• 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 Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean hosted the 2nd technical meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Trade and Investment Facilitation Mechanism (TIFM) on 12-14 May 2014, at its headquarters in Barcelona. This project, implemented by the International Trade Centre, aims to facilitate closer economic ties between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean countries by providing an online portal of trade and investment related information…. read more
Le réseau Mixité et gouvernance autour de la Méditerranée a été lancé officiellement lundi 12 mai à Rabat, avec les encouragements du ministre délégué au Budget du Royaume du Maroc, M. Driss El Azami El Idrissi, et avec le soutien d’Adetef…. read more
A Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change took place in Athens with the aim to discuss the environmental and climate-related challenges facing the region and to define the future strategic directions to reduce pollution and increase resource efficiency…. read more
A Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change will take place in Athens with the aim to discuss the environmental and climate-related challenges facing the region and define the future action plan…. read more
An action plan concerning the key aspects of the Trans-Maghreb Motorway Axis’ management was discussed in a participatory manner during a “Working days: Horizontal Actions for the Integration and Coordination of the Trans-Maghreb Motorway Axis management” seminar…. read more
A team from the staff of the UfM Secretariat participated yesterday in an annual sports event organized by La Fundación Claror: The ‘Sagrada Familia Mile’, in which participants run for a mile around Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s celebrated masterpiece. More than just a sporting event, the ‘Mile’ brought together over 2,000 participants from different ages and countries, making it a social and cultural gathering typical of the Mediterranean spirit. Running for the Mediterranean, the UfM team joined in several categories, and plans on joining future events towards the same cause…. read more
The Energy Division of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) will organise the first Extended Technical Committee meeting on Tuesday 29 April in Barcelona…. read more
On the occasion of the informal ministerial meeting of the Mediterranean Group (Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, and Malta), that was held earlier today in Alicante, UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi exchanged views with the ministers on the current state of play and perspectives of the UfM towards regional cooperation in the Mediterranean region…. read more
On the sidelines of the 13th ECOFIN/FEMIP Ministerial Meeting that took place in Athens on 1 April, both institutions signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding to ensure the continuity of their partnership…. read more
