• The UfM Secretariat organised a coordination meeting with the Government of Palestine, the European Commission and International Banks mainly in order to conclude the financial mechanism of the UfM-labeled project and to adopt a roadmap for 2016. • A High-level Donor Conference is foreseen to take place in June 2016…. read more
The Second Regional Steering Committee Meeting of the project was held on Tuesday 9 February 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. The Regional Steering Committee Meeting consists of the six Ministries of Industry of the related MENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia), the representatives of six Women Business Associations in the six beneficiary countries, the Italian Government (as a donor), the UfMS and UNIDO. Its role is to advise on the overall implementation of the project’s activities to ensure its alignment with the priorities of the counterparts, MENA national women’s business associations in particular. The main goal was to… read more
• The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, met today with the Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau. • They exchanged views on UfM activities and discussed ways to continue advancing cooperation between the Secretariat and the City of Barcelona…. read more
More than 180 young disadvantaged women have already benefited from the programme…. read more
Rome, 26 January 2016. In accordance with the joint decision of Mrs. Stefania Giannini, the Italian Minister of Education, Universities and Research and Mr. Lahcen Daoudi, the Moroccan Minister of Education, Scientific Research & Executive Training and in the presence of the Ambassador of Morocco in Rome, Hassan Abouyoub, the signing ceremony of two cooperation agreements between the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes and the University of Florence (UNIHI) took place on 26 January in Rome. The President of the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes, Prof. Mostapha Bousmina, and Rector Luigi Dei signed a “Cultural and Scientific cooperation agreement” and a “Specific… read more
• UfM Secretary General met with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation to discuss the Mediterranean agenda. He held working sessions with the Deputy Ministers at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. • During his working visit to Madrid, F. Sijilmassi also met with Rebecca Grynspan, Secretary General of the Secretaría General Iberoamericana -SEGIB…. read more
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
