The European Commission – DG Employment – and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) held the 4th meeting of the High-Level Working Group on Employment and Labour on 28 January 2015 in Brussels…. read more
Barcelona, 18 December 2014. With an overall goal of enhancing regional integration and boosting trade between the two shores of the Mediterranean, the UfM Secretariat hosted the worskshop “Inter-Trade development and supporting SMEs in Agadir Agreement member countries” on 14 December in Cairo. The event was organised together with the Agadir Technical Unit and the Egyptian Ministry of Trade, Industry and SMEs with the aim to stimulate South-South industrial cooperation. It was opened by the Egyptian Industry Minister, H.E. Mounir Fakhry AbdelNour, who underlined the importance of joining forces and exerting more efforts to reap the benefits offered by the… read more
Project Approval Committee selects 14 high-potential Cultural and Creative Industries clusters in participating countries of the Southern Mediterranean; pilot initiatives will demonstrate that, by working together as clusters in cultural and creative sector, additional business can be derived that will lead to job creation and by extension to economic growth…. read more
The Euro-Mediterranean Trade and Investment Facilitation Mechanism: Training Workshop for Technical Focal Points aims to facilitate closer economic ties between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean countries…. read more
“Coproduction is a real window of opportunities that can be opened in order to take a step forward towards greater economic regional integration in the Mediterranean”, underlined UfM Deputy Secretary General for Business Development, Claudio Cortese, during the EMCC Forum…. read more
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During the three-day conference, Claudio Cortese, Senior Deputy Secretary General for Business Development; Teresa Ribeiro, Deputy Secretary General for Energy; Naser Tahboub, Deputy Secretary General for Environment and Water; and Salvatore D’Alfonso, UfM Transport and Urban Development project manager, discussed renewable energies, eco-efficiency, green finances, entrepreneurship, education, free zones and the integration of the Maghreb region… read more
The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) have signed an agreement to strengthen the private sector’s involvement in economic and social development in the Mediterranean region…. read more
The 5th Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Marrakech, Morocco, brought together Heads of State, high level government officials, global entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate leaders and young entrepreneurs to exchange views and experiences for empowering entrepreneurship and innovation…. read more
Over 25 private sector representatives from more than 10 countries participated in the seminar together with the Heads of Cooperation from EU Delegations in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia…. read more
As the European Investment Bank plans major investments in the Mediterranean region, partner countries and stakeholders met in Naples to identify and take advantage of new opportunities for growth…. read more
