Barcelona, 8 March, 2014. On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Union for the Mediterranean joins the international community in congratulating and supporting all women around the world. We express our particular and utmost admiration and respect for the women of the Euro-Mediterranean region, who have stood at the forefront of development, respect and freedom. Women represent an enormous wealth of knowledge, wisdom, expertise and work force that still needs to be fully acknowledged and supported. The Union for the Mediterranean stands ready to contribute to these strategic global goals by fostering a stronger participation of women from… read more
Tunis, 4 March, 2014. On the occasion of his first official overseas mission to Tunisia, the new Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, stated that the Mediterranean region is of great importance to Italy and to Europe, as a whole. `The Mediterranean is not the border but the heart of Europe´, said Renzi during a press conference held with his homologue, the Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mehdi Jomaa. “I chose Tunisia for my first foreign visit as prime minister to show the centrality that Italy attaches to the Mediterranean,” he said. Matteo Renzi, who took office last month, also said that… read more
The UfM-labelled project “Jordanian National Railway project as part of a Regional Railway Network” has been selected among the 2014 Strategic Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects by CG/LA Infrastructure. Its main expected result is to achieve a closer integration among the transport markets of the Mediterranean, thus making transport connections faster, cheaper and more efficient to the benefit of citizens and business. Barcelona, 26 February, 2014. The UfM-labelled project “Jordanian National Railway project as part of a Regional Railway Network” has been selected as one of the 2014 Strategic Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects by CG/LA Infrastructure. The official report… read more
The 9th Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Industrial Cooperation took place in Brussels with the aim of discussing the business environment in the Mediterranean member countries, assessing the future strategic directions for Euro-Mediterranean industrial cooperation and moving towards a closer collaboration…. read more
The Third Maghreb Entrepreneurs Forum witnessed the official launch of the Maghreb Initiative on Trade and Investment (IMCI). This initiative was officially announced during the Economic Forum of the Western Mediterranean (5+5 Dialogue), held at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean in October 2013…. read more
Madrid, 14 February 2014. Following the Economic Forum of the Western Mediterranean (5+5 Dialogue), which was held at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean on 23 October 2013, and with the aim of presenting its conclusions and results in Madrid, the Secretariat of the UfM, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC), the Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain (CEOE), the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and Casa Mediterráneo organised a meeting with Spanish business leaders at the headquarters of the CEOE. The meeting included a presentation of the summary and outcomes of the First… read more
With the aim of becoming a unique centre of excellence, UEMF will welcome approximately 6000 students from across the region and will offer a wide range of programmes, from humanities and social sciences to engineering…. read more
This UfM project-oriented conference will take place on 26-27 March 2014, at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Barcelona, with the aim to encourage the implementation of projects and initiatives in the field of socio-economic empowerment of women in the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
The official launch of the Urban Project Finance Initiative is due to take place in the first half of 2014…. read more
Barcelona, 3 February, 2014. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, will participate as a keynote speaker in the Paris Forum Casablanca Round, to be held in Casablanca on 5th February, 2013. Secretary General Sijilmassi will present his vision about the current socio-economic situation in the Mediterranean countries and the central role that this region can play for the development of a greater Euro-African economic integration. He will also brief the audience on the activities and projects developed by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, especially in the fields of job creation and business… read more
