• High-level participants stressed the necessity of a common vision and a regional framework to find concrete solutions to better mobilise the full potential of women. • All the 250 participants demonstrated the essential contribution of women to greater sustainable development, creating job opportunities, effective fight against extremism and radicalisation, and promotion of stability in the region. • Best practices and concrete initiatives were proposed. The UfM Secretariat and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNIDO, launched the 2nd phase of a €4.5M project to support women-led investments and businesses in the Southern Mediterranean region…. read more
• The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Groupe interacadémique pour le développement (GID) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration in the areas of higher education, research and youth employment. • Fostering educational, training and scientific cooperation is key to effectively advance integration, stability and human development in the Mediterranean…. read more
The member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) have defined key measures to address the persisting challenge of unemployment in the Mediterranean region, particularly for young people and women…. read more
“Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights and human dignity. Further to preventing women from a full participation in the society, violence has an impact and a cost which extend to the family, to children and to the whole society”, said Senior Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Delphine Borione during the meeting. Rabat, 21 September 2016. Under the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Regional Dialogue on women empowerment, and as a continuation to the previous meetings held in 2016 in Barcelona, Paris and Amman, two working group meetings were held the 20 and 21st… read more
• UfM Secretary General participates in the General Debate of the General Assembly and holds bilateral meetings with Government officials and representatives of UN Agencies to advance the common development agenda for the Euro-Mediterranean region, in line with the 2030 Development Agenda for Sustainable Development. • “The UfM Secretariat is determined to continue joining forces with the international community to address global challenges and implement Sustainable Development Goals in the Euro-Mediterranean region, with tangible and concrete activities and initiatives, especially for youth in the region”, has said Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean…. read more
More than a 100 participants of the Skill for Success program celebrated the end of their training and their improved employability skills…. read more
• Water is fundamental to human security, key to social and economic growth and the Mediterranean region is currently facing varying water-related situations and challenges. • The 2nd Meeting of the Drafting Group of the UfM Water Expert Group (WEG) has accelerated the work on the regional agenda on water to build a joint proposal of action plan for the region…. read more
• Minister Schmit and UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi discussed the upcoming third UfM Ministerial Meeting on Labour and Employment. • They explored ways to further coordinate efforts in addressing the challenges of the region in the field of vocational training and youth employment…. read more
• The Euro-Mediterranean region is facing numerous consequences of the climate change which take a hard toll on habitants of Eastern and Southern Mediterranean countries. In this regard, the sustainable agriculture and fisheries are vital to the stable social and economic growth of the Mediterranean. • CIHEAM’s 1st Mediterranean Forum for PhD Students and Young Researchers, framed within the UfM labelled project Higher Education & Food Security and Rural Development, provided the opportunity to debate on potential initiatives addressing the current challenges related to the design of sustainable agricultural food production systems in the Mediterranean basin…. read more
More than 30 UfM government representatives and key stakeholders involved in gender equality met in the framework of the UfM Regional Dialogue on Women’s Empowerment to move forward with preparing the next UfM Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society, expected to take place in 2017. The first two working groups on access of women to leadership positions and on women’s participation in economic life have gathered in Paris and Amman to review progress achieved on these issues and prepare recommendations for action…. read more
