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Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, Barcelona, 18-20 October 2016 The SwitchMed Connect 2016 will feature a unique blend of expert discussions, entrepreneurial stories, good cases and hands-on applications. The event will be held on the 18-20 October in Barcelona at Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. SwitchMed Connect:Read more

Quito, 18 October 2016 – 16:30-18:30 Additional Information For further information please contact the Transport and Urban Development division:transport@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more

Waste management is one of the main environmental problems in Turkey’s cities, including Izmir, and it is also a key strategic issue with particular relevance at regional level. Izmir’s current solid waste landfill facility is reaching its full capacity. The new facility will provide high-quality integrated solid waste management for Izmir at a critical time, and will adopt an exemplary, innovative and environmentally friendly urban infrastructure approach.

27 September 2016, Sant Pau Knowledge Center, Barcelona, Spain.  The Coast Day was launched in 2007 to increase environmental awareness among policy makers, academia, media, NGOs and the locals of the importance of the Mediterranean coast as a natural, cultural and economic resource, and the risks it currently faces. This year’s regional celebration will be organised inRead more

The Multi-Site Urban Regeneration Project in Jericho Project will improve living conditions for 50,000 inhabitants of the city and Jericho Governorate by reorganising and upgrading important public and leisure facilities and extending the city’s green spaces. These interventions will bring about the revitalisation of those areas, benefiting commercial activities and local economic development. Moreover, the Project will play a key role in improving the food security chain.

The project Motorways of the Sea OPTIMED, IMPLEMENTATION – Towards a new Mediterranean Corridor: from South-Eastern to North-Western ports was granted the UfM labelling from 01-06-2016 to 18-12-2019 The main objective of the Project is the optimisation and strengthening of the trade connections among the ports of the Mediterranean area by means of improvements toRead more

• The blue economy offers enormous potential for job creation and investment in the Mediterranean, thus contributing to human development, stability and regional integration. This untapped potential can only be exploited through the better coordination of maritime affairs among all Mediterranean countries.

• The 1st UfM Working Group on the Blue Economy took place in Turku, Finland, with the aim of discussing the state of play of regional cooperation in the different areas relevant to the blue economy, fostering initiatives and projects and preparing for the launch of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy. The meeting was held just prior to the European Maritime Day (18-19 May).

SwitchMed Connect opens ¨Call for contributions¨. You can now submit your ideas until the end of May 2016.

• The 1st informal Expert Meeting on Road Safety in the Mediterranean gathered experts from key institutions to agree on further action to improve road safety in the region.

• “The UfM is very well placed to coordinate road safety prevention efforts in the Mediterranean”, said Jean Todt, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Road Safety.

• “The UfM Secretariat stands ready to contribute to road safety efforts in the region within the framework of its activities in the transport sector, by providing a wide intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder platform to build on a concerted agenda”, said UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi. “The figures on road traffic accident victims and the socio-economic impact are staggering. It is time for action”, he added.

Turku, Finland, 17 May 2016 The recently adopted Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Declaration on the Blue Economy represents the political commitment to improve maritime governance and create an environment conducive to job creation, innovation and knowledge-based business opportunities through the strengthening or development of key maritime sectors in the Mediterranean, in line with sustainable consumptionRead more