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UfM Deputy Secretary General Delphine Borione represented the UfM Secretariat in the 8th Mediterranean Economic Week, held in Marseille from 5 to 8 November. This year’s edition focused on tourism as a driver of economic development in the Mediterranean region.

• The Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation through ERANET Joint Activities and Beyond (ERANETMED) initiative launches its first transnational call for research project proposals with the following themes: Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency, Water Resources Management and the Energy-Water Nexus.

• The proposal submission deadline is 31 January 2015. The total budget allocated for project funding under the ERANETMED initiative is €13,720, 000.

Marseille, 5-8 November 2014 The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will participate in the 8th Mediterranean Economic Week, which will take place from 5-8 November 2014 at the Villa Méditerranée in Marseille, France. Within this framework, UfM Deputy Secretary General for Civil and Social Affairs, Ambassador Delphine Borione, will open the 10th MediterraneanRead more

The Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes is seeking to recruit executives and specialist professors as part of its permanent staff.

• Skills for Success: Employability Skills for Women will support 450 young women and girls from Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia in acquiring the tools, knowledge and skills needed to access local labour markets.

• Additionally, a workshop on vocational training for girls and women has been held to analyse the current context in Lebanon and the Euro-Mediterranean region.

10 October, 2014 With the aim to foster employment opportunities, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will be launching Phase I[1] of the project “Skills for Success: Employability Skills for Women”. This UfM project seeks to support 450 young women and girls from Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia in acquiring the tools,Read more

With the aim to foster employment opportunities, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will be organising on 10 October, in Beirut, the launching of the  “Skills for Success: Employability Skills for Women” project’s first phase. This UfM-labelled project is promoted by AMIDEAST and seeks to support 450 young women and girls from Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt andRead more

• The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Fathallah Sijilmassi, and the Secretary General of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), Cosimo Lacirignola, signed a cooperation agreement to undertake joint initiatives benefitting higher education and food security in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

• The UfM-CIHEAM project “Higher Education on Food Security & Rural Development” was officially launched.

• Within the frame of this project, 20 scholarships have been allocated to Southern Mediterranean female students in the four CIHEAM institutes for the 2014-2015 academic year.

The INSA Euro-Méditerranée officially came into being on Monday 22 September as part of the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez (UEMF). This project created the first Euro-Mediterranean establishment for engineer training.

The Union for the Mediterranean and UN Women signed a partnership agreement to work closer on the road to Beijing +20, and undertake joint initiatives to effectively contribute towards women’s socio-economic empowerment.