5-9 June 2017, New York – The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) will participate through a video message to a side event on Marine Litter on the occasion of the OCEAN CONFERENCE organised by the United Nations in New York from the 5th to the 9th of June 2017. The session willRead more
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Leipzig, 2 June 2017. UfM Deputy Secretary General Ihab Fahmy participated in the 10th Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF) – OECD, held in Leipzig, Germany from 31 May to 2 June 2017. The summit gathered Transport Ministers from around the world, heads of key international organisations, international financial institutions and CEOs ofRead more
The World Alliance for Efficient Solutions and the UfM Secretariat agree to collaborate on joint activities to support the Euro-Mediterranean region transition toward a sustainable and low-carbon development.
Ministers in charge of housing, municipal affairs and urban development affirmed their commitment to reinforce cooperation and adopted the UfM Urban Agenda, with the aim of promoting and achieving sustainable urban development in the region.
The Ministerial Conference witnessed the launch of the UfM-labelled “Imbaba Urban Upgrading Project” positively impacting 2 million inhabitants.
Cairo, Egypt, 15-16 May 2017. Second UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development will take place in Cairo, Egypt on 15-16 May 2017. Participation is restricted to government representatives of the UfM Member States. For further information about the event, please contact Transport & Urban Development Division: transport@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more
Nairobi (Kenya), 10 May 2017. UfM Deputy Secretary General Ihab Fahmy addressed the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on the occasion of its 26th session held at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi, Kenya on 8 -12 May 2017. This Governing Council (GC26), which takes place a few months afterRead more
Barcelona, 25 April 2017. First UfM-IFIs Transport Project Committee Meeting is to be held at the Headquarters of the UfM Secretariat in Barcelona on 25 April 2017, back-to-back with the First UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity. For further information about the event, please contact Transport & Urban Development Division: transport@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more
Brussels, 28 February 2017. The second UfM Ad-Hoc SOM on Sustainable Urban Development will take place in Brussels on 28 February 2017. First UfM Ad-Hoc SOM on Sustainable Urban Development took place in Barcelona on 24 November 2016. For further information about the event, please contact Transport & Urban Development Division: transport@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more
Barcelona, 2 February 2017. The European Commission and the Union for the Mediterranean are glad to announce the “Stakeholder conference on the sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean“, which will take place on Thursday 2 February 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. The event is organized by the European Commission in close cooperationRead more
Marseille, France, 29-30 November 2016. For further information about the event, please contact Transport & Urban Development Division: transport@ufmsecretariat.org Read more
