18 June 2019, Cairo. In their UfM Ministerial Declaration of March 2018, the UfM Trade Ministers encouraged the organization of business-to-government and business-to-business meetings in the region, in order to include business organizations and operators in the definition and implementation of the trade and investment reform agenda in the Mediter… read more
18 -19 June 2019, Brussels. The first UfM Working Group Meeting on Urban Regeneration will take place in Brussels on 18-19 June 2019. UfM Member States will develop an Action Plan on Urban Regeneration and a project pipeline under the UfM Urban Agenda of 2017. High level officials from UfM Ministries in charge of urban development will convene in B… read more
20 June 2019, Jordan. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean meet on a regular basis at the level of Senior Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the 43 countries. The Senior Officials Meetings (SOM) oversee and coordinate the work of the UfM. They approve the budget and the work programme of the Secretariat. They also d… read more
21 June 2019, Marseille. The second phase of the UfM labelled-project HOMERe will be officially launched on 21 June 2019 in an event in Marseille. HOMERe project promotes internship mobility between Mediterranean countries, and is predominantly aimed at high-profile students in their last year of study before graduation. The objective is to ease th… read more
23-24 June 2019, Marseille. The Sommet des Deux Rives (Summit of the Two Shores) will be held in Marseille on 23-24 June 2019, hosted by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron. The Summit will consist of both a meeting of Heads of State and Government, and a regional dialogue with prominent civil society representatives. This initiat… read more
24-26 June, Crete, Greece. The Mediterranean Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development was adopted together with the UfM Ministerial on ENV and CC in May 2014. Together with countries and other stakeholders, the event aims to review the progress made on the mainstreaming and application of the related Action Plan and to present the results… read more
26 June, Rome, Italy. The 1st Regional Conference of the joint UFM UNESCO-WWAP initiative Achieving SDG6 and other SDGs in Mediterranean Region will be co-organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) With Support of the Ministry of Foreign affairs of Italy The UFM Senior Official, Min Enr… read more
27-28 June 2019, Barcelona. The UfM Meeting on Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Housing will take place at the UfM Headquarters in Barcelona on June 27-28. For more information, please contact: urban@ufmsecretariat.org
1-2 July 2019, Malta. The IVth MedThink 5+5 Forum will be held in Malta between the 1 and 2 of July, 2019 under the title “Fostering Innovative Alliances in the Western Mediterranean. A Basin of Opportunities for a Sustainable Future”. The fourth edition of the Forum is co-organised by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Uni… read more
3 July 2019. The Secretary General of the UfM, Nasser Kamel, will participate in the Summer School of the Barcelona SciTech DiploHub on 3 July 2019. This first-of-its-kind training course in Science & Technology Diplomacy will take place from 1st to 5th July hosted by IBEI, at Pompeu Fabra University Ciutadella Campus (UPF). More information ht… read more
5 July 2019, Barcelona. Acting upon the UfM Ministerial mandates and in line with the UfM Roadmap’s emphasis on ensuring the contribution of UfM activities to regional stability and human development efforts, the UfM Secretariat in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH commissioned by the German Fed… read more
