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UfM Secretariat Headquarters in Barcelona, 10 June 2015 The Third Meeting of the UPFI Project Committee will gather all the Urban Project Finance Initiative (UPFI) partners, namely, the UfM Secretariat, the European Commission, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the German KFW, the Caisse des Dépôts (CDC), the as wellRead more

The UfM’s Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) Workshop brings all relevant stakeholders and promoters involved in the initiative together for the first time, marking the start of its second phase.

Laila Iskandar, the Minister of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Areas of Egypt; Anis Ghdira, the Secretary of State for Housing of the Government of Tunisia; and Mohammed Jalayta, the Mayor of Jericho (Palestine), are attending the workshop, along with high-level representatives from international financial institutions and 60 participants from six countries involved in 15 UPFI projects.

The UfM Secretariat aims to positively contribute towards sustainable urban development in the region by promoting innovative urban renewal, regeneration and development through specific urban projects and framework initiatives, such as the Euro-Mediterranean Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI).

In the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean Senior Officials Meeting, the UfM Secretariat officially launched the Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI). UPFI is the financial component of the ‘Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy’, which aims to create a shared and common framework for the development of sustainable urban and territorial development strategies and projects.

The official launch of the Urban Project Finance Initiative is due to take place in the first half of 2014.

4 February, 2013. Luxembourg The UfM Secretariat will participate in the seminar “Urban Development in the FEMIP Region”, to be held on 4 February 2014 in Luxembourg on the occassion of the FEMIP Committee. The seminar will discuss the urban development challenges in the FEMIP Region, as well as the Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI)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

The Fourth Senior Officials Experts Meeting took place at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Barcelona. Crucial steps have been accomplished for the conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy during the last few months.

Barcelona – Start date: 22.02.2013 The “UfM Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy: 4th Senior Official Experts Meeting” hosted by the Secretariat of the UfM, will be held in Barcelona on 22 February 2013, with the participation of the Senior Official Experts (SOEs) from UfM member countries as well as numerous institutions working on urban developmentRead more