The teachers’ trainings are organised under the framework of the UfM labelled project “Forming Responsible Citizens”, promoted by Ideaborn and funded by the Norwegian and Monaco governments. The project aims at establishing schools as a key vehicle for transmitting citizenship and gender equality values and is implemented in partnership with national partners and in close coordination with the national ministries of education.
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Cristina Russo, Director for International Cooperation at the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, and Fathallah Sijilmassi, UfM Secretary General, discussed Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the field of research and innovation at the UfM headquarters in Barcelona. The Ministerial Conference on Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation through Research and Innovation is set to take placeRead more
Higher Education on Food Security and Rural Development Higher Education & Research Ongoing Context and objectives The Higher Education on Food Security and Rural Development project aims to improve postgraduate programmes offered by the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), in order to enhance cooperation among Mediterranean countries in the fields of food security and ruralRead more
Developing Women’s Empowerment Higher Education & Research, Social & Civil Affairs Completed Context and objectives The goal of this project was to enhance the role of women in Euro-Mediterranean societies in an effort to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of the region. Developing Women’s Empowerment had a strategic, long-term approach to fostering gender equalityRead more
The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, and the President of the Women for Africa Foundation, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, signed a collaboration agreement to work on projects and joint activities for the promotion of women’s empowerment in the Mediterranean. Barcelona, 28 January, 2017. The agreement was signed atRead more
Brussels, 25 January 2017. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will participate in the 22nd meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Group of Senior Officials (EU-Med GSO) in Research and Innovation on 25 January 2017 in Brussels. The meeting is organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, and is the second one ahead ofRead more
DIAMED (Dialogues for the Mediterranean) is an initiative that gives the opportunity to students to work on social projects and current topics, in order to present a concrete project and to speak on behalf of young people before an inter-governmental organization, the Union for the Mediterranean. Objectives: to encourage young people to develop ideas ofRead more
UfM Secretariat, Barcelona, 15 December 2016. The UfM Secretariat will host the UfM regional meeting on higher education internationalisation and academic mobility in the Euro-Mediterranean area on 15 December 2016 in UfM Secretariat in Barcelona. The meeting will bring together representatives from UfM Member States, the European Union and key relevant actors and stakeholders with theRead more
• The UfM Secretariat participated in the Ministerial Conference for the Action Plan on Education for Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean, held at the invitation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Cyprus Republic, Costas Kadis, in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 8-9 December. • An Action Plan on Education for Sustainable Development in theRead more
Hakfar Hayarok, Israel, 26-28 October 2016. The Eastern Mediterranean International School (EMIS), an UfM-labelled project, will host the second edition of their annual ‘Youth Organized Collaboration of Peace and Sustainability’ (YOCOPAS) Conference on 26-28 October 2016 at their educational premises close to Tel Aviv. The YOCOPAS Conference brings together 16-18 year old high school studentsRead more
