15 December 2023. Online – The 3rd online Conference on “The Restoration of Mediterranean Wetlands: the Wetland-Based Solutions”, organized by the Union for the Mediterranean and MedWet will be held on the 15/12/2023, 10:00 – 12:00 (CET). The Conference will be an excellent opportunity to highlight and inform all stakeholders, including decision-makers and practitioners at all levels on the latest tools,Read more
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13-15 December 2023, Marrakech, Morocco – Recognizing the role of historic Arab Cites and Ksours in urban development and economic and social revitalization, as well as the importance of safeguarding urban heritage through effective and innovative housing solutions, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is joining hands with UN-Habitat, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and UNESCO toRead more
5-7 December 2023, Tunis, Tunisia – The first country workshop of the UfM project “Traditional Building Skills in the South Mediterranean Region” will be organised in Tunisia from 5 to 7 December 2023 in cooperation with the Ministry of Equipment and Housing of Tunisia. The UfM project, which is implemented by the UfM in collaborationRead more
5 to 8 December 2023, Portoroz – The 23rd Meeting of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols will take place in Portoroz, Slovenia. This event, supported by partner countries and organizations of the “Plan of Action for a Model Mediterranean Sea by 2030” (PAMEx), will feature a compelling side event. Facilitated roundtableRead more
05 December 2023. Online – The UfM and the Interreg Euro-MED programme are launching MED Talks. The initiative promotes dialogue between Euro-MED and the Southern and Eastern countries in the Mediterranean. A first webinar will take place the 05 December 2023 at 10.00 (CEST). This MED Talks webinar will be a unique opportunity to discussRead more
16-17 November 2023, Tirana (Albania) – The aim of the Meeting “Re/Defining the Role of Housing Agencies in Albania and Montenegro: Learning from peer countries”, which will take place in Tirana, Albania on 16-17 November 2023, is to conduct a first assessment of Albania’s and Montenegro’s needs, in terms of setting up its Housing AgencyRead more
15-16 November 2023, Brussels (hybrid) – The 7th Meeting of the UfM Task Force on Environment will be held from 15 to 16 November 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. This gathering is significant in the context of the 2nd UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change, adopted in 2021, which aims to propel the MediterraneanRead more
8-9 November 2023, Marrakesh – The UfM-labelled ‘TouMaLi’ project aims to minimize the volume of waste from the tourism sector in target countries in North Africa, and to recycle and reuse unavoidable waste in order to sustainably reduce the overall amount of marine and beach litter and to protect marine and coastal ecosystems. TouMaLi assessesRead more
6-10 November 2023, Barcelona – As part of the UfM-labelled project “The Paris Agreement in action: scaling up forest and landscape restoration to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions,” the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the EFI Mediterranean Facility and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is organizing a regionalRead more
November 2023 (Date TBC), Barcelona (Spain) – The upcoming meeting of the “UfM Network of Schools of Architecture & Urban Planning” will take place in Barcelona, Spain in November 2023, back-to-back with the Award Ceremony of the “UfM Urban Design Student Competition”. The Student Competition has been conceptualized and initiated by the UfM Meetings ofRead more
