23 March 2023, New York. In the framework of the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference and as part of the official programme of the conference, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and partners will be hosting a side-event, the ‘Water Finance in the Mediterranean: Accelerating the implementation of SDG 6 by enhancing the financial sustainabilityRead more
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The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is joining partner International Organizations and several of its Member States at the UN 2023 Water Conference to alert on the water crisis the Mediterranean region faces, and the need for better water finance and financial sustainability of water management. To build the capacity of youth whilst tackling theRead more
12-16 March 2023, Amman. INWRDAM will be holding an International Symposium on the “WEFE Nexus as a Catalyst for water policy making in the Levant and Africa”, to which the Water, Environment and Blue Economy Deputy Secretary General has been invited 12 and 16 March 2023 in Amman. On December 30th, 2022, the Union for the MediterraneanRead more
8 March 2023. To celebrate the International Women’s Day, the UfM seeks to recognise the paramount role of women in the water sector, and highlight the need to ensure that the women’s role is at the heart of the UfM priorities and in promoting initiatives supporting women in the Mediterranean region and beyond. Gender equalityRead more
7 March 2023, Barcelona – UfM hosted on 7 March 2023 the webinar on the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF): Outcomes, follow up and way forward”, as a follow-up on the COP15 Biodiversity, which took place in December 2022 in Montreal as shared international roadmap to tackle the ecological crisis and towards a more nature-positiveRead more
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
