3 – 11 September 2021 – IUCN and France are organizing in Marseille the IUCN Nature World Congress, one of the main events dedicated to biodiversity. This Congress will give the opportunity to a high-level political mobilization on the fight against the loss of Biodiversity and promote the scientific debate on the state and theRead more
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28 July 2021, Rome. UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel intervened today at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit, held on26-28 July at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome, Italy. Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and in partnership with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, this hybrid eventRead more
10 July 2021, Dubrovnik. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, participated on the 9th and 10th of July in the 14th edition of the Dubrovnik Forum, held under the title “(Post)-Pandemic Geopolitics – Together in a World Apart”. The Forum was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković, alongside the High Representative ofRead more
7 June 2021, Barcelona. UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel and Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation Arancha González Laya met today in the headquarters of the UfM in Barcelona to discuss regional integration and cooperation in the Mediterranean, as well as the preparations of the next UfM Regional Forum, that will gather the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the UfMRead more
The first Euro-Mediterranean conference, held in Barcelona, Spain on 27-28 November 1995, launched the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, known as the Barcelona Process. This dialogue framework was born out of a commitment to strengthen relations between Europe and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, with the overall objective of establishing a Mediterranean area of peace, stability andRead more
28th November 2021 will mark the first annual celebration of the Day of the Mediterranean, recognising Mediterranean culture and embracing the rich diversity of the region. mediterraneanday.com #MediterraneanDay In November 2020, the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean declared the 28th of November as the official Day of the Mediterranean, to be marked annually,Read more
By Nasser Kamel, UfM Secretary General.
“With the outbreak and progression of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have plunged into a new era, one with its own unique challenges. First among these are how to identify such an unprecedented shock, how to measure the extent to which its effects can spill over between countries or indeed be contained, and how to quantify the uncertainty surrounding forecasts.”
2nd March 2021, Virtual Format – The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, participated as a key note speaker in a Forum organized by the Delphi Economic Forum and the Institute for Sustainable Development of EPLO – the European Public Law Organization. The forum on “Blue Economy: The Way to Green Recovery”Read more
By Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union and Vice-President of the European Commission / Ayman Safadi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / Nasser Kamel, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean.
“Today we bring together the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) at its fifth Regional Forum of Foreign Ministers, which is a special one as it happens 25 years after the launch of the Barcelona Process.”
Photo: 4th Regional Forum (2019) Barcelona, 19 November 2020 – On the occasion of a phone call, Nasser Kamel, UfM Secretary General, and Sabri Boukadoum, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, had an exchange on the state of preparation for the Fifth UfM Regional Forum and the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process, toRead more
