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
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EU-UfM High Level Conference on strengthening water finance and investment policies under climate change takes place in Cairo (Egypt) as a prelude to COP-27. The EU and the Union for the Mediterranean are committed to supporting UfM countries in developing and strengthening their water investment and finance policies. There is a need to act onRead more
19 September 2022 – The UfM Water Task Forces, Water Access, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Water Climate Change Actions (WCCA), took place during the IME’s Regional Symposium “Our Mediterranean: water challenges and regional priorities for 2050” on 19-20 September 2022 under a hybrid format from Valencia, Spain. Bringing together country representatives and regional stakeholders of the UfMRead more
17-18 October 2022, Cairo, Egypt. The High-Level Conference “Strengthening Water Finance and Investment Policies to Address the Climate Emergency in the Mediterranean Region — A Pre-COP 27 Event” will take place under a hybrid format from Cairo (Egypt) on 17-18 October 2022 in the framework of the 2022 Cairo Water Week. The High-Level Conference isRead more
19 September 2022, Valencia, Spain. UfM Water Task Forces, Water Access, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Water Climate Change Actions (WCCA), will be held on 19 September 2022, from 10:45 to 12:00 and from 12:00 to 13:30 hours (CEST), under a hybrid format from Valencia, Spain. Achieving water security is a major challenge in theRead more
23-24 May, Amman, Jordan. The overall aim of the 12th Meeting of the Water Expert Group WEG is to continue supporting efforts by UfM member states to increase water security, promote water investments as well as entrepreneurial in the Mediterranean region through the implementation of the UfM Water Agenda. The specific objectives of the meetingRead more
22 – 27 March. Access to water is a major challenge for the 21st century. Shortages, poor water quality or lack of sanitation facilities have a negative impact on food security, health, gender equality and the living conditions of the poor. The problems are numerous and complex: millions of people in the Mediterranean still lack accessRead more
21-24 of March 2022, Dakar. This March 2022, participants from all walks of life, including political and economic decision-makers, multilateral institutions, academia, civil society and the private sector, will gather in Dakar, Senegal, for the 9th World Water Forum. Mediterranean actors will attend this event with an agreed common agenda to strengthen efforts in theRead more
23 March 2022 – The 10th Meeting of the UfM Working Group on Blue Economy will take place in person in Brussels and online, on 23 March 2022. The meeting aims at: • Presenting and exchanging on the Roadmap for the implementation of the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy (adopted on February 2nd,Read more
Groundwater resources are the main source of the water supply in many Mediterranean countries and are subjected to pressures resulting from unequal distribution, accessibility, and quality issues. Groundwater-intensive exploitation contributed to the decrease, deterioration, and disappearance of over 50% of wetlands during the past century. Wetlands’ ecosystem services are among the most productive habitats inRead more
