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      L’Union pour la Méditerranée est une institution intergouvernementale réunissant les États membres de l’Union européenne et 16 pays du Sud et de l’Est de la Méditerranée dont le but est de promouvoir le dialogue et la coopération.

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      23 July 2023 – Diário de Notícias – União para o Mediterrâneo, 15 anos de cooperação regional
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The UfM in action: acting today for a sustainable tomorrow

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Leaving no one behind

Grant Scheme for Employment

Building resilience & sustainability

COP27 Mediterranean Pavilion

The challenges facing the Euro-Mediterranean area amid the post-pandemic recovery, the climate emergency, and the geopolitical crises in the region have called for us to act together and with more resilience than ever.

The 2022 Annual Report highlights the UfM contribution to these regional efforts, as we worked to ensure that no one is left behind and that resilience and sustainability are enhanced throughout the region. We have launched three renewed regional strategies, focused on employment and labour, on women’s empowerment, and on research and innovation. The UfM Hub for Jobs, Trade and Investment was also established to enable more editions of the UfM Grant Scheme, which helped over 18,000 people across seven UfM Member States in 2022.

The progress achieved on the ground last year has crystallised as well in a key milestone: the creation of a Mediterranean Pavilion for the first time in the framework of the COP27. The initiative, conceived by the UfM Secretariat, aimed to raise awareness on the Mediterranean, often overlooked in climate negotiations, and provided an exceptional opportunity for the region to talk and act as one.

This initiative and others have demonstrated how the UfM, 15 years after its creation, has established itself as the multilateral institutional framework for dialogue and cooperation in the Mediterranean, tangibly impacting lives on the ground for the citizens today and working to build a better future.

Go through this publication to discover our action for 2022, in our efforts to make the Mediterranean adapt to adversity and bounce back always stronger.

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Nasser Kamel

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I. Leaving no one behind

Job creation, especially in the aftermath of the negative repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market, represents a major challenge for all the Mediterranean countries. This calls for multiplying efforts of coordination and cooperation between both shores in order to reduce unemployment rates, with an emphasis on developing vocational and technical training to include new sectors that would benefit the youth.
Nayef Stetieh, Minister of Labour, Jordan (2021-2022)

In line with its commitment to “leave no one behind,” the UfM has prioritised protecting and empowering populations, particularly the most vulnerable. To address labour market challenges, UfM Ministers met in May 2022 for the 5th UfM Ministerial to enhance employability in view of promoting an inclusive, green, digital, and sustainable recovery for all.

The UfM’s Roadmap for Action 2022-2025 on Employment & Labour focuses therefore on NEETs, formal employment for informal workers, diversified and sustainable financing mechanisms, and promoting social economy, entrepreneurship, and innovation as a resilient model for job quality creation.

To support these efforts, the UfM signed a Joint Declaration of Intent with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to create the UfM Hub for Jobs, Trade, and Investment. This Hub will reinforce the UfM’s dialogue platforms in employment and regional economic integration, provide targeted assistance to individual UfM Member States, and promote South-South trade and sustainable investments in North Africa.

Tackling another regional priority, the UfM Secretariat has been working on implementing a regional mandate focused on strengthening the role of women in society in the Mediterranean. Four priority areas were identified aiming at increasing women’s participation in economic life and leadership positions as well as changing stereotypes and  combating violence against women. To monitor progress in these areas, the UfM member states established the first Intergovernmental Monitoring Mechanism on Gender Equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

The UfM also organized events and initiatives to address gender disparities and promote women’s entrepreneurship. The Women Business Forum focused on gender-smart financing models and highlighted the importance of investing in women entrepreneurs. Additionally, the UfM engaged with young people to gather their aspirations and recommendations for a more sustainable Mediterranean future, bringing young people’s voices to the 43 UfM Ministers of Foreign Affairs during its 7th UfM Regional Forum.

In addition, the UfM Secretariat expanded its scope of action to include disability and social inclusion on its agenda. The first Conference on Disability and Social Inclusion explored the barriers faced by people with disabilities in accessing employment, the importance of gender perspectives, and accessible tourism.

Humans of the Mediterranean

Women challenging disability in the Mediterranean

Patricia and Jahda live on opposite sides of the Mediterranean but share the same fight: ensuring that people living with disabilities can enjoy a dignified and financially independent life.

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The European Investment Bank (EIB)

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the Mediterranean region’s main financial partner, with more than EUR 10 billion invested since 2002. In October 2008, the EIB was asked by the Euro-Mediterranean finance ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg to support three priority initiatives of the Union for the Mediterranean. Today, the EIB presents a broad outline of its involvement in this reinforced partnership and counts with a permanent EIB representation based at the UfM Secretariat.

In 2022, the EIB and the UfM joined forces to provide training sessions in Mediterranean Universities.

ZOOM ON Euro-Mediterranean PROJECTS

Euro-Mediterranean Guarantee Network (EMGN)

The EMGN project aims at facilitating access to finance, in particular for MSMEs, by gathering guarantee schemes active in the Euro-Mediterranean region, which is one of the priorities of the UfM regional dialogue on Industrial Cooperation, as well as in the new EU agenda for the Mediterranean. The project was granted the UfM label for its regional added-value in June 2022.

II. The UfM Grant Scheme for Employment Promotion: creating opportunities, protecting the vulnerable

With the support of the German Development Cooperation, the UfM Grant Schemes aim at improving the employment situation, particularly of those already more vulnerable to economic shocks, such as informal workers, blue-collar workers, youth and women. The grant schemes reflect the UfM’s determination to improve the citizens’ employment situation and the business environment for entrepreneurs and MSMEs.

In 2022, 4 projects were developed under the Grant, benefitting 18K individuals in 7 UfM States (Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco and Tunisia) with a total budget of 1.13M euros. The projects were FLOWER (Fostering Local Market Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment and Resilience); MAST (Mediterranean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism post COVID-19), RISE (Resilience & Innovation through Strengthened Entrepreneurship), SEARChED (Strengthening Employment and entrepreneurial Activities to Recover COVID-19 Epidemic Damages).

III. Building resilience and sustainability

The UfM is committed to building resilience and sustainability in the Euro-Mediterranean region and sees research & innovation as a crucial tool in achieving this goal. While recognising the need to tackle pressing challenges faced by the current generation, including climate change, renewable energies and improvements in healthcare, it is clear that cutting-edge research and innovative solutions are key to ensuring a better future for all. In these efforts, the UfM held its first-ever Ministerial conference on research and innovation in June 2022, aimed at promoting international cooperation on science and knowledge in the region.

During its endeavors, the UfM worked to promote existing and potential solutions to tackle various issues. Collaboration through partnerships and initiatives was central to this approach in protecting both the environment and the people. The UfM recognized that marine litter, particularly plastics, posed a significant environmental threat. In response, the new project “Plastic Busters CAP: Fostering knowledge transfer to tackle marine litter in the Mediterranean” kicked off in January 2022 under the umbrella of the UfM-labelled project Plastic Busters, to become an instrument to improve Integrated Coastal Zone Management.

Another crucial aspect addressed by the UfM was access to finance, which played a vital role in the growth and development of the water and blue economy sectors. Conferences such as the UfM Blue Finance Conference and the EU-UfM High-Level Conference on Water Finance and Investment were organized to encourage investments in sustainable projects. These initiatives aimed to support the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in fisheries, aquaculture, shipping, tourism, and coastal infrastructure.

“This very first Research and Innovation Ministers meeting under the umbrella of the UfM comes at a very timely moment. Today, we take political important steps forward in levelling up R&I cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region on climate change, renewable energy and health.”
Sylvie Retailleau, Minister for Higher Education and Research of France

Safeguarding people and the environment from natural and human-induced disasters was a key priority for the UfM and 2022 saw the launch of the Regional Dialogue Platform on Civil Protection to strengthen civil protection and enhance regional cooperation in disaster prevention, response, and preparedness. This initiative laid the foundation for a comprehensive regional strategy and fostered further collaboration among member states.

Recognizing the challenges posed by rapid urbanization and climate change, the UfM also focused on sustainable urban development and organised webinars and meetings to address crucial topics such as urban nature, green spaces, and data-driven urban policies. Exploring innovative models like housing cooperatives and port city transformations, the UfM aimed to foster sustainable urbanization and mitigate vulnerabilities. Enhancing regional connectivity and mobility was another crucial aspect of the UfM’s work. Member states collaborated to develop a new Regional Transport Action Plan (RTAP), which took into account global trends, climate considerations, and digital technologies, creating a shared vision for trans-Mediterranean integration in the infrastructure sector. The RTAP aimed to future-proof national transport policies, strengthen resilience, and promote evidence-based policy-making.

Mediterranean human story

Citizens in action: fighting plastic pollution at the grassroots level

In 2022 the ARLEM Award was awarded to Manar Ramadan and her start-up Banlastic, which aims at banning single-use plastic and creating a more sustainable future for her community.

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Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean (PRIMA)

By funding R&I through competitive calls, PRIMA focusses on building research and innovation capacities and developing knowledge and common innovative solutions for agro-food systems to make them sustainable, and for integrated water provision and management in the Mediterranean area.

In 2022, PRIMA and the UfM Secretariat joined forces to establish the first-ever Mediterranean Pavilion at the COP27, while PRIMA is an ongoing partner of the UfM on the research and innovation, food security, and women & youth in rural areas sectors.

ZOOM on Euro-Mediterranean PROJECTS

Scaling up forests and landscape restoration in the Mediterranean

Forests play a key role in providing and protecting ecosystem services and biodiversity. The maintenance of healthy forested landscapes is essential for reducing the impacts of climate change. Effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of large-scale programmes mainstreaming Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) and promoting joint mitigation and adaptation approaches are critical to achieving climate and restoration goals in the Mediterranean region.

With a total budget of €1,850,000 over a four-year period, the project, promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and financed by the German Cooperation, is building regional and national capacities for the implementation of FLR programmes. As part of the UfM GreenerMed Agenda, in particular Axis 3 on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration, it received the UfM label, as it directly contributes to the implementation of the UfM Ministerial Declaration on environmental and climate action of Cairo (4 October 2021).

IV. The Mediterranean Pavilion at COP27: voicing concerns, finding solutions

The COP27, held from November 6-18, 2022, hosted the first-ever Mediterranean Pavilion in the history of climate negotiations. At the initiative of the UfM Secretariat, the Mediterranean Pavilion was a coalition of like-minded partners: co-led together with the PRIMA Foundation and UNEP-MAP, along with a group of relevant organisations and a scientific committee, headed by the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC) network.

The coalition aimed to highlight the urgent challenges faced by the region and the innovative solutions already being developed, while the Mediterranean Pavilion hosted over 60 events and working meetings, bringing together public and private, scientific and academic, technical, policymaking, civil society, finance, and business actors. The Pavilion also saw almost 42% female speakers, compared to an average of 37% female representation across all party delegations at COP27.

2022, a year in review

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