Blog

UfM Headquarters, Barcelona, 1-2 October 2015 The third meeting of the UfM Climate Change Expert Group (UfMCCEG) will be held at the premises of the UfM Secretariat, in Barcelona, on 1 and 2 October 2015. The declaration of the UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change, held on 13 May 2014, underlined climate changeRead more

UfM Headquarters, Barcelona,  23 July 2015 The Union for the Mediterranean SOM (Senior Officials Meeting) of 31 March agreed to establish three high level UfM Energy Platforms on Gas, REM (Regional Electricity Market) and REEE (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency). The official announcement took place in Rabat on 6 May. The purpose of the UfMRead more

• According to the World Bank, investment to cover energy needs in the Mediterranean will come to €23 billion per year by 2030
• Enhanced dialogue through UfM platforms on energy will facilitate partnerships between the main stakeholders in the field of energy and strengthen cooperation between the member states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Skhirat, 6-7 May 2015 Hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco; the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, will participate at the Informal UfM high-level conference on climate change that will be held in Skhirat, Morocco, on 7 May. The event will gather Ministers and high-level representatives of UfM Members and theRead more

Lisbon, 2-3 March 2015 Deputy Secretary General Teresa Ribeiro and Special Representative of the Secretary General Ambassador George Saliba will represent the Union for the Mediterranean in the 2nd Ministerial Conference on Environment and Renewable Energies of the Western Mediterranean Dialogue – 5+5 Dialogue. During the conference the challenges of climate change and the cooperationRead more

December, 2014. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has collaborated with RES4MED (Renewable Energy Solutions for the Mediterranean) and Enel Foundation in the first edition of the Advanced Training Course “Integration of Renewable Energy Solutions in the Mediterranean electricity markets” that was successfully concluded in November. RES4MED and Enel Foundation have organizedRead more

  Lima, 4 December 2014 Organised by the European Commission (DG Climate Action) and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, the event ‘Mediterranean Cooperation on Climate Change: Union for the Mediterranean’ will be held on the sidelines of the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, at the EuropeanRead more

• MedReg is the Mediterranean’s only organisation of independent public authorities that is committed to creating a common regulatory framework for electricity and gas, to the benefit of consumers in 21 countries.
• MedReg’s Barcelona Forum offers concrete and practical proposals for better energy regulation in the Mediterranean in order to promote enhanced infrastructure investment.

Barcelona, 26 November 2014 The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will participate in the first Mediterranean Forum on Energy Regulators (MEDREG Forum). The forum will take place on 26 November 2014 in Barcelona, Spain under the theme “Regulation & Investments: Solutions for the Mediterranean Region”. Within this framework, the UfM Deputy Secretary GeneralRead more

Barcelona, 12 June, 2014. Today the UfM Secretariat hosted a meeting of the Committee on Energy, Environment and Water of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) at its Barcelona headquarters. The meeting gathered parliamentarians representing various member states of the Union for the Mediterranean. Discussions focused on the developments of importantRead more