November 2023 (Date TBC), Barcelona (Spain) – 2023 will witness the first iteration of the “UfM Urban Design Student Competition”, which this year will focus on “Urban Solutions to Climate Change in the Mediterranean”. Urban Design solutions/proposals for all kinds of climatic challenges constitute the main subject of the competition. As part of the celebration ofRead more
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Marta Miquel is the Chief Business Officer at the Barcelona-based Escola Europea for Intermodal Transport, promoters of the UfM-labelled project TransLogMed. Evolving within one of the least integrated regions of the world, the TransLogMed project works as a bridge between continents towards achieving more efficient and environmentally-friendly transport solutions. The Euro-Mediterranean region boasts an extensiveRead more
25-26 October, Tunis – The Closure Event of the UfM-labelled Co-Evolve4BG project will take place on 25-26 October in Tunis. The meeting will aim to celebrate the successful completion of the project and showcase its key outcomes. Operating under the UfM label, Co-Evolve4BG has been a driving force in advancing sustainable coastal/maritime tourism throughout the MediterraneanRead more
11 October 2023, Barcelona. Following the 13th UfM Working Group on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) held on in Brussels on 14 March back-to-back with the First meeting of the Blue Mediterranean Partnership (BMP), UfM countries and SBE stakeholders will meet on 11 October at UfM premises in Barcelona in order to continue making progress on theRead more
6 October 2023, Barcelona. The Mediterranean region is currently grappling with the challenge of over 80 million hectares of degraded land. Moreover, more than 400,000 hectares of forests are lost to wildfires each year, placing at least 16 animal and plant species in Mediterranean forests at the brink of extinction due to environmental threats, includingRead more
In 2017 the UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water mandated the development of a regional Water Agenda and a companion Financial Strategy. The UfM Water Agenda is structured around four pillars: ensuring universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); increasing the climate-resilience of Mediterranean economies; supporting balanced development across the water-energy-food-environment nexus; andRead more
4-6 October 2023, Paris (France) – The “2nd TAIEX Multi-Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Buildings” is a 3-day workshop co-organised with the Union for the Mediterranean and the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion of France. The workshop, which will be held in Paris, France on 4-6 October 2023, targets Southern Neighbourhood andRead more
3-4 October 2023, Brussels – Following the successful UfM Ministerial Conference on Transport held on 9 February this year and the adoption of the new Region Transport Action Plan (RTAP) for the Mediterranean region, the upcoming meetings of the UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity and its thematic Working Groups (WGs) on Land, Air, Maritime Transport andRead more
2- 6 October 2023, Barcelona EFI Young Leadership Programme 2023 is co-organised with the Union for the Mediterranean aiming at young professionals working in the research and development, governance, administration or business side of the forest sector, or a related area. The 5-day programme offers a unique opportunity for young professionals with leadership potential to interactRead more
