The 12th Ministerial Meeting of UfM Trade Ministers is due to be convened in the second half of 2023. 20 July 2022. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean convened today by videoconference for the third meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment. They followed up on the planned work encompassing the three main pillars of Sustainable Trade, Sustainable Investment and Regional Integration, along the lines of the Joint Declaration by UfM Trade Ministers of November 2020. The meeting of the platform was chaired by the UfM Co-Presidency, the European Commission (DG TRADE) and Jordan… Lire la suite
Les quatre projets récompensés ont permis d’aider 18 000 personnes dans sept pays de la région euro-méditerranéenne, à savoir la Grèce, l’Italie, la Jordanie, le Liban, Malte, le Maroc et la Tunisie. Barcelone, 14 juillet 2022. Dans le cadre de sa stratégie de réponse régionale à la pandémie de COVID-19, l’UpM a lancé un programme de subventions pour la promotion de l’emploi en 2020 visant à améliorer la situation de l’emploi, en particulier dans les pays du sud et de l’est de la Méditerranée. Afin de présenter le travail accompli et les leçons apprises par les projets récompensés, la cérémonie… Lire la suite
UfM Member States met today at the level of Senior Officials to discuss the activities and projects of the Union for the Mediterranean for the second semester 2022. They exchanged on the state-of-play of the preparations for the upcoming Ministerial Meetings on Research and Innovation (27 June 2022), on Transport (3 October 2022), and on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society (26 October 2022). They further granted the UfM label to the project ‘Euro-Mediterranean Guarantee Network (EMGN)’, which aims at facilitating access to finance, in particular for MSMEs, by in four areas: training, research and development, advocacy and communication… Lire la suite
14 June 2022, Online- The UfM Regional Platform on Industrial Cooperation convened on 14 June 2022, bringing together, along with the EU and Jordanian UfM Co-presidencies as well as the UfM Secretariat, representatives of Embassies, Small Business Act “SBA” coordinators and Senior Officials in charge of industrial cooperation from the UfM Member States. On this occasion, the most recent EU policies (EU Standardisation Strategy, EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles and Team Europe Initiative on Jobs through Trade and Investment) were presented and discussed. Within the framework of the implementation of its new Work Programme for the period 2021-2024, the discussion focused… Lire la suite
Les ministres chargés de l’emploi et du travail au sein des pays de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) se sont accordés sur des actions communes pour une meilleure intégration des marchés sociaux et du travail dans la région euro-méditerranéenne. Les gouvernements ont pour objectif de revaloriser la participation économique des jeunes et des femmes dans leurs sociétés, tout en continuant à mesurer l’impact des politiques du marché du travail. Durant les discussions, le lancement d’une « communauté de pratiques sur l’emploi des jeunes » a été décidé, pour échanger sur les bonnes pratiques au sein de la région. L’UE a lancé l’Initiative Équipe Europe « L’emploi… Lire la suite
Marrakech, 17 May 2022. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel; and the Director a.i. of the European Training Foundation (ETF), Xavier Matheu , have signed today a Declaration of Intent during the UfM Ministerial Policy Conference held within the framework of the fifth UfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour hosted by Marrakech, Morocco, on 17-18 May 2022. Under this Declaration, the UfM and ETF express their wish to share knowledge, expertise, and networks in order to follow up on the regional dialogue on Employment and Labour; contribute to the UfM Community of Practice on… Lire la suite
Doté d’un budget de 11 millions d’euros, le Hub pour l’emploi, le commerce et l’investissement de l’UpM contribuera à la promotion de l’emploi, à l’intégration des pays du sud de la Méditerranée dans les chaînes de valeur régionales de biens et services et à faciliter le commerce et les investissements durables dans la région. Un jeune sur trois de la rive sud de la Méditerranée est au chômage, tandis que dans les pays de la région MENA, une femme sur cinq seulement est sur le marché du travail. Marrakech, le 18 mai 2022. A l’occasion de la 5ème réunion ministérielle… Lire la suite
The UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment convened its second meeting in 2021 by videoconference. 16 December 2021. The 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean convened today by videoconference for the second meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment. They followed up on the planned work agreed upon at the previous meeting in July 2021, encompassing three main pillars of Sustainable Trade, Sustainable Investment and Regional Integration, along the lines of the Joint Declaration by UfM Trade Ministers of November 2020. The meeting of the platform was chaired by the UfM Co-Presidency, the… Lire la suite
30 November and 1st December 2021. In collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a UfM Practical Educational Workshop on “e-governance” was implemented by the Estonian ICT Cluster for the benefit of Mauritania in a hybrid format on 30th November and 1st December 2021. The third in a series of UfM e-governance Workshops organized throughout 2021 as a follow-up to the outcomes of the UfM Conference on “Digital Transformation and Digital Skills for the Future” held in Tallinn (Estonian Capital), on 30 September 2019, this tangible initiative aimed to provide an opportunity for best practices sharing on digitalization as well… Lire la suite
29 and 30 September 2021: The UfM Practical Educational Workshop on ´´e-governance´´ in Palestine was organized digitally on 29 and 30 September, in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ, and the Estonian ICT Cluster, as a tangible initiative towards strengthening UfM-Palestine cooperation ties. This Workshop is the second in a series of UfM e-governance Workshops intended for the interested Southern Mediterranean Countries as follow-up to the conclusions of the UfM Conference on ´´Digital Transformation and Digital Skills for the Future´´ held in Tallinn (Estonian Capital), exactly two years ago, on 30 September 2019. Bringing together participants form various… Lire la suite
