17 February 2022 – The UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development convened its third meeting on 17 February 2022 in online format. The meeting contributed to the implementation of the UfM Urban Agenda and resumed the process of laying the groundwork at technical level for the next UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development.Read more
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REGISTER to the online meeting 9 Dec 2021, 10:00-12:00 CET (Barcelona time). The Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental institution bringing together the 27 European Union Member States plus 15 countries from the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, to promote dialogue and cooperation among them, under the co-presidency of the EU andRead more
27 October 2021, Barcelona. The Union for the Mediterranean, ARLEM, UNEP/MAP and MedCities are organizing a regional workshop on City to city cooperation. The meeting will be held in the UfM’s headquarters in Barcelona in a hybrid format on 27 October 2021. City to city cooperation continues to be a promising framework for knowledge andRead more
The World habitat Day 2021 is about sustainable urbanization and collective global responsibility for the future of the human habitat, with a focus on moving towards carbon neutrality. The UfM Urban Agenda and the UfM Strategic Urban Development Action Plan 2040 reflect the shared strategic vision of UfM Member States for tackling adaptive urban andRead more
3 June 2021. In the context of the UfM Strategic Urban Development Action Plan 2040, UfM Member States are advised to map trends, risks and challenges with a view to factoring them in their national urban policies (NUPs) and integrated city development strategies (ICDSs). The meeting is a first step to this end, and it proposes to a first common reflection of how urban projects should take into account coastal flooding and sea-levelRead more
3 June 2021. The UfM Workshop “How to integrate sea-level rise and coastal flooding in urban policies and projects” will take place online on 3 June 2021. Read more
22-23 March. The UfM-IFIs Urban Project Committee will be convened on 22 and 23 March 2021 to overview the hitherto submitted project ideas/proposals of UfM Member States, with the participation of representatives of UfM Member States from their respective Ministries in charge of Urban Development, Housing, and Finance, along with project promoters, on the oneRead more
Working languages: EN, FR and AR Monday, 22 March 2021, 09:30-10:30 hrs. (Brussels time). Cooling is a tremendously important element to take into consideration in housing policies and projects in hot climate zones. Energy needs for space cooling are predicted to triple by 2050. Nearly 70% of the increase will come from residential buildings – inRead more
Thursday, 18 March 2021, from 11:00 to 12:30 hrs. CET A technical training on how to apply the degree of urbanisation will be conducted by the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, as a follow-up to the discussions held on the degree of urbanisation in the second meeting of the PermanentRead more
23-24 February 2020 – Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development Ayşe Asya represented the UfM in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) regional workshop organized by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning of Slovenia, in cooperation with UNECE, and with the support of the UfM, Housing Europe and UN-Habitat. Deputy SecretaryRead more
