Three new projects adopted by the Union for the Mediterranean envisage the construction of a Jordanian National Railway as part of a regional railway network; the improvement of Higher education on food security and rural development; and the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Development Centre for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
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The meeting was an excellent opportunity to assess the progress achieved and the tasks yet to be delivered for an enhanced participation of women in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the Mediterranean region.
The Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes (UEMF) aims at being a unique regional centre of excellence in the fields of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It will offer a wide range of study and research programmes in Humanities & Social Sciences and Engineering which will focus on topics with important impact on the integrated development of the region.
The UfM Social and Civil Affairs Division and the Spanish Civil Society Platform for Cooperation in the Mediterranean (ECEM) are to collaborate on a future project to improve the social and economic situation of women in the Southern Mediterranean region.
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the UfM Secretariat agreed on defining concrete ways of collaboration based on the existing synergies and complementarities with the aim to create an added-value in the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation.
Cyprus, Nicosia – Start date: 22.10.2012 to date: 23.10.2012
“In our Division we are dealing with all the aspects related to education, from vocational training to Higher Education and Research to increase student mobility and employability of youth. The added value is the purpose of increasing the potential for regional integration among Euro-Mediterranean countries through concrete projects in education with a positive impact onRead more
The project proposal, which was submitted by the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training of the Kingdom of Morocco, counted on the full support of the 43 UfM countries.
The new UfM project was labeled by the representatives of the 43 country members within the framework of their regular Senior Official Meeting, which took place in Barcelona on June 28th
The Conference was attended by approximately 4.500 people from different countries and generations, including world leaders as H.E. Shimon Peres, Rt. Hon. Tony Blair and Dr. Henry Kissinger.
