Youth unemployment is a key major challenge for both European and Southern Mediterranean countries. It is a major issue to be addressed within the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean as it holds a very significant connection with the overall objective of regional integration in the Euro-Med region…. read more
• UfM Secretary General hosted as keynote speaker by Instituto de Empresa Business Leadership Forum, Elcano Royal Institute and Euro-Mediterranean Institute (IEMed). • Sijilmassi discussed the UfM activities and road ahead, as well as the current opportunities and challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
Relaunching a regular regional dialogue on water issues of common interest in the region and recalling the 2008 Ministerial Declaration, the UfM Secretariat convened the 5th UfM Water Expert Group (WEG) meeting…. read more
Following-up on the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Digital Economy, endorsed last September 2014 in Brussels, the UfM Secretariat is working together with key partners to remove the regional barriers in the digital sector…. read more
• Minister Al-Malki’s visit was an opportunity to exchange views with SG Sijilmassi on the active involvement of Palestine in UfM activities • Among the topics discussed, both parties analysed the next steps concerning the Desalination Facility for the Gaza Strip project. A meeting aimed at approving the financial mechanism of the project will be held in February 2016 in Barcelona, involving key International Financial Institutions…. read more
The objective is to assess the progress made in gender equality and to provide recommendations to policy makers at the national and Euro-Mediterranean level…. read more
Barcelona, 12 January 2016. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) strongly condemns the terrorist attack perpetrated today in Istanbul, Turkey. It presents its condolences to the families of the victims and expresses its profound solidarity with the people and the Government of Turkey and with all victims of terrorism. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean reiterates its firm condemnation of all acts of terrorism, extremism and violence. It reaffirms its unshakeable faith in the values of dialogue and peace and joins the international community in the fight against terrorism and the defense of universal human… read more
Barcelona, 22 December 2015. The United Nations General Assembly adopted in December the Resolution A/70/124, granting observer status to the Union for the Mediterranean, at the initiative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Co-President of the Union for the Mediterranean, and with the sponsorship of the UfM Member States. The UfM welcomes another international recognition of its global role as a driving force for regional cooperation and integration in the Mediterranean and looks forward to actively participating in this capacity in the work of the General Assembly…. read more
UfM welcomes the adoption of the Paris Agreement by all the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a major breakthrough in tackling climate change. The UfM Secretariat will continue working on a regional dimension, by ensuring operational support to all UfM Members in the implementation of their climate policies and the achievement of the common objectives. The next COP22 will be held in Marrakech in November 2016, taking stock of the progress achieved in the regional process…. read more
Female university students from Albania, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia are currently receiving mentoring and training for creating their own businesses…. read more