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The development of this Financial Strategy for Water responds to the mandate by the Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean members in charge of Water and other Heads of Delegation at their meeting in Malta on the 27th of April 2017. Ministers called for a Union for the Mediterranean Water Agenda to enhance regionalRead more
This event has been postponed. The IFIs Urban Projects Committee is to be held at the Headquarters of the UfM in Barcelona on 2 April 2020. The meeting will bring together key partners of the UfM region, IFIs and donors, with the objective of exchanging views on the financial scheme of the labelled and future projects.Read more
This event has been postponed. The UfM Regional Platform Meeting on Sustainable Urban Development will discuss the operational steps to be taken to implement the UfM Urban Agenda, fostering innovative and sustainable solutions, promoting better knowledge and best practices on common urban development priorities, and identifying new projects that would be replicated in the region.Read more
2020 UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy Water, Environment & Blue Economy Second UfM Ministerial Declaration on Blue Economy: inputs from the Stakeholders through the on-line consultation Inputs from stakeholders will help identify future capacity building and technical assistance needs; priority themes for joint action to promote the sustainable blue economy financing principles andRead more
25 February 2020. The First UfM Ad-Hoc SOM (Senior Officials Meeting) on Blue Economy will be held in Brussels on 25 February 2020. The objective of this gathering is to continue advancing on the identification of the main priorities in the region in order to strengthen the dialogue and the cooperation in the field of BlueRead more
Turtles Uragano and Tempesta- hurricaine and tempest in Italian- were safely returned to the Mediterranean Sea after weeks of care in the recovery center of Manfredonia. Victims of accidental capture, the two loggerhead turtles were freed ahead of the COMMON Project training course on protection of marine endangered species. This first training course and transfer activities withinRead more
Drought is considered one of the most far-reaching natural disasters, bringing short and long-term economic and social losses to millions of people worldwide. Many countries across the globe that soon may face the impacts of intense drought still lack a comprehensive plan of action at the first signs of drought. Drought and water scarcity -interconnectedRead more
This document provides an overview of the various practices of Maritime Clusters being promoted to foster the Blue Economy across the Mediterranean region. Maritime Clusters are in fact important policy tools to support sustainable growth and jobs across the Mediterranean. They do so by promoting the uptake of innovation, knowledge, skills as well as accessRead more
The resolution adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) on 15 March 2019, “invites all Member States and relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, to design and implement public policies, plans and programmes that support education and raise awareness of the importance of sustainable consumption, sustainable lifestyles and sustainable consumer behaviour, and those that develop relatedRead more
