The first UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change (hereinafter the Declaration) was adopted in Athens on 13 May 2014. Through this joint Declaration, the 43 UfM Ministers expressed the urgent need to join forces on three main axes of work, namely: The H2020 Initiative for the De-pollution of the Mediterranean Sea; Sustainable Consumption and ProductionRead more
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The first UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change (hereinafter the Declaration) was adopted in Athens on 13 May 2014. Through this joint Declaration, the 43 UfM Ministers expressed the urgent need to join forces on three main axes of work, namely: The H2020 Initiative for the De-pollution of the Mediterranean Sea; Sustainable ConsumptionRead more
The UfM Working Group on Blue Economy is a technical group composed of representatives designated by the UfM countries and is co-chaired by the two co-Presidencies with the support of the UfM Secretariat; The group meets at least once a year, possibly back to back with other events. It includes permanent observers as per MinisterialRead more
The UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development and its thematic Working Groups, brings together UfM government representatives, key regional and international partner organisations and international financial institutions, as well as the key experts and stakeholders from both the public and private sectors.
The UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity will bring together UfM government representatives, key regional and international partner organisations, and international financial institutions, as well as the private sectors.
10 November 2017, Barcelona. – 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
9 November 2017, Barcelona.- The UfM Regional Platform 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
In efforts to take concrete steps towards implementing the UfM Urban Agenda, the UfM Secretariat organised the First UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development in Brussels on 9 November 2017.
Brussels, 9 November 2017. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration to advance sustainable urban mobility. On the margins of the First UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development, UfM Deputy Secretary General Amb. Ihab Fahmy and UITP Secretary General Elect Mohamed Mezghani signed, inRead more
TransLogMED Transport & Urban Development Completed Context and objectives The TransLogMED project develops training activities targeting the logistics sector, complementing the completed UfM-labelled project LOGISMED TrainingActivities (LOGISMED-TA). Over a five-year period (starting in November 2017), the project aims to foster regional integration in the Mediterranean, enhance professional performance, and promote employment and gender equality in the transportRead more
