The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) together with a wide range of partners will be actively engaged in contributing to the issues of depollution and sustainable development in the Mediterranean at the focal points meetings of the Programme for the Assessment and Control of Pollution of the Mediterranean (MEDPOL) and The RegionalRead more
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Barcelona, 18 June, 2013. Amb. Yigit Alpogan, UfM Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development, participated today in the 15th International Logistics & Material Handling Exhibition (SIL) held in Barcelona during 18-20 June 2013. This Exhibition is the meeting point for all the logistics activity from the South of Europe, the Mediterranean and LatinRead more
The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) launched today the LOGISMED Training Activities (LOGISMED-TA) project, which aims at reinforcing the Mediterranean logistics sector. This key project will serve as a vector for development in the Southern Mediterranean countries in view of facilitating transport and strengthening trade flows in the region.
The LOGISMED Training Activities (LOGISMED-TA) project will contribute to the creation of a more competitive and efficient network of Euro-Mediterranean Logistics Platforms by increasing the training offer and improving the level of qualifications of the logistics platforms’ personnel. These series of training activities will be implemented during the period 2013-2018 in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
LOGISMED Training Activities (LOGISMED-TA) is an UfM labelled project endorsed by the 43 member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean. This project is promoted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and funded by the European Commission and the Deauville Partnership Transition Fund. Author: Union for the Mediterranean May 2013 Read more
Barcelona, 15 May 2013. The preparatory work of the UfM Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy that started in March 2012 following the request by the First Ministerial Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on Sustainable Urban Development (Strasbourg, November 2011), has been successfully concluded on the occasion of the Fifth Senior Official ExpertsRead more
Barcelona- Date: 10 May, 2013 The Fifth Senior Official Experts Meeting will be held in Barcelona on 10 May 2013, with the aim to conclude the preparatory work of the UfM Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Strategy, as mandated by the Ministers in charge of Urban Development on the occasion of the “First Ministerial Conference of theRead more
UfM headquarters. Barcelona – Start date: 22.04.2013 The meeting is organised in the framework of the Euro-Med Transport Cooperation. It follows from the conclusions and recommendations of the 12th Working Group Infrastructure & Regulatory issues and the 10th Euro-Mediterranean Transport Forum that were held in January 2013, with the aim to create an ad-hoc Committee toRead more
Geneva, 17 April 2013. UfM Secretariat Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, and International Road Transport Union (IRU) Secretary General Emeritus, Mr. Martin Marmy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim to further facilitate and secure trade around the Mediterranean basin by implementing key UN multilateral trade and transport facilitation instruments, such asRead more
The measures of the RTAP were formulated by the Mediterranean partners themselves in accordance to national needs and objectives. Consequently the measures of the RTAP have been largely taken into account in the development of various policy strategies and national action plans in the field of transport. The regional vision of the RTAP was dictated by the guidelines ofRead more
