The Union for the Mediterranean joins forces with FAO and CIHEAM to highlight regional initiative to counter land degradation in the Mediterranean, Near East and Eastern Europe at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 2-13 September New Delhi, India. The Mediterranean region is characterized by an acute scarcity ofRead more
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27-28 June 2019, Barcelona. The UfM Meeting on Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Housing will take place at the UfM Headquarters in Barcelona on June 27-28. For more information, please contact: urban@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more
24-26 June, Crete, Greece. The Mediterranean Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development was adopted together with the UfM Ministerial on ENV and CC in May 2014. Together with countries and other stakeholders, the event aims to review the progress made on the mainstreaming and application of the related Action Plan and to present the results ofRead more
21 June 2019, Marseille. The Union for the Mediterranean, represented by its Deputy Secretay General Miguel Garcia Herraiz took part to the international seminar “Strengthening cooperation efforts for a more cohesive, inclusive and sustainable Mediterranean”, held within the frame of the General Assembly of the CPMR Inter-Mediterranean Commission. The CPRM Assembly, taking place back toRead more
11-13 June 2019, Barcelona. The UfM will take stock of the implementation of the Current Regional Transport Plan for the Mediterranean (RTAP 2014-2020). This evaluation will pave the way for updating of RTAP as of 2021. The UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity and its thematic working groups on land maritime and air transport, and onRead more
3, 4 June, Barcelona. The event aims to take stock of the activities carried out so far by the CO-EVOLVE project and share the main related outcomes (Syntheses of Threats and Enabling Factors to Sustainable Tourism; Sustainability toolkit; Strategic planning at pilot areas scale; conclusions of the pilot actions in the 12 pilot sites) as wellRead more
On the occasion of the 2nd World Conference on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet in Palermo, the UfM met with CIHEAM and FAO to partner in support to a new platform on sustainable food systems in the region Within the conference, UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, participated in the session “A Mediterranean Contribution onRead more
10 April 2019, Montpellier. In order to follow up on the collaboration that was initiated on the occasion of the first joint event in Barcelona on 30-31 October 2018, the two projects are organising a second joint event on 9-10 April 2019, in the premises of the Département de l’Hérault (Montpellier, France). CO-EVOLVE is an ongoingRead more
1-5 April 2019, Lebanon. The UfM side-event to the Sixth Mediterranean Forest Week will take place in Lebanon on 1-5 April 2019 and will be the opportunity to launch the“Scaling up forest and landscape restoration in order to restore biodiversity and promote joint mitigation and adaptation approaches in the Mediterranean”, labelled by the UfM. This FAORead more
