Lithuania, current President of the EU Council, hosts a Meeting of the Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on 3-4 October… read more
On 3 October in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas met with Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean who is paying a visit to Vilnius, and affirmed Lithuania’s commitment to further support the EU and development of the Southern Neighbourhood Partnership. According to N.Germanas, Lithuania supports activities of the Union for the Mediterranean, close cooperation between the EU and Mediterranean countries, and is willing to continue to contribute to its development. F.Sijilmassi attends a Meeting of the Senior Officers of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which takes place in Vilnius on 3-4 October. The… read more
A series of seminars on Women Entrepreneurship will take place in Morocco and Palestine next October 2013 with the aim to provide talented young women finishing their University studies with assistance to become successful businesswomen…. read more
Rabat, 20 September, 2013. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean participated in the First Conference of Ministers in charge of Scientific Research in the Western Mediterranean held in Rabat on 19th and 20th September 2013. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training of the Kingdom of Morocco, the meeting was attended by Ministers and State Secretaries from ten Euro-Mediterranean countries participating in the “5+5 Dialogue” (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia) as well as by the leaders of the European Union and the Union of the Arab… read more
The event brought together more than 300 participants from 25 member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Initiative for Jobs (Med4Jobs), a programme developed by the UfM Secretariat to contribute towards job creation and business development in the region, was launched at the conference…. read more
Tunis, 17th September, 2013. Marylise Lebranchu, Minister for State Reform, Decentralisation and Public Service, was in Tunis today to take part in the Mediterranean Economic Conference on “Employment and Territorial Development”, arranged by the Tunisian government and Union for the Mediterranean (UpM). In her speech the Minister put forward the major outlines of the decentralisation bill currently being debated in Parliament and stressed its economic scale. The Minister similarly pointed out that backing the exchange of know-how between the territorial communities on both sides of the Mediterranean enables fostering the processes of transition, furtherance of democracy and territorial development. To… read more
17 September, 2013. Following a recent relocation to Barcelona, the Global Water Operator’s Partnership Alliance (GWOPA) hosted a coordination meeting on water operator partnerships in Spain. A number of local, national and international experts were gathered at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean to share past experiences and identify synergies between institutions in working sessions over one and a half days (16-17 September). GWOPA is a network of partners committed to helping water operators help one another while improving their collective capacity to provide access to water and sanitation services for all. The UfM and GWOPA are currently exploring potential ways… read more
The Head of the Tunisian Government, Ali Larayedh, gave a keynote speech during the inaugural session of the Mediterranean Economic Conference. The event was co-organised by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Tunisian Government with the aim to address the unemployment and territorial development challenges in the Southern Mediterranean region…. read more
The Third Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society took place on 11 and 12 September 2013 in Paris, France. The Conference gathered ministers of the 43 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean responsible for women affairs and gender equality…. read more
Barcelona, 6 September, 2013. The new Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation was launched on 6 September 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, with the aim of supporting women of the Euro-Mediterranean in their quest for empowerment and gender equality. More concretely, the Foundation will implement the Union for the Mediterranean labelled project Developing Women Empowerment, approved by the 43 Members of the Union for the Mediterranean. The newly launched Foundation, whose headquarters are in Barcelona, is composed and governed by representatives from the North and the South of the Mediterranean, including non-governmental organizations, academic and research community, and local and national public authorities. The… read more
