve theseRead more

With 40% of the population under the age of 25 in some areas of the Mediterranean, youth unemployment and under-employment in the region has been among the highest in the world for more than two decades. Unemployment is highest amongst those with tertiary education (as opposed to those without) reaching an average of 30% acrossRead more

3-4 June 2021, Patras.UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel held a bilateral meeting with the Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Miltiades Varvitsiotis, in view of reinforcing cooperation and synergies between the UfM Secretariat and the Hellenic Republic. The meeting took place in the margin of the 9th Regional Growth Conference.The Regional Growth Conference (RGC)Read more