Monday 4 February 2019 – The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, attended this afternoon the signing ceremony of the declaration launching the #MedCooperationAlliance, a new strategy put in place by long-standing local and regional partners of the UfM to promote the sustainable and integrated territorial development of the Mediterranean basin. Signed by the regions of the Intermediterranean Commission of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), the Euro-Région Pyrénées-Méditerranée, the Adriatic Ionian Euroregion and the networks of local authorities MedCities and Arco Latino, this declaration calls stakeholders active in the Euro-Mediterranean region to redouble their… Lire la suite
29-30 January 2019, Barcelona. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean hosted this past 29 and 30 January the annual meeting of the UfM Energy Platforms in Barcelona, Spain. The UfM Energy Platforms are the only existing dialogue forum gathering all Euro-Mediterranean countries as well as the key stakeholders dealing with electricity markets, renewable energy, energy efficiency and gas in the Mediterranean region. The Observatoire Mediterranén de l’Energie presented the recently published the “Mediterranean Energy Perspectives 2018” that shows the current energy trends in the region, forecasting potential 2040 scenarios. Per capita energy demand in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean… Lire la suite
29 and 30 January 2019, Barcelona. A delegation of parliamentarians from the EPP Group composed of Andrey Kovatchev (Bulgaria), Santiago Fisas (Spain) and Francis Zammit Dimech (Malta) visited the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in Barcelona, on 29-30 January, 2019. This visit is part of a series of discussions organized with parliamentarians from UfM Member-States aimed at presenting ongoing flagship projects and initiatives promoted by the organisation. The members of the European Parliament (MEPs) met with the UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel and other UfM representatives to discuss how to strengthen synergies and partnerships to jointly tackle common challenges in… Lire la suite
31 January 2019, Brussels. UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel met yesterday with the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, and conveyed his gratitude for the continuous support of the European Commission to the UfM…. Lire la suite
24 janvier 2019, Barcelone. Le Secrétaire Général de l’Union du Maghreb arabe (UMA), Taieb Baccouche, accompagné sa directrice de cabinet et des affaires politiques et de l’information, Besma Soudani Belhadj, ont visité pour la première fois le Secrétariat de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) à Barcelone et ils ont pu rencontrer son Secrétaire Général, Nasser Kamel. L’objectif de cette visite était d’initier et de structurer la future collaboration entre ces deux organisations. Les Secrétaires Généraux Kamel et Baccouche ont saisi l’occasion pour exposer les rôles respectifs des deux organisations et expliciter comment elles vont pouvoir créer des synergies aux profits… Lire la suite
22 January 2019 in Fes. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the European Commission, in partnership with the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Euro-Med University of Fes (UEMF), jointly organised, on the 22 of January 2019 in Fes, Morocco, a regional seminar on the last calls of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation (R&I) programme of the European Union (EU) specifically targeting the Euro-Mediterranean region…. Lire la suite
Nasser Kamel, Secrétaire Général de l’Union pour la Méditerranée, a participé à la 15e réunion des ministres des Affaires étrangères du dialogue 5 + 5 à La Valette, Malte. Les ministres ont affirmé la nécessité de renforcer la coopération dans un certain nombre de domaines, notamment le développement durable et les migrations, tout en mettant un accent particulier sur la jeunesse, qui représente le potentiel le plus important pour un avenir meilleur et un avantage net pour notre région. Les ministres ont salué le prochain sommet des chefs d’État et de gouvernement (Sommet des deux rives), qui se tiendra à… Lire la suite
GTMO 5+5 Ministers welcomed the leading role of the UfM in the promotion of regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of projects contributing to regional development, stability and integration 12 December 2018, Nouakchott. In the framework of the Ninth Conference of Group of Transport Ministers of the Western Mediterranean (GTMO 5+5) held in Nouakchott (Mauritania) on 11-12 December 2018, the Ministers welcomed the leading role of the UfM in the promotion of regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of projects contributing to regional development, stability and integration, and reaffirmed their desire for continued exchange and cooperation in transport and logistics, with… Lire la suite
Le Secrétariat de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM), participe activement à la COP24 en Pologne, où il présente deux études sur l’impact du changement climatique et sur l’état de la situation en matière de financement climatique dans la région. Sans mesures d’atténuation supplémentaires, l’augmentation de la température régionale sera de 2,2 °C en 2040, pouvant dépasser les 3,8 °C dans certaines régions en 2100. Les précipitations estivales diminueront de 10 à 30% selon les régions. Les régions du Sud et de l’Est de la Méditerranée ont reçu 13% des fonds mondiaux alloués à l’action pour le climat. Katowice, 11 décembre… Lire la suite
The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, participated in the Ministerial Meeting of the WestMED initiative, which took place today in Algiers. The WestMED initiative seeks to promote specific measures to secure a sustainable development of the maritime economy in ten Western Mediterranean countries. The UfM is closely associated to the initiative to ensure coherence and synergies with the broader Mediterranean Blue Economy agenda. Algiers, 4 December, 2018. Ministers of the Western Mediterranean countries, together with the European Commission and the Union for the Mediterranean, adopted today a declaration to strengthen regional cooperation on the WestMED… Lire la suite
