15-16 december 2020. The UfM is organizing a virtual workshop to be held on 15 and 16 of December on Science and Innovation Diplomacy that will be hosted digitally from its headquarters in Barcelona, Spain. This meeting will also mark the 25th anniversary since the Barcelona Declaration, which stated that “science and technology have aLire la suite
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9 December 2020. A new handbook for academia, industry and policymakers has just been published by the UfM with the support of the German development agency GIZ. This new useful tool is aimed at enhancing career development among students and researchers, at fostering entrepreneurship and start-ups, and at supporting universities in carrying out their ‘third mission’ towards society. The themesLire la suite
10 December, online. On the margins of the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, the European Commission, in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean, will jointly organise a regional seminar on Thursday 10 December, from 12:15 to 14:00 (CET), with the objective of taking stock of the EUROMED R&I cooperation and informing the wider community of R&ILire la suite
10 December 2020, online. In the framework of the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona process, the Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (PolDiMed), in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean, will co-organise organize a 90-minute online meeting to discuss youth perceptions on the Barcelona Process. The event aims as well atLire la suite
Cairo, 7 December 2020. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel signed today December 7th, 2020, in Cairo, a Memorandum of Understanding for institutional cooperation (MOU) on behalf of the Secretariat with the Prince Muhammad Bin Fahd International Foundation, represented by its Executive Manager, Zaidan Ali Al-Zaidan and the Arab Voluntary Union represented by its President, HassanLire la suite
2 December 2020. A High-level Roundtable and Presentation of the Handbook, hosted by the Union for the Mediterranean, will take place online on 2 December from 11:15 to 13:00 CET. This event, open to universities, research centres, education ministries, intermediary institutions, civil society and industry, is aimed at sharing policy tools and best practices for theLire la suite
Even though there are substantial differences in political, social, and economic conditions across the Mediterranean region, it is safe to say that with 25% youth unemployment, the un- and underemployment of university graduates in the Mediterranean region has been a major challenge. In the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, where 40% of the population is underLire la suite
Barcelona, 25 November 2020. According to recent data (UN Women, 2020), 243 Million women and girls aged 15-49 have been subjected to sexual and/or physical violence worldwide by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months. Rooted in structural gender inequalities, violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a violation of human rights and aLire la suite
Barcelona, 19 November 2020 – The UfM Secretariat organised today a Webinar on how the challenges posed by the acceleration of digital transformation in higher education due to the covid-19 pandemic can be transformed into opportunities for the improvement of the quality and inclusiveness of teaching. Eight speakers, representing the diversity of stakeholders concerned byLire la suite
19 November. The UfM Webinar on the acceleration of digital transformation of higher education in the Mediterranean will take place online on 19 November from 10:00 to 11:30 CET. Digital transformation of higher education was already a reality before the coronavirus crisis, but the current pandemic is accelerating the process. The confinement measures forced universities, at very different stages of digital transformation, to findLire la suite
