Around 40 experts, academics, practitioners and advocates met on 18-19 July, 2017 in Barcelona to identify key priority actions and approaches towards enhancing the roles of women and youth as key actors in preventing violent extremism in the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
•The 1st edition of the UfM Youth Model stimulation programme was launched under the title “DIA/Med – Les Dialogues pour la Méditerranée de Barcelone”. More than 50 young participants from 12 nationalities presented their own projects and initiatives to enhance regional integration in the Mediterranean. •UfM experts had briefed the students on Euro-Mediterranean relations and regional cooperation initiatives through several thematic workshops since January 2017 and interacted with them during the final simumation day organised at the premises of the UfM Secretariat. •This UfM Youth Model stimulation programme aims to benefit a larger number of institutions across the Merditerranean region… read more
The UfM Secretariat’s projects and initiatives specifically addressing women’s empowerment and gender equality benefit more than 50,000 women in 20 Euro-Mediterranean countries. Additionally, a gender mainstreaming policy is always ensured in all UfM projects. The region could increase its per capita GDP by 25%, by enabling women’s equal participation in public life and the labour market. Ministers of UfM Member countries will convene this year at the fourth Ministerial Meeting on “Strengthening the Role of Women in Society” to adopt a new Gender Equality agenda for the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
Round Table to be organised by UNIDO on 4 April 2017 in Rome, Italy in the framework of the UfM labelled project “Promoting women empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in the MENA region”, funded by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)…. read more
The teachers’ trainings are organised under the framework of the UfM labelled project “Forming Responsible Citizens”, promoted by Ideaborn and funded by the Norwegian and Monaco governments. The project aims at establishing schools as a key vehicle for transmitting citizenship and gender equality values and is implemented in partnership with national partners and in close coordination with the national ministries of education…. read more
The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, and the President of the Women for Africa Foundation, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, signed a collaboration agreement to work on projects and joint activities for the promotion of women’s empowerment in the Mediterranean. Barcelona, 28 January, 2017. The agreement was signed at the UfM headquarters in Barcelona at the Second Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean, which was held on 23-24 January under the theme Mediterranean in Action: Youth for Stability and Development. The UfM Senior Deputy Secretary General for Social and Civil Affairs, Delphine… read more
• A UfMS delegation shared its views on the main regional challenges affecting the Euro-Mediterranean region and presented UfM action on job creation, highlighting the 3rd UfM Ministerial Conference on Labour and Employment and the integrated employability program Med4Jobs. • The Summit, inaugurated by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, brought together 120 participants from a range of economic and social councils and similar institutions from UfM Member States…. read more
600 civil society and stakeholders gathered in Malta to network and address intercultural dialogue, migrations, women empowerment and the need to counter extremism at the Mediterranean Forum organized by the Anna Lindh Foundation…. read more
• Le secrétariat général de l’Union pour la Méditerranée et le promoteur de projet Ideaborn ont rassemblé à l’Institut Français de Tunis divers acteurs institutionnels et de terrain engagés pour la promotion de l’égalité femme homme à travers l’éducation. • Ils ont ainsi pu présenter les premiers résultats du projet “former des citoyens responsables” et échanger sur les pratiques exemplaires de lutte contre la violence et la promotion de valeurs d’égalité mises en place dans la région…. read more
• High-level participants stressed the necessity of a common vision and a regional framework to find concrete solutions to better mobilise the full potential of women. • All the 250 participants demonstrated the essential contribution of women to greater sustainable development, creating job opportunities, effective fight against extremism and radicalisation, and promotion of stability in the region. • Best practices and concrete initiatives were proposed. The UfM Secretariat and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO, launched the 2nd phase of a €4.5M project to support women-led investments and businesses in the Southern Mediterranean region…. read more
