Since its inception, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has emphasized and promoted the role of science in its dialogue between experts, governments and diplomats. In 2022, the UfM Ministers of Research and innovation approved the First UfM Ministerial conference on Research and Innovation (Paris, 27 June 2022), reinforcing the role of research cooperation andRead more
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28 June, Katowice (Poland), the event will take place in Katowice on 28th June 2022 and will be organised in co-operation with the Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Region project (meetMED II) and the Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) on the margins of the 11 edition of the World Urban Forum TheRead more
9-10 June 2022 – UfM is supporting the organization of a MedECC authors’ meeting at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona. The overall objective of the meeting is to progress on the production of the three Special Reports on the Mediterranean that are being prepared during the period 2022-2023, namely on (i) coastal risks, (ii) climate-water-food-energy-ecosystemsRead more
8-9 June 2022, Dead Sea, Jordan. The UfM is participating as a co-host at the MENA Europe Future Energy Dialogue (MEFED) that will take place in Jordan. The conference will be held under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of Jordan. MEFED aims at deepening the energy cooperation between the MENA regionRead more
The event gathered governments, industry organizations, private companies, international organisations and think tanks to discuss the current challenges of the energy markets today and the road to energy transition. 14 February 2022, Cairo. UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, took part in the 5th Egypt Petroleum Show in Cairo, in the panel on “Modernising global energyRead more
2 February 2022. The UfM Co-Presidency and the UfM will hold the Annual Meeting of the UfM Energy Platforms on 2 February 2022. The UfM Co-presidency and the UfM secretariat have held numerous coordination meetings with stakeholders of the UfM energy platforms in preparation for this meeting. A new Roadmap for Action on energy, isRead more
“Young people are concerned for their future, but they don’t have the tools to express and address those concerns.” Born and raised in Tangier, Hajar Khamlichi is Mediterranean through and through – but she’s not blind to the region’s challenges. “The Mediterranean combines all the problems that one region can have,” she laughs. “Social, political,Read more
14 June 2021 – The 3rd Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Ministerial Meeting on Energy will be held by videoconference on 14 June, hosted by Portugal and co-chaired by the UfM Co-Presidency. UfM Energy Ministers will gather with the common goal of raising the ambition of the region to contribute to a just and fair energyRead more
The Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in charge of Energy gathered for their Third Ministerial Conference on Energy in Lisbon on 14 June 2021. Energy Ministers from the 42 UfM Member States met to discuss regional cooperation towards energy security and a low-carbon transition. With a population of over 500 million inhabitantsRead more
