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• Data show that the Mediterranean region is particularly exposed to global environmental concerns.
• The Union for the Mediterranean promotes and supports a variety of initiatives to address environmental challenges and help improve the quality of life throughout the region.
• A UfM Ministerial meeting on “Blue Economy” will be held at the end of the year with the goal of generating jobs and investment in the region.

The launch of the Water Integrity Capacity Building Programme for the Middle East and North Africa embodies the Union for the Mediterranean’s commitment to improving quality of life in the region through the implementation of integrated, equitable and sustainable water resources management.

Barcelona, 13 November 2014. The UfM-labelled project Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector successfully launched the national policy dialogue in Palestine — the first country to enter the second phase — during a first consultation workshop in Rammallah on 13 November. Officially launched in May 2013, this regional project is jointly implemented byRead more

Capacity Building Programme on Water Integrity in the Middle East and North Africa Water, Environment & Blue Economy Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The Capacity Building Programme on Water Integrity in the Middle East and North Africa aimed to help improve quality of life in the MENA region through sustainable water resource management. Most countriesRead more

Barcelona, 27 November 2014. UfM Deputy Secretary General for Environment and Water, Naser Tahboub, participated in the Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Mediterranean Water Forum, held in Murcia, Spain from 25 to 27 November. In his speech, Mr Tahboub highlighted the need for continued efforts and stronger coordination amongst Mediterranean actors in order to tackleRead more

– The First Regional Conference of the UfM-labelled project “Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector”, held in Athens, brought together water specialists and key stakeholders and complemented the successfully completed national work carried out in Jordan and Tunisia during the first phase.

– The project aims to improve public governance and attract investment to the Mediterranean region’s water sector.

UfM representatives presented to the international community the Desalination Facility Project as a priority water intervention for the Gaza Strip. The presentation took place at the Cairo International Conference on Palestine and Reconstructing Gaza.

• The first phase of the UfM-labelled project “Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector” has been completed following successful policy dialogues in Jordan and Tunisia. The project aims to improve the public governance and attract investments to the water sector of the Mediterranean region.

• The promoters GWP-Med and OECD organised workshops to launch national reports in Amman and Tunis, respectively. Stakeholders from the water and wastewater sector – authorities, utilities, donors, civil society, private sector, etc. – convened to discuss the report’s findings and recommendations based on the analytical work and series of consultation meetings held during the preceding ten months.

The development of a wind farm in Jordan, the creation of a Mediterranean water knowledge platform, a capacity building programme aimed at promoting civic education in schools and a programme aimed at stimulating green industries and entrepreneurship are the four new projects recently labelled by the UfM.

Barcelona, 22 March 2014. The Union for the Mediterranean joins the international community in expressing the need to find global and regional solutions to address the challenges surrounding energy and water (water-energy-nexus), highlighting the interlinkage of the two sectors, and the need for more resource-efficiency, which is a particular concern also in the Mediterranean region.Read more