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Barcelona, 29 November, 2013. The Women's Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) took place today at the premises of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean. The Committee was chaired by Samira Merai-Friaa, member of the National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, and focused on two main topics:Read more

The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is currently working on a new framework initiative to promote student mobility across the Mediterranean region, with a particular focus on South-South and North-South mobility. The new initiative will be presented to the UfM member states in 2014.

The 5th Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Forum was held in the framework of the 7th Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders, a major economic event in the Mediterranean region, focusing on the key aspects of the region’s socio-economic development.

The second UfM-EuroMed Social Dialogue Forum took place in Barcelona on 13 November. The event, organised by the European Commission, the Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, was opened by Mr Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Mr Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General of European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion,Read more

More than 120 representatives from economic and social councils and a large number of other civil society organisations from 14 Mediterranean countries and the EU gathered at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in Barcelona, on 11 and 12 November for discussions on the future role of civil society in the UfM.

11-12 November, 2013 UfM headquarters, Palacio de Pedralbes, Avenida Diagonal, 686, Barcelona, Spain The 2013 Euro-Mediterranean Summit of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions is co-organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean. The event is co-financed by the European Commission. The Summit will focusRead more

Jordan, 2 November, 2013. Jordan Forum for Business & Professional Women (JFBPW) conducted on November 2nd 2013, the first Women Entrepreneurship Day (WED) in Amman, continuing thus the implementation of the Union for the Mediterranean labelled project “Young Women as Job Creators”, promoted by the Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen (AFAEMME). The workshop wasRead more

More than 100 young women students attended the first Palestinian Women Entrepreneurship Day, which took place at the Ramallah Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of the activities implemented within the framework of the UfM Project ‘Young Women as Job Creators’ launched earlier this year. The participants came from three local higher education institutions,Read more

The Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI University) has launched an International call for the election of a new President. The closing date for all applications is 20th of October 2013: http://www.emuni.si/en/novice/id_922 Established in the frame of the Declaration of the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean (Paris, 13th July 2008), the EMUNI University is an international network of overRead more

A series of seminars on Women Entrepreneurship will take place in Morocco and Palestine next October 2013 with the aim to provide talented young women finishing their University studies with assistance to become successful businesswomen.