The project will support the Central Banks of Jordan and Morocco in the development of regulations expanding access to financial services among the Mediterranean population through innovative retail payment solutions such as mobile financial services…. read more
EU Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, Jordanian ICT Minster H.E. Azzam Sleit and UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi, together with the Heads of Delegation from 43 countries around the Mediterranean today launched new Digital Economy initiatives…. read more
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS –Clusters in Cultural and Creative industries from Southern Mediterranean countries are invited to submit their applications to participate in a cooperation project developed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with the support of the UfM Secretariat to promote business development, entrepreneurial cooperation and increased competitiveness in the cultural field…. read more
The 43 countries comprising the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) have approved four new projects promoting mobile financial services, urban sustainable development, private sector development and cooperation among civil society organisations in the field of water and environment, respectively…. read more
• The Forum took place in Lisbon, bringing together more than 400 business leaders and high-level representatives of major enterprises and economic institutions from Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia. • Paulo Portas, Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal, gave a keynote speech during the forum’s inaugural session. He reaffirmed Portugal’s full support to this informal but dynamic and efficient process and stressed on the importance of the UfM’s role for its consolidation…. read more
The 9th Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Industrial Cooperation took place in Brussels with the aim of discussing the business environment in the Mediterranean member countries, assessing the future strategic directions for Euro-Mediterranean industrial cooperation and moving towards a closer collaboration…. read more
The Third Maghreb Entrepreneurs Forum witnessed the official launch of the Maghreb Initiative on Trade and Investment (IMCI). This initiative was officially announced during the Economic Forum of the Western Mediterranean (5+5 Dialogue), held at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean in October 2013…. read more
Madrid, 14 February 2014. Following the Economic Forum of the Western Mediterranean (5+5 Dialogue), which was held at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean on 23 October 2013, and with the aim of presenting its conclusions and results in Madrid, the Secretariat of the UfM, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC), the Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain (CEOE), the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and Casa Mediterráneo organised a meeting with Spanish business leaders at the headquarters of the CEOE. The meeting included a presentation of the summary and outcomes of the First… read more
The event brought together more than 300 participants from 25 member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Initiative for Jobs (Med4Jobs), a programme developed by the UfM Secretariat to contribute towards job creation and business development in the region, was launched at the conference…. read more
The Head of the Tunisian Government, Ali Larayedh, gave a keynote speech during the inaugural session of the Mediterranean Economic Conference. The event was co-organised by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Tunisian Government with the aim to address the unemployment and territorial development challenges in the Southern Mediterranean region…. read more
