11-13 June 2019, Barcelona. The UfM will take stock of the implementation of the Current Regional Transport Plan for the Mediterranean (RTAP 2014-2020). This evaluation will pave the way for updating of RTAP as of 2021. The UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity and its thematic working groups on land maritime and air transport, and onLire la suite
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3, 4 June, Barcelona. The event aims to take stock of the activities carried out so far by the CO-EVOLVE project and share the main related outcomes (Syntheses of Threats and Enabling Factors to Sustainable Tourism; Sustainability toolkit; Strategic planning at pilot areas scale; conclusions of the pilot actions in the 12 pilot sites) as wellLire la suite
On the occasion of the 2nd World Conference on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet in Palermo, the UfM met with CIHEAM and FAO to partner in support to a new platform on sustainable food systems in the region Within the conference, UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, participated in the session “A Mediterranean Contribution onLire la suite
10 April 2019, Montpellier. In order to follow up on the collaboration that was initiated on the occasion of the first joint event in Barcelona on 30-31 October 2018, the two projects are organising a second joint event on 9-10 April 2019, in the premises of the Département de l’Hérault (Montpellier, France). CO-EVOLVE is an ongoingLire la suite
1-5 April 2019, Lebanon. The UfM side-event to the Sixth Mediterranean Forest Week will take place in Lebanon on 1-5 April 2019 and will be the opportunity to launch the“Scaling up forest and landscape restoration in order to restore biodiversity and promote joint mitigation and adaptation approaches in the Mediterranean”, labelled by the UfM. This FAOLire la suite
25 March 2019, Brussels. The fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Blue Economy (BE WG) will take place at the Centre des Conferences Albert Borschette (CCAB) in Brussels on 25 March 2019. BE WG is an integral part of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy, which is one of the deliverables of the UfMLire la suite
La région méditerranéenne compte plus de 25 millions d’hectares de forêts et environ 50 millions d’hectares de terres boisées. Les zones forestières protégées couvrent 9 millions d’hectares, soit 4,3% de la superficie totale de la région. L’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) et l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation (FAO) lancent un projet visant à restaurerLire la suite
28 February-1 March 2019, Paris. The Second Meeting of the UfM Thematic Working Group on Affordable and Sustainable Housing is hosted in Paris by the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion of the French Republic. This Thematic Working Group assists the UfM Regional Platform on sustainable urban development in preparing the groundwork for the implementation of theLire la suite
Ensuring Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine ecosystems and biodiversity is a key Mediterranean priority, underpinned by regional frameworks such as the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change and the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean. For EU marine waters, the Marine StrategyLire la suite
13 December 2018, Rome, Italy. The UfM will organize a side event at the Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea(Fish Forum 2018) that will take place on 10-14 December 2018 at the FAO Headquarters in Roma. The side event will promote, through a focus on the BLUEMED Initiative, the enhanced coordinationLire la suite
