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Zaragazoza. 25 May 2016. With the support and participation of the UfM, the first annual meeting of the Second Chance Schools of Spain (E2O) will take place in Zaragoza on the 25th of May 2016. Participants will include representatives from national, regional and local authorities and from the private sector, academics and stakeholders from social andRead more

UfM Headquarters, Barcelona,  18 May 2016 For further information about the meeting, do not hesitate to contact Higher Education & Research Division by e-mail: education@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more

The UfM-labelled project Young Women as Job Creators is currently benefitting more than 2,000 young Mediterranean women eager to set up their own enterprises. The project was presented as a best regional cooperation practice at the Cairo International Women Empowerment, Entrepreneurs and SMEs Summit.

Barcelona, 5 May 2016. In the framework of the VIII Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Forum, held in Cairo on 28 April, UfM Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Delphine Borione, presented the results of the UfM-labelled project Young Women as Job Creators.

Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 5-6 May 2016 In fulfilling its mission of strengthening cooperation and creating synergies among the Institutions of the Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education and Research Area, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, represented by Prof. Ilan Chet, will be presented at the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities which will takeRead more

50 international experts on gender equality from UfM governments, international organisations and civil society organisations met on 25-26 April at the UfM headquarters in Barcelona to prepare the ground for the Ministerial Meeting on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society, planned to take place in the first half of 2017.

Rabat, 11 et 12 avril 2016  Dans le cadre de leur partenariat privilégié, l’Université Mohammed V de Rabat et l’université de Bordeaux organisent les 11 et 12 avril 2016 à Rabat un workshop sur le thème des «outils, méthodes et partenariat de la coopération universitaire euro-méditerranéenne». L’objectif de ce séminaire, qui associera universitaires, professionnels, institutions internationales,Read more

The Union for the Mediterranean has put women empowerment and gender equality at the heart of its mandate, among its main 3 priorities of action. The UfM is doing so by promoting the gender equality agenda as a public policy priority; by supporting concrete projects benefiting more than 50,000 women on the ground, and byRead more

Paris, 29 March 2016 L’Association des femmes arabes de la presse et de la communication (AFACOM) et l’Organisation islamique internationale pour l’Education, les Sciences et la Culture (ISESCO) organisent conjointement, le mardi 29 mars 2016 au Sénat à Paris, de 14h30 à 18h, le colloque annuel « Dialogue euro-méditerranéen au féminin ». Cette année le Read more

UfM Deputy Secretary General for Social and Civil Affairs, Delphine Borione, at the 60th edition of the Commission on the Status of Women: “Fostering regional cooperation initiatives in the fields of youth employability and women’s empowerment is paramount to effectively advance regional integration, stability and human development in our region”. The fight against violence wasRead more

Paris, 21 March 2016. The Director of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées (École des Ponts Paris Tech), Mr. Armel Labourdonnaye, and the President of the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes (UEMF), Mr. Mostapha Bousmina, signed a partnership agreement at the Embassy of Morocco in Paris. The signing was attended by Amb. Chakib Benmoussa and Mr.Read more