Geneva – UfMS Acting Secretary General Dr. Lino Cardarelli was invited as keynote speaker at the second operational meeting on External Trade and Investments in the Mediterranean organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Trade and Productive Capacity Cluster. The meeting was attended by several imminent speakers from the Mediterranean region which focused on the recent developments in the Southern parts of the Mediterranean and its economic impact…. read more
UfM member States, represented by their Senior Officials, lately adopted two key documents related to the work of the Secretariat…. read more
Barcelona – Will the Arab revolutions topple the invisible wall that separates the two Mediterranean shores? In order to do this, Europe must contribute towards it, helping the North African evolution towards democracy and progress…. read more
The Division of Environment and Water of the UfM Secretariat is organizing a technical Meeting of the Water Expert Group (WEG), to be held at the Palau de Pedralbes, headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean’s Secretariat, Barcelona on 17-18 May 2011, and which will be co-hosted by the European Commission and MED EUWI…. read more
Murcia – Rafiq Husseini, Deputy Secretary General and Head of Environment & Water Division, and Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General for the EU Committee of Regions, were invited by the President of the Murcia Region, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, to address the proposals of the ‘ARLEM Report on local water management in the Mediterranean’ and governance of water resources…. read more
At the MISTRALS International Workshop held between 30 March and 1 April 2011 in the University of Malta in Valetta, Dr. Rafiq Husseini outlined the serious environmental challenges that face the Mediterranean Region and threats to its biodiversity, habitable areas, health and food security…. read more
Barcelona – During the First UfM Working Group on Transport Meeting organised by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean held on 21 March 2011, Barcelona, the experts shared their vision on the role and possible roadmap of the Division of Transport and Urban Development (TUDD) of the UfMS in the framework of the Euro-Med…. read more
Barcelona – The UfMS received the strong support of the representatives of institutions such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)…. read more
Barcelona – Among the organisers and attendees at the conference held on 14 and 15 March 2011 feature some of the most relevant institutions of this field of expertise such as the World Bank, UN Habitat, MedCities, the Cities Alliance, the Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the City of Barcelona, which aimed to lead the different Mediterranean agents (local authorities, governments, fund backers, cities networks etc.)…. read more
Rome – A draft recommendation on a Euro-Mediterranean Transport Network was adopted at the 7th Session of the Union for the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (PA-UfM), at the meeting of the Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, Social Affairs and Education held on 3 March 2011, and attended by Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development (TUDD). The stakeholders were called upon to present comprehensive, innovative projects which could highly contribute to the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Transport Network, while calling also on the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) to increase its efforts of… read more
