Cascais, 2 April 2019. In the margins of the UfM Ministerial Policy Conference “Jobs, Skills and Opportunities for All”, which took place in Cascais (Portugal), a side event dedicated to “Signing of SOLiD Charter for the Promotion of Social Dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean Neighbourhood” was held. During his intervention, the Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel recognized the Charter as a major output of the programme SOLiD-South Mediterranean Social Dialogue, which is already yielding tangible results in Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco. He emphasized that “the Charter clearly consolidates the culture of social dialogue between the social parties with… Lire la suite
Cascais, 2 April 2019. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, met today with Cesare Onestini, the Director of the European Training Foundation (ETF) in the sidelines of the 4th UfM Ministerial Conference on Employment and Labour, hosted by Portugal. The two sides stressed the solid and long-standing cooperation within the different UfM platforms that include the UfM High Level Working Group (HLWG) on Employment and Labour, the UfM Experts Technical Meeting on Industrial Cooperation, the Med4Jobs Advisory Board, the UfM Conferences on Women Empowerment, and the Regional Dialogue process on “Higher Education Internationalization and Academic Mobility in the… Lire la suite
Cascais, Portugal, 1 April 2019. Degrees, PhDs, and research initiatives are essential tools for supporting the implementation of an inclusive economy, but despite the rise in numbers of university graduates across the Euro-Mediterranean region, youth unemployement remains a regional challenge. One of the reasons for high levels of unemployment for Mediterranean youth is a persistent gap between the skills acquired at universities and the requirements of business. More than 32 percent of Enterprises in some Southern Mediterranean Countries have identified labor skill levels as a major constraint to hiring [1]. Despite significant resources being invested in specialised training programmes, young… Lire la suite
En prévision de la 4e réunion ministérielle de l’UpM sur l’emploi et le travail, l’UpM approuve les initiatives visant à promouvoir une croissance économique bleue et durable afin d’améliorer les moyens de subsistance et de créer des emplois Bruxelles, le 28 mars 2019. Les Hauts Fonctionnaires de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) ont approuvé aujourd’hui deux nouveaux projets régionaux : l’un visant à renforcer la transition des pays vers une économie faible en carbone et vers une meilleure capacité d’adaptation face au dérèglement climatique (Clima-Med) et l’autre visant à encourager le développement des compétences, connaissances et recherche dans le secteur de l’économie… Lire la suite
La région méditerranéenne compte plus de 25 millions d’hectares de forêts et environ 50 millions d’hectares de terres boisées. Les zones forestières protégées couvrent 9 millions d’hectares, soit 4,3% de la superficie totale de la région. L’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) et l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation (FAO) lancent un projet visant à restaurer la biodiversité en Méditerranée par la restauration des forêts et des paysages, le 1er avril lors de la 6ème Semaine forestière méditerranéenne (Liban). Barcelone, 21 mars 2019. Le bassin méditerranéen est le deuxième lieu au monde des plus riches en termes de biodiversité : riche… Lire la suite
• Si rien ne change d’ici 2050, des problèmes liés à l’accès à l’eau ayant un impact sur l’agriculture, la santé et les revenus pourraient réduire le PIB de la région du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord de 6 à 14% . • Trois emplois sur quatre dans le monde dépendent de l’eau . Pourtant, 50 millions d’emplois devront être créé au cours de la prochaine décennie pour absorber l’offre croissante de main-d’œuvre dans la région méditerranéenne. • L’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) a dirigé l’élaboration d’un programme régional pour l’eau accompagné d’une stratégie financière visant à favoriser l’accès… Lire la suite
Meeting of the Secretary General of the UfM and the Executive President of the Agadir Technical Unit
Barcelona, 18 March 2019. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, met today with Fakhry Alhazaimeh, the Executive President of the Agadir Technical Unit (ATU) responsible for the Trade Technical issues related to the Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (Agadir Agreement). The UfM Secretary General Kamel highlighted the importance and the opportunities of trade liberalization between the Mediterranean partners. He encouraged to continue the positive efforts among the members of the Agadir Agreement in terms of south-south and south-north trade integration, which also lead to the political decision to enlarge the membership of the Agreement to two additional members,… Lire la suite
Around 2 billion people around the globe work informally, most of them in emerging and developing countries, including a 68.8% in the Arab World. The absolute majority of these workers do not enjoy social protection, rights at work or decent working conditions, which seriously hampers the sustainable and inclusive development efforts on the ground. Most people end up in the informal economy not out of choice, but out of need in the absence of any other viable and decent alternative that would protect their rights in a properly-functioning labour market. The UfM Secretariat joins the regional and global efforts aiming… Lire la suite
The Action Plan on UfM Cooperation on fight against Piracy and Counterfeiting is one of the important deliverables of the UfM Ministerial Conference on Trade, held last year in Brussels Intellectual Property-intensive sectors account for 42% of the European Union’s Gross Domestic Product, worth €5.7 trillion and generates 38% of all jobs About 5% of all good imported into the European Union are counterfeit or pirated, which is equivalent to €85 billion in illegal trade The UfM Secretariat is actively engaged in promoting trade in the UfM Region, given the very low economic integration levels, specially amongst the southern Mediterranean… Lire la suite
Paris, 6 March 2019. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, met today with the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly, following an invitation by Marielle de Sarnez, Chair of the Committee. During the meeting, Secretary General Kamel presented the recent activities and initiatives developed and supported by the UfM, underlining the role of the organisation in a rapidly evolving regional context, while emphasizing the need to reinforce regional cooperation. He provided an update on UfM region-wide agendas on women’s empowerment and water as well as on the role and… Lire la suite