26 January 2022, from 16h00 to 17h00 (UTC+1). The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the situation as the use of single-use plastics such as gloves and masks has increased, threatening to stall and even reverse the progress achieved, as single plastic accounts for up to 50% of beach litter. The new project “Plastic Busters CAP: Fostering knowledge transferLire la suite
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As in many parts of the world, food systems across the Mediterranean are not on track to deliver on food security, nutrition and sustainability outcomes: food systems are the main drivers of environmental degradation, and they are failing to provide decent livelihoods to large parts of the population in a context of increasing disparities andLire la suite
UfM member states have jointly developed the UfM Water Agenda as a regional policy response to the high priority of water issues in the Mediterranean. In 2017 the UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water mandated the development of a regional Water Agenda and a companion Financial Strategy. The UfM Water Agenda is structured around four pillars:Lire la suite
The New-Med Research Network and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), in cooperation with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, are organising the gh-level international conference in Barcelona “Climate Change and Security in the Mediterranean: Exploring the nexus, unpacking international policy responses”. Convened to discuss the multidimensional security implications of the climateLire la suite
Barcelone, 16 décembre 2021 – Les groupes de travail thématiques de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) sur le transport terrestre (route, rail et transport urbain), aérien et maritime, ainsi que sur la logistique de la plateforme régionale de l’UpM sur la connectivité des transports, se sont réunis en ligne du 14 au 16 décembre 2021. DurantLire la suite
14 December- 16 December 2021. The UfM Working Groups (WGs) on Land, Air and Maritime Transport and Logistics of the UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity will convene online from Tuesday 14 December to Thursday 16 December 2021. The WG meetings will contribute to the ongoing process of laying the groundwork at technical level for the upcoming UfM Ministerial ConferenceLire la suite
Gouvernance Euro-Med : Euro-MED 2021-2027 Projets de Gouvernance et capitalisation de l’approche et des projets de gouvernance Interreg MED 2014-2020 Eau, Environnement et Économie Bleue En cours Labelled projects Contexte et objectifs Le projet Gouvernance EuroMed est une initiative/un programme qui vise à améliorer la gouvernance territoriale transnationale par le biais d’un dialogue entre les acteursLire la suite
REGISTER to the online meeting 9 Dec 2021, 10:00-12:00 CET (Barcelona time). The Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental institution bringing together the 27 European Union Member States plus 15 countries from the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, to promote dialogue and cooperation among them, under the co-presidency of the EU andLire la suite
16 November 2021, 10.00-13.00 CET. The online Conference on “Wetland restoration as Nature-based Solutions in the Mediterranean”, organized by the Union for the Mediterranean and MedWet in the framework of the UfM labelled project, “the Wetland-based Solutions Programme” will be held on the 16th November 2021, 10.00-13.00 CET. The conference will be held in English, French and Arabic,Lire la suite
Offshore wind is currently the most mature type of marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean region in terms of technology, policy frameworks, commercialization and installed capacity, particularly in the parts with the highest wind speed (Gulf of Lion, the central Aegean Sea, and the Kasos Straits in the south-eastern Aegean Sea). In view ofLire la suite
