Marrakech, 14 November 2016. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) launched a joint programme today aimed at the development of private renewable energy markets in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. The SEMED Private Renewable Energy Framework (SPREF), a €227.5 million financing framework, was presented during the EU Energy Day at the COP22 international climate conference in Marrakesh. The programme will help the region reduce its heavy dependence on imports of hydrocarbons. It aims to mobilise additional investment from other parties, including the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the… read more
• The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is actively participating in this year’s COP22, designated as the “COP of Action”, to launch specific regional initiatives and projects aimed at helping achieve the Paris Agreement targets in the Euro-Mediterranean region. • The Union for the Mediterranean and the European Commission will launch the UfM Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Platform (REEE) to promote progressive deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in order to foster socio-economic development in the Euro-Mediterranean region. • The Union for the Mediterranean together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)… read more
Youssef Chahed, Head of Government of Tunisia, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), gathered today in Bizerte to launch the “Integrated Programme for the Protection of Lake Bizerte against Pollution”, labelled by the 43 UfM Member States…. read more
• The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, participated at the 13th Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the 5+5 Dialogue, hosted by France in Marseille on 28 October. • Ministers discussed current pressing regional challenges and socio-economic cooperation, focusing on youth and employment. • The final declaration highlights the importance of UfM projects and activities and its role in facilitating the concertation and complementarity between the different Euro-Mediterranean cooperation frameworks and initiatives…. read more
• A UfMS delegation shared its views on the main regional challenges affecting the Euro-Mediterranean region and presented UfM action on job creation, highlighting the 3rd UfM Ministerial Conference on Labour and Employment and the integrated employability program Med4Jobs. • The Summit, inaugurated by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, brought together 120 participants from a range of economic and social councils and similar institutions from UfM Member States…. read more
• Mayors of Barcelona and Tetouan, Co-President of ARLEM, and UfM Secretary General presided over 25th Anniversary of Euro-Mediterranean municipal network MedCities, and discuss urban development regional co-operation with mayors and other stakeholders from the region. • Participants agreed on the need for an enhanced common urban development agenda for the Mediterranean, developing synergies and closer cooperation amongst the different integration initiatives in the region, especially in light of UN Habitat III New Urban Agenda and the upcoming COP22 in Marrakech and UfM Ministerial on Sustainable Urban Development in Cairo…. read more
600 civil society and stakeholders gathered in Malta to network and address intercultural dialogue, migrations, women empowerment and the need to counter extremism at the Mediterranean Forum organized by the Anna Lindh Foundation…. read more
More than 350 participants from 16 Southern and Northern Mediterranean countries including green entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises, policy-makers, civil society organisations, financing institutions and business networks gathered on 18-20 October 2016, in Barcelona, to discuss and share the latest sustainable development initiatives and green innovations developed in the Mediterranean with the aim to achieve productive and circular economies…. read more
• Le secrétariat général de l’Union pour la Méditerranée et le promoteur de projet Ideaborn ont rassemblé à l’Institut Français de Tunis divers acteurs institutionnels et de terrain engagés pour la promotion de l’égalité femme homme à travers l’éducation. • Ils ont ainsi pu présenter les premiers résultats du projet “former des citoyens responsables” et échanger sur les pratiques exemplaires de lutte contre la violence et la promotion de valeurs d’égalité mises en place dans la région…. read more
The Networking Event “Union for the Mediterranean – Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI)” was a unique opportunity to build on the UPFI success story and discuss the best tools to implement a “New Urban Agenda for the Mediterranean Region”, in view of the next UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development, to be held in Egypt in the Spring of 2017…. read more
