Brussels, 20 November 2019. The 6th meeting of the Working Group on the Blue Economy (BE WG) will take place at the Centre des Conferences Albert Borschette (CCAB) in Brussels on 20 November 2019. The Working Group is an integral part of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy, which is one of the deliverables of the UfMRead more
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14 November 2019, Barcelona. The Joint Plastic Busters workshop on creating synergies for consolidating the fight against marine litter in the Mediterranean will take place in Barcelona on 14 Barcelona 2019. The meeting aims to provide a concrete opportunity to the Interreg Med Plastic Busters MPAs project and the ENI CBC Med COMMON project, toRead more
The MedFund: Environmental Fund for Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Water, Environment & Blue Economy Ongoing Context and objectives The aim of the MedFund project is to contribute to the long-term management of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas by strengthening their financial sustainability through the establishment of an environmental fund (or “trust fund”) financing mechanism. It isRead more
Interreg MED Green Growth community Water, Environment & Blue Economy Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The Interreg MED Green Growth community is a network of 14 projects which promote sustainable development in the Northern and Eastern Mediterranean area based on the sound management of the natural resources, taking into account the effects on the labour marketRead more
Brussels, 26 September 2019. The UfM Permanent Working Group on Evaluation, Monitoring, and Reporting on Sustainable Urban Development will be held in Brussels, on 26 September 2019. The objective of this group is to evaluation, monitoring and reporting systems on sustainable urban development at regional level. EC Directorate-General for the Joint Research Centre will leadRead more
20-21 September 2019, Bizerte, Tunisia. The UfM co-organized the 2nd edition of the Forum de la Mer, held in Bizerte, in Tunisia the 20 and 21 September 2019, gathering political leaders, scientific communities, civil society actors, entrepreneurs and experts from the two shores of the Mediterranean, in order to share their expertise for a reasonableRead more
21 September 2019, Bizerte. The UfM is co-organizing on 21 September 2019 the Forum de la Mer in Bizerte, Tunisia. The Forum seeks to address key issues of environmental conservation, conservation and sustainable use of oceans and seas, the fight against climate change and a sustainable approach to the blue economy at the top ofRead more
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), signed in 1994, constitutes the sole international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. The 197 Parties to the Convention work together to improve the living conditions for people living in drylands, by maintaining and restoring land and soil productivity and mitigating and adapting toRead more
18-20 September, Gammarth. CO-EVOLVE is an ongoing three-year Interreg MED project focusing on the sustainable development of maritime and coastal tourism that was launched in November 2016 and brings together 12 partners (public regional and local administrations, universities, research institutes, a foundation and the CPMR IMC). After the pre-kick off meeting held in Barcelona onRead more
