More than one hundred experts from 20 Euro-Mediterranean countries met at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean to discuss the Draft of the Master Plan, which plans the deployment of an additional 20 GW of renewable energy capacities by 2020 as well as the large development of energy efficiency…. Lire la suite
The UfM Secretariat and the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) signed a letter of intent with the aim to accelerate regional integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region…. Lire la suite
The official launch of the UfM-project Young Women as Job Creators will take place before May 2013. The initiative aims at promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship among young women university students who are about to graduate and have interest in starting their own business…. Lire la suite
A two-day working seminar was held at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean with the aim to increase information exchange and operational cooperation between EU Delegations in Mediterranean countries and the UfM Secretariat…. Lire la suite
Discussions focused on the development of existing synergies between the Secretariat of the UfM and the Agadir Technical Unit (ATU), especially in the fields of SMEs and Transport…. Lire la suite
Three new projects adopted by the Union for the Mediterranean envisage the construction of a Jordanian National Railway as part of a regional railway network; the improvement of Higher education on food security and rural development; and the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Development Centre for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…. Lire la suite
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal received on Sunday in Algiers the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). This working visit took place upon the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mourad Medelci…. Lire la suite
The project is about to formally take off with the aim to address the challenging governance-financing nexus with regard to the Mediterranean water sector. The financial contribution of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) accounts for about 40% of the project and will finance primarily the project’s regional component, consisting of regional consultation meetings and dialogue events as well as the regional coordination, administration and communication of the project…. Lire la suite
During his visit to the premises of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Barcelona, the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Gonzalo de Benito, met with the Secretary General of the UfM, Fathallah Sijilmassi. Both parties discussed the agenda of projects of the UfM and defined the priority areas of cooperation between Spain and the organization…. Lire la suite
The meeting was an excellent opportunity to assess the progress achieved and the tasks yet to be delivered for an enhanced participation of women in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the Mediterranean region…. Lire la suite
