The UfM, in partnership with the EU and other regional actors, is supporting “SwitchMed Connect”, an event of the SwitchMed Programme, to be held on 29-30 October in Barcelona, gathering, for the first time, more than 350 stake holders from Mediterranean countries to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social innovative solutions…. read more
• The UfM is currently executing 13 projects to promote youth employability and inclusive growth, potentially benefiting more than 200,000 young people, mainly in the framework of its Med4Jobs programme. • UfM, EIB and the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the EU have come together at the 15th FEMIP conference to explore the links between private sector finance, entrepreneurship and job creation with a focus on the tools for financing pioneering investments…. read more
• UfM participated at the 2015 OSCE Mediterranean Conference, “Common Security in the Mediterranean Region – Challenges and Opportunities”, which gathered 200 representatives of governments and State institutions, international organisations and civil society from the 57 OSCE participating States and 6 Partner countries. • Fathallah Sijilmassi underlined “the importance of regional cooperation to trigger sustainable economic growth, job perspectives for youth, a culture of inclusiveness and the promotion of the role of women and infrastructural and productive investment. Regional cooperation on development issues is paramount to stability and peace in the Mediterranean.”… read more
• UfM participates in the UNIDO Conference on Women Economic Empowerment in EXPO Milano 2015, an event aiming at establishing a political dialogue and identifying recommendations for policy makers and share good practices and business women’s experience at the international level. • The UfM Deputy Secretary General for Social and Civil Affairs, Delphine Borione, highlighted that “it is the right time to harness the great potential of women entrepreneurs for an inclusive and sustainable growth in the Euro-Mediterranean region.”… read more
• UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and UfM Secretary-General Fathallah Sijilmassi sign a Partnership Agreement to promote tolerance and regional dialogue. • UfM Secretary-General Fathallah Sijilmassi presents UfM activities before UNESCO’s Executive Board…. read more
The purpose of the UfM Platforms is to provide a permanent forum of regional dialogue for discussing energy policy objectives and measures, with a view to identifying concrete partnership actions and following up on their implementation…. read more
“As Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, but also as a member of the Euro-Mediterranean family, I am very happy to congratulate the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet is fantastic news. I congratulate Tunisia and the quartet for what they have achieved for the sake of this very important country that has witnessed some very difficult moments. This prize enables the country to continue looking at the future with courage, ambition and determination. This prize is a strong signal of the… read more
• UfM participates at the EuroMeSCo General Annual Conference and General Assembly 2015 in which institutions and research centers working on Mediterranean issues examine challenges and opportunities of current Euro-Mediterranean relations. • The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, highlights the need to “accelerate the course and amplify the impact of regional cooperation to effectively address the root causes of the security challenges, as well as the socio-economic and sustainable development issues, as embodied by the UfM structured, multi-partner, impact oriented approach”…. read more
• The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean attended the 12th Meeting of Foreign Ministers, hosted in Tangier by the Kingdom of Morocco as Co-President of the 5+5 Dialogue. • 100,000 young people are benefiting directly from 16 of the 33 UfM-labelled projects in a region with almost 30% youth unemployment. • These projects are related to areas such as education and mobility (the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes ); employability (the Med4Jobs initiative); business creation (“Generation Entrepreneur” project), and women’s empowerment, with 10 projects launched and 50,000 beneficiaries. Barcelona, 8 October 2015. The Foreign Ministers of the “5+5 Dialogue”,… read more
• The Moroccan Minister of Higher Education, the Special Advisor to the Secretary of State in charge of Higher Education and Research in France and representatives of the local authorities launched the opening of classes in the Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) as part of the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes. • Deeming the education and employability of young people to be the best investment for the future of the region, the UfM and the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes are working hand-in-hand for this purpose…. read more