UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi welcomed the visit of the Mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, to the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, where they discussed further cooperation between the UfM Secretariat and its host city…. read more
A lecture on “UfM: an Operational Platform for Dialogue and Regional Integration” will be given by UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi this evening at 7:00 pm at the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI)…. read more
The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean participated in the 25th Anniversary Event of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). The event was chaired by the President of the Government of Catalonia, Artur Mas…. read more
The session is held under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, with support from the Italian Ministries of European Affairs and Regional Affairs…. read more
Barcelona, 20 June 2014. Today UfM Secretary General Fathallah Sijilmassi and UfM Deputy Secretary General for Social and Civil Affairs Delphine Borione participated in the conference “Beyond borders: Euro-Mediterranean partnerships by those who make them”, held in Paris under the high patronage of the President of France. Launched by the former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and former EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, the event was organised by the International Forum for Peace, headed by Ofer Bronchtein, in partnership with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the meeting was to invite key… read more
Barcelona, 15 June 2014. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has hosted the first UPFI Project Committee meeting at its headquarters, in Barcelona. This meeting took place right before the official endorsement by the UfM member states of the first project promoted within the framework of the Initiative, the Imbaba Urban Upgrading Project, which took place at the UfM Senior Officials Meeting, on 2-3 June. In consultation with the financial institutions and the European Commission, this project committee prepared an overview of the projects’ progress in order to create the Preparatory Technical Assistance schedule, which will allow a… read more
Barcelona, 12 June, 2014. Today the UfM Secretariat hosted a meeting of the Committee on Energy, Environment and Water of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) at its Barcelona headquarters. The meeting gathered parliamentarians representing various member states of the Union for the Mediterranean. Discussions focused on the developments of important UfM activities and projects in the fields of Energy and Climate change. The committee paid special attention to the Marine Protected Areas (MedPAN), “Let’s Do It” and “Eco-towns” campaigns, as top items on the meeting’s agenda. The meeting provided an opportunity for a fruitful exchange… read more
Tunis, 6 June 2014. Today the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, welcomed the Secretary General of the UfM, Fathallah Sijilmassi, to his official residence at Carthage Palace. They discussed methods for strengthening cooperation in all areas between Tunisia and the Union for the Mediterranean. The meeting provided an opportunity to reaffirm Tunisia’s support for the projects and progressive efforts carried out by the UfM to promote an effective integration among its member countries. This integration will come about by strengthening the mechanisms of regional cooperation and by implementing specific projects to ensure complementarity between all the countries of… 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 Foreign Affairs Ministers of Algeria, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia met today in Lisbon to discuss the future prospects for the Western Mediterranean cooperation…. read more
