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• The students were introduced to the UfM Secretariat’s activities and efforts in promoting regional integration.

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Madrid, 23 – 24 March 2015 The Second Ministerial Conference on Research, Innovation and Higher Education of the Western Mediterranean Forum – 5+5 Dialogue – will take place on 23-24 March 2015 in Madrid. The synergies between research and innovation and the role of education to support employment and competitiveness will be the two keyRead more

The launch of the High Opportunity for Mediterranean Executive Recruitment (HOMERe) programme meets two of the Union for the Mediterranean’s (UfM) main objectives: supporting education and jobs for young people and developing the region’s private sector.

Marseille, 17 March 2015 The UfM-labbelled HOMERe project (High Opportunity for Mediterranean Executives Recruitment) consists in an innovative mobility scheme promoting transnational internships in companies between nine Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. HOMERe contributes to two main objectives of the Union for the Mediterranean: supporting education and youthRead more

• UfM Deputy Secretary General Delphine Borione represents the UfM ‎Secretariat at the 59th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, ‎taking place in New York from 9 to 20 March 2015. ‎

The unemployment rate for women in the Middle East and North Africa region is 21.3%, among the highest rates in the world. Despite the progress achieved in the region to empower women and promote gender equality, the gender gap remains high. This will not be closed until women participate fully in economic, social, political and cultural life.

The main objective of the Mediterranean New Chance programme ‎is to provide young people who have been excluded from the ‎labour market (dropouts from school and unemployed graduates) ‎with innovative training and first business experience following ‎the successful pedagogical model of the Second Chance School of ‎Marseille.‎‎

11-13 February 2015, Portorož (Slovenia) The UfM Secretariat will participate in the EMUNI Annual Conference 2015 entitled “Science Diplomacy: Re-thinking the EuroMed Cooperation Agenda” which will be held on 11-13 February 2015 in Portorož, Slovenia. The UfM Secretariat will be represented by its Deputy Secretary General in charge of Higher Education and Research, Prof. IlanRead more

28-29 January 2015, UfM Headquarters. Barcelona. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will host the Experts Preparatory Meeting of the Second Ministerial Conference on Research, Innovation and Higher Education of the Western Mediterranean Countries (Dialogue 5+5) on 28-29 January 2015 in Barcelona. The Dialogue 5+5 Second Ministerial Conference on Research, Innovation and Higher EducationRead more