Warsaw, 22 November, 2013. A joint side event on ‘Stepping up climate action in the Mediterranean region – the role of the Union for the Mediterranean’ was co-organised by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA). The event took place on the sidelines of the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC and 9th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, held from 11 to 22 November under the Polish presidency at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland. During the event, it was… read more
UfM Senior Officials met in Barcelona to finalize the Mediterranean Solar Master Plan and prepare the upcoming Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Energy, set to take place in December, 2013…. read more
Rabat, 31 October 2013. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean participated in the 4th Dii Desert Energy Conference, held in Rabat on 30-31 October, 2013. During the conference, the UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi explained the common objectives existing between the UfM Secretariat and the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) in their long-term strategies, the “Mediterranean Solar Plan” (MSP) and the “Desert Power 2050”. During his participation in the discussion panel “Policy roundtable discussion: What is the political agenda to establish a market for Renewable Energy in EUMENA?”, the UfM Secretary General praised Dii’s active involvement in the collective efforts to… read more
While preparations for the official endorsement of the Mediterranean Solar Plan Master Plan during the upcoming UfM Ministerial meeting on Energy take place, UfM Deputy Secretary General for Energy, Teresa Ribeiro, gave a keynote speech on the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP) at the closing conference of the PWMSP (Paving the Way for the Mediterranean Solar Plan)…. read more
Amman, 4 July, 2013. Today, the UfM Deputy Secretary General for Energy, Teresa Ribeiro, held a working meeting with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.E. Malek Kabariti. Discussions focused on the Ministerial Meeting on Energy that will be held in Brussels on 11 December 2013. It is expected that the Ministerial Meeting on Energy officially endorses the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP) Master Plan. The MSP Master Plan will constitute the first comprehensive official strategy document exclusively concerned with region-specific renewable energy and energy efficiency issues and is jointly developed by the main… read more
UfM Senior Officials met at the Dead Sea to advance the preparations of the Mediterranean Solar Plan and prepare the upcoming Union for the Mediterranean’s Ministerial meeting on Energy, foreseen to take place next December, 2013 in Brussels…. read more
More than one hundred experts from 20 Euro-Mediterranean countries met at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean to discuss the Draft of the Master Plan, which plans the deployment of an additional 20 GW of renewable energy capacities by 2020 as well as the large development of energy efficiency…. read more
The Union for the Mediterranean and the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) agreed to strengthen their collaboration to utilize common synergies for their long-term strategies “Mediterranean Solar Plan” and “Desert Power 2050”. Both programs are essential for the future energy supply in the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
Member states’ energy experts for the MSP teamed up for the first time in Barcelona on 5 and 6 July2011…. read more
The Energy Division of the Union for the Mediterranean gave a speech about the Mediterranean Solar Plan in the public hearing on “Renewable Energy in the MEDA Region”, held in Brussels on 16 June 2011…. read more
