UfM Headquarters, Barcelona, 22-23 July, 2015 On 22-23 July 2015, at the initiative of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), a High-level Meeting on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue will be held at the UfM headquarters in partnership with the European Union, the Anna Lindh Founda… Lire la suite
UfM Headquarters, Barcelona, 23 July 2015 The Union for the Mediterranean SOM (Senior Officials Meeting) of 31 March agreed to establish three high level UfM Energy Platforms on Gas, REM (Regional Electricity Market) and REEE (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency). The official announcement took place in Rabat on 6 May. The purpose of the UfM Pl… Lire la suite
UfM Headquarters, Barcelona, 6 July 2015 On 6 July 2015, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will bring together the European Commission/EEAS, the IMF and three IFI´s with significant lending activities in the region- namely the EIB, EBRD and the World Bank Group for the Luxembourg Group Meeting. This senior-level meeting will provi… Lire la suite
Barcelona, 17 – 19 June 2015 In the framework of the GEN Summit 2015, the Union for the Mediterranean is organising a meeting with the aim to get more participation of Mediterranean media organizations to international events as the GEN Summit. The Global Editors Network (GEN) is a community of more than 1000 Editors-in-Chief and media professiona… Lire la suite
As part of its Women empowerment strategy, UfM has labeled a leadership program called WOMED “next generation of leaders” for 22 young Women from the south of the Mediterranean which aims at improving their leadership capacities and gender skills. The project was launched in Sciences PO – Paris on June 1st, 2015 with the presence of Ms Annick Girar… Lire la suite
Barcelona, 10 June 2015 The Union for the Mediterranean will be institutional partner of the TEDx Barcelona Women that will take place on 10 June 2015. TED is an annual event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, three broad… Lire la suite
UfM Secretariat Headquarters in Barcelona, 10 June 2015 The Third Meeting of the UPFI Project Committee will gather all the Urban Project Finance Initiative (UPFI) partners, namely, the UfM Secretariat, the European Commission, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the German KFW, the Caisse des Dépôts (CD… Lire la suite
Barcelone, le 9 juin 2015 L’Initiative pour le financement de projets urbains (UPFI) est l’un des piliers de la stratégie euro-méditerranéenne de développement urbain durable, comme le stipule la déclaration de la première Conférence ministérielle de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) sur le développement urbain durable, qui s’est tenue le 10 novem… Lire la suite
WORKSHOP “DEVELOPMENT OF CLUSTERS IN CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN”
UfM Secretariat Headquarters Barcelona, 2 – 5 June 2015 To ensure social inclusion, 5 million jobs need to be created every year in the European Neighborhood South Region. The largest reservoir of jobs remains the six millions micro-small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that account for 90% of total employment, but are not yet contributing their ful… Lire la suite
UfM Secretariat Headquarters in Barcelona, 28 – 29 May 2015 The “Réseau Mixité et Gouvernance” network is an informal network of women senior civil servants in the Euro-Mediterranean countries, placing emphasis on the ministries where there are least women, namely the ministries of the economy, finance, justice and the interior. The members share t… Lire la suite
