Cristina Russo, Director for International Cooperation at the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission, and Fathallah Sijilmassi, UfM Secretary General, discussed Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the field of research and innovation at the UfM headquarters in Barcelona. The Ministerial Conference on Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation through Research and Innovation is set to take placeRead more
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Brussels, 25 January 2017. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will participate in the 22nd meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Group of Senior Officials (EU-Med GSO) in Research and Innovation on 25 January 2017 in Brussels. The meeting is organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, and is the second one ahead ofRead more
• The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Groupe interacadémique pour le développement (GID) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration in the areas of higher education, research and youth employment.
• Fostering educational, training and scientific cooperation is key to effectively advance integration, stability and human development in the Mediterranean.
Marseille, 29 September 2016. On the occasion of its 350th anniversary, the French Academie des Sciences in partnership with the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) and under the auspices of the Groupe Interacadémique pour le Développement (GID) holds an international science and society event on “Skills and Knowledge in action for co-development inRead more
• The Euro-Mediterranean region is facing numerous consequences of the climate change which take a hard toll on habitants of Eastern and Southern Mediterranean countries. In this regard, the sustainable agriculture and fisheries are vital to the stable social and economic growth of the Mediterranean.
• CIHEAM’s 1st Mediterranean Forum for PhD Students and Young Researchers, framed within the UfM labelled project Higher Education & Food Security and Rural Development, provided the opportunity to debate on potential initiatives addressing the current challenges related to the design of sustainable agricultural food production systems in the Mediterranean basin.
18-19 July 2016. Montpellier With the support of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) will hold the First Mediterranean Forum initiative for PhD students and young researchers in Montpellier in July, 18-19. The objectives of this forum is to open up a platform ofRead 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
In the framework of this collaboration an Euro-Mediterranean institute of political science will be created within the UEMF
Rome, 21-22 October 2015 Prof. Ilan Chet, Deputy Secretary General of the Higher Education and Research Division, will be representing the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) at the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) General Assembly in Rome on October 21st and 22nd 2015. This year, four main topics on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in HigherRead more
Fes, 14 September 2015 The Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes (UEMF) will be a unique regional centre of excellence, welcoming more than 6,000 students from across the region and offering a wide range of programmes, ranging from humanities and social sciences to engineering. The UEMF will help to promote dialogue, cultural exchange and cooperation within higherRead more
