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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.

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.

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 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

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.