Barcelona, 2 September, 2013. UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi held a meeting today with Mr Karel ERJAVEC, Minister of Foreign Affairs, during an official visit to Slovenia, a country actively committed for years in support of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. Minister Erjavek expressed full support to the development of the activities of the UfM Secretariat and confirmed Slovenian commitment in key areas of cooperation. A working meeting will be held tomorrow with Mr Jernej PIKALO, Minister of Education, Science and Sport to discuss the development of institutions and projects in the area of Higher Education and Research, as the EMUNI University of Piran-Portoroz… 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
During an official visit to Malta, UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi held a meeting with Malta’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE George W. Vella. Both parties signed a bilateral agreement to foster the working relations between the UfM and Malta, thus contributing to strengthening cooperation in the Mediterranean…. read more
Under the auspices of the Head of the Tunisian Government, the Union for the Mediterranean will hold the Mediterranean Economic Conference in Tunis on 17 and 18 September, 2013. The conference, co-organized with the Tunisian Government, will focus on the theme of ‘Employment and Territorial Development’, offering a platform for reflection and action to address the unemployment challenge in the Southern Mediterranean region…. read more
During their last Summit in Malta, the Heads of State and Government of the 5+5 dialogue mandated the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean to organize the Business Forum of the Western Mediterranean. This decision was confirmed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the 5+5 after their meeting in Mauritania, last April…. read more
UfM Secretary General, Mr. Fathallah Sijilmassi, welcomed today a delegation from the Conseil du Dévelopement et de la Solidarité (CDS) from Morocco. The CDS is a major independent think tank. The Delegation was chaired by the President of CDS, Mr. Mohamed Benamour. The Delegation was participating in Barcelona in a Spanish-Moroccan Forum organized by CDS, the European Institute of the Mediterranean – IEMED, and the Círculo Ecuestre, a major institution of the Civil Society from Barcelona. During their visit to the UfM, the objectives and main projects of the Secretariat were presented to the delegation followed by a discussion with… read more
“Le Maroc est disposé à oeuvrer, aux côtés de la France, pour une reconfiguration ambitieuse des relations euro-méditerranéennes sur la base de mécanismes performants, de projets concrets et novateurs, d’une méthodologie efficace et d’une vision renouvelée”, a souligné, mardi à Rabat, le ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, Youssef Amrani…. 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
Barcelona, 2 July, 2013. The UfM Secretariat participated in the seminar “Restoring the Broken Link: a joined approach to Security, Development, and Democracy in North Africa”, organized by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), the National Distance Education University (UNED) and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID), at the headquarters of CIDOB, in Barcelona. The seminar discussed the links between security, development and democracy in the Southern shore of the Mediterranean. Panel discussions tackled issues such as the Arab Spring Programmes of the EU Member States and analysed the findings after… read more
During a working session hosted by Artur Mas, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the UfM Secretariat and the Intermediterranean Commission of the CPMR signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen common work and promote the role of regions in Mediterranean Cooperation…. read more
