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More than a 100 participants of the Skill for Success program celebrated the end of their training and their improved employability skills.

Riviera Hotel, Corniche el Manara, Lebanon, 18 August 2016 AMIDEAST/Lebanon will hold a graduation ceremony for the participants of the programme Skills for Success in Beirut on August 18, 2016. Skills for Success is an employability-skills-training programme, labelled by the UfM, addressed at young, economically disadvantaged and unemployed women who have completed their secondary schoolRead more

• Minister Schmit and UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi discussed the upcoming third UfM Ministerial Meeting on Labour and Employment.
• They explored ways to further coordinate efforts in addressing the challenges of the region in the field of vocational training and youth employment.

• The Euro-Mediterranean region is facing numerous consequences of the climate change which take a hard toll on habitants of Eastern and Southern Mediterranean countries. In this regard, the sustainable agriculture and fisheries are vital to the stable social and economic growth of the Mediterranean.
• CIHEAM’s 1st Mediterranean Forum for PhD Students and Young Researchers, framed within the UfM labelled project Higher Education & Food Security and Rural Development, provided the opportunity to debate on potential initiatives addressing the current challenges related to the design of sustainable agricultural food production systems in the Mediterranean basin.

Amman, Jordan, 19th to 21th July 2016 The Conference is organized by UNIDO as part of the projects “Promoting women empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in the MENA region” and “Development of Clusters in Cultural and Creative Industries in the Southern Mediterranean”, under the auspices of the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat. TheRead more

18-19 July 2016. Montpellier With the support of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) will hold the First Mediterranean Forum initiative for PhD students and young researchers in Montpellier in July, 18-19. The objectives of this forum is to open up a platform ofRead more

Twenty-two young women from around ten Southern Mediterranean countries, selected on the basis of their background and ambition to develop a culture of gender equality, took part in a two-week training course on equality and leadership, in Paris and Strasbourg from 9 to 20 May.

Eastern Mediterranean International School (EMIS) Higher Education & Research Ongoing Labelled projects Context and objectives The Eastern Mediterranean International School (EMIS) is a new international boarding school located in Hakfar Hayarok, Israel, which welcomes around 200 students from countries all over the world, with significant representation from the Euro-Mediterranean region. EMIS combines high-quality education with intercultural exchanges andRead more

Brussels, 26-27 May 2016 For further information please contact the Social & Civil Affairs divison: socialaffairs@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more

University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 25-27 May 2016  Reflecting on society and contributing to its development through research and education in collaboration with key stakeholders is at the core of the universities’ mission. While being part of the society and subject to their specific social, economic and political developments, universities and their communities are able toRead more