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In view of the upcoming 2nd UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Action, scheduled to take place in Egypt, a UfM Online Stakeholder Consultation was launched on the 22nd of July and remained active till the 31st of August 2020. The aim of the Stakeholder Consultation was to: provide the possibility to an evenRead more
13 October 2020. As a follow-up to the UfM Senior Officials’ meeting of 23rd September, 2020, the UfM is organising an online informal coordination meeting, which will be hosted on Tuesday, 13 October, 2020, between 14:00-15:30 hrs. CEST. The objective of the meeting is to facilitate information exchange, enable comparison of notes, and to contribute to effortsRead more
The H2020 Initiative for a cleaner Mediterranean. The ‘Horizon 2020 Initiative’ (2007 – 2020) has been a joint effort to sub-stantially reduce pollution in the Mediterranean by tackling the sourc-es that are said to account for around 80% of the overall pollution of the Mediterranean Sea: municipal solid waste, urban waste water and in-dustrial pollution. TheRead more
Water, food, energy and ecosystems are essential for human well-being, poverty reduction and sustainable development. The UfM Member States are well aware of water, energy, food and ecosystems challenges. Although cross-sectoral integration is a constant effort, related challenges have so far been addressed mostly within silos. Author: Union for the Mediterranean – Water Division UpdatedRead more
29 September 2020. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, the Government of Catalonia and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) are organising a series of conferences entitled “Dialogues of the Mediterranean +25 Cycle”, to discuss central issues in depth with the aim to renew the vision of the Euro-MediterraneanRead more
Online, 15 September 2020. The 7th meeting of the Working Group (WG) on the Blue Economy will take place on the 15 September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions and related health and safety recommendations, the WG will take place online. The 7th meeting of the UfM WG on Blue Economy aims at: Presenting the calendarRead more
