Follow the webinar live on Facebook Seulement disponible en anglais 14 May 2020, 12h –13h30h. COVID-19 is causing an unprecedented situation globally, particularly in the Euro-Mediterranean region where it is placing significant strains on the health systems, the economy, essential public services and the communities. Young people are a valuable re… Lire la suite
7 May 2020. EMEA is organising the webinar “COVID-19 in the Mediterranean and Africa: How did containment and mitigation policies perform?”, with the participation of UfM Senior Economic Advisor, Hamed El Etreby. The webinar will discuss the effectiveness and socio-economic impacts of policy measures taken in the Euro-Mediterranean and Africa with… Lire la suite
5 May 2020. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), supported by the German Development agency GIZ, is launching an initiative targeting staff from universities, research centres, education ministers, and all complementary stakeholders dedicated on the best practices reinforcing career opportunities of researchers and students. The initiative will b… Lire la suite
28-30 April and 5 May 2020. ANIMA investment network, in collaboration with the UfM and the German Development agency GIZ will organize a series of webinar sessions on “Developing investments that contribute to sustainable development”. They will take place on the following days: 28th, 29th and 30th of April and 5th of May 2020. These sessions were… Lire la suite
30 April 2020, 19h. Isidro González, Deputy General Secretary of the Union for the Mediterranean in charge of Water, Environment and Blue Economy will be talking to Francisco José Gutiérrez Rodríguez, from the General Secretariat of the Environment, Water and Climate Change at the Junta de Andalucía regional government in the fifth (and final) sess… Lire la suite
29 April 2020. The UfM will organise an informal online discussion with a view to taking stock of the impacts of the pandemic, as well as lessons learned and deficiencies, while facilitating exchange of best practices and encouraging policy transfer, and indicating the possible way forward as regards adequate and affordable housing in the region. T… Lire la suite
27 April 2020. The UfM and the Institut Méditerranéen de l’Eau will organise the second brainstorming session on the water and sanitation during the Covid-19 Pandemic on 27 April. The meeting will extend IME key conclusions from the first meeting that took place online on 8 April 2020, and will gather more than 30 participants from Palestine, Tur… Lire la suite
22 April 2020. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission has decided to change the format of the International Ocean Governance (IOG) Forum, originally scheduled for 22-24 April in Brussels. Ocean governance cannot wait for viruses to stop from spreading. To do justice to the importance of the subject, the EC has moved the… Lire la suite
22 April 2020. The Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) Steering Committee Meeting will be held online attended by representatives of EIB, l’AFD and the European Commission. The UfM Secretariat is a member of the UPFI Steering Committee and chairs the Project Committee. In 2014, the UfM Secretariat labelled two projects under the framework of i… Lire la suite
21 April 2020. UfM Partner ECOncrete is organising a WEBINAR on Blue is the new Green – Ecological Enhancement of Coastal and Marine Infrastructure on Tuesday 21 April. Information and registration details for the session can be found on the Med Blue Economy Platform website at: https://medblueconomyplatform.org/#gsc.tab=0 The online seminar will… Lire la suite
