23-24 February 2023, Bucharest – The UfM Secretary General, in response to an invitation extended by Dr. Raed Arafat, Romanian Secretary of State and Head of the Department for Emergency Situations, attended the EFDRR Roadmap Action-oriented Dialogue: “Understanding and communicating existing and future risks: ensuring evidence-based communication”. This event was co-organised with the European Forum forRead more
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20-21 February 2023, Dubai –The Union for the Mediterranean, together with the Spanish Agency for Cooperation, AECID, have organised a key session in the framework of the Arab Water Convention, the Interactive Session 4 on Design Thinking Challenge (Future Lab). In the event, spokespersons have pitched new and innovative, out-of-the box ideas that could helpRead more
16-17 February 2023, Barcelona – The UfM Water Task Forces, Water, Environment, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus, Water Access, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Water, Employment and Migration (WEM) Nexus and Water Climate Change Actions (WCCA) meeting took place on 16 and 17 February 2023 in the Union for the Mediterranean premises in Barcelona. The meeting brought together theRead more
Dubai. 20-21 February 2023. The UfM will hold the session Design Thinking (DT): Developing Strategic and Innovative Project Ideas in collaboration with AECID (the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development) on 21 of February in the framework of the Arab Water Convention “Non-Conventional Water Resources: Business Opportunities”, which will take place on 20 and 21Read more
Barcelona. 16-17 February 2023. The UfM Water Agenda is composed of 4 thematic areas. Each one of these areas has a biannual rolling workplan. The latest update was covered for the period 2020-22. The goal of this Meeting will be, hence, to conclude the revision of the biannual workplans for the years 2023-2024 of the UfMRead more
UfM holds an official visit to new Member State, North Macedonia, to discuss regional environmental challenges and potential cooperation initiatives. 31 January 2023, Skopje. Following the entrance of the Republic of North Macedonia into the Union for the Mediterranean last November, UfM Deputy Secretary General in charge of Water, Environment and Blue Economy, Almotaz Abadi, paid anRead more
24-25 January 2023, Athens. The Plan of Action for a Model Mediterranean Sea by 2030 (PAMEx) held its first Steering Committee meeting on 24-25 January 2023 in Athens, Greece with the participation of UfM Deputy Secretary General in charge of Water, Environment and Blue Economy, Almotaz Abadi and UfM Senior Expert, Marie-Claire Boillot. In theRead more
14 December 2022, Barcelona. As part of the NEMAUSUS project, which brings together 7 EU countries, a meeting aimed at bringing together and fifteen experts in forest fires, called “Reference group” was held on December 14 at the UfM, which supports this project. Funded by DG ECHO, it aims to prefigure the creation of future thematicRead more
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
6-20 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheik. For the first time in the Conference of the Parties’ (COP) history, the 27th edition hosted a Mediterranean Pavilion. The initiative was conceived by the UfM to highlight both the urgent challenges the Mediterranean is currently facing, and the innovative solutions already being developed, raising awareness of a region overlooked in the climate negotiations. Located in the COP27Read more
