La région méditerranéenne compte plus de 80 millions d’hectares de terres dégradées. Plus de 400 000 hectares de forêts sont brûlés chaque année et au moins 16 espèces animales et végétales sont menacées d’extinction en raison de menaces environnementales tels que le changement climatique. Les zones arides couvrent plus d’un tiers des pays méditerranéens deLire la suite
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5-6 June 2024, Córdoba, Spain – The Final Meeting of the programme on “Urban Heritage and Traditional Building Skills in the Southern Mediterranean Region: Know-how in the South Mediterranean” will take place in Córdoba, Spain on 5-6 June 2024. It is organised in cooperation with UNESCO Regional Office for Maghreb Countries, AECID and with GIZLire la suite
La Fédération routière internationale (IRF de son acronyme en anglais) et l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) marquent une étape importante dans leur collaboration en signant un accord visant à renforcer leur partenariat pour faire progresser le transport routier et la mobilité. Leipzig, 23 mai 2024. Fortes d’une riche histoire de collaboration depuis de nombreuses années,Lire la suite
La première réunion des donateurs, des partenaires de mise en œuvre et des pays bénéficiaires du Blue Med Partnership s’est tenue à Barcelone. Les parties ont identifié un portefeuille remarquable de projets d’économie bleue durable en Égypte, en Jordanie et au Maroc. La mer Méditerranée génère plus de 450 milliards de dollars par an etLire la suite
This publication describes a policy agenda for applying the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus approach to water finance and investments. It presents the conclusions and recommendations of the 4th Conference on Water Finance and Investment co-organised on 30th-31st October 2023 in Cairo (Egypt) by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), European Union (EU) Delegation in Egypt, andLire la suite
We are proud to present the report of the First UfM Annual Conference on Water Investment and Financing. In the process of developing the UfM Financial Strategy for Water, we heard from our partners that a regional platform was very much needed to facilitate dialogue and peer learning on this crucial topic among all stakeholders.Lire la suite
23 May 2024, Leipzig, Germany – Held in the margins of the 2024 Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF), the open side-event “The Power of Digitalisation in Ensuring Financing of Green and Resilient Linear Transportation Infrastructure”, which will held in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2024 from 16.30 to 18.00h CET, will uncover howLire la suite
Comprising over 70 per cent of land use in most cities, housing is evidently central to future cities and urban development. Housing is central to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 11: ‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Access to dignified housing is recognized in various fundamental human rights texts, andLire la suite
15-16 May 2024, Dublin, Ireland. At the Second UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development held in Cairo, Egypt on 22 May 2017, UfM Ministers in charge of housing, municipal affairs and urban development adopted the UfM Urban Agenda. In this context, the “UfM Thematic Working Group on Affordable and Sustainable Housing” was created withLire la suite
Nouakchott, 9-10 May 2024. The fourth and last “UfM Workshop on Urban Heritage and Traditional Building Skills in the Southern Mediterranean Region” gathered experts from the region to explore innovative solutions rooted in traditional construction methods in Nouakchott, Mauritania on 9 and 10 May 2024. This is part of an approach dedicated to enhancing theLire la suite
