The UfM Secretariat is partnering with France’s Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) in the launch of a competition to foster public initiatives promoting adaptation to climate change impacts…. read more
Twenty-two young women from around ten Southern Mediterranean countries, selected on the basis of their background and ambition to develop a culture of gender equality, took part in a two-week training course on equality and leadership, in Paris and Strasbourg from 9 to 20 May…. read more
Today, at the Dead Sea in Jordan, Ministers of International Cooperation and Planning from the 43 member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) defined key steps to enhance the impact of regional cooperation…. read more
• UfM Secretary General, Fathallah Sijilmassi, participated in the 1st International Conference on Preventive Diplomacy, organised at the initiative of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Manuel García-Margallo. • Sijilmassi discussed ways to reinforce preventive diplomacy in the Mediterranean with Ministers of Foreign Affairs and other dignitaries and experts from the region, including Spanish MFA J.M. García-Margallo, Morocco’s Minister Delegate Mbarka Bouaida, and Egypt’s Assistant MFA Hisham Badr…. read more
• The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) underlines “the pivotal role played by the UfM in promoting regional cooperation and regional integration in the Mediterranean”. • UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi welcomes the election of Italy as the new Presidency of the PA-UfM and reaffirms the Secretariat’s commitment to continue building operational synergies and complementarities between the two institutions. • The UfM Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation and Planning is taking place this week in Jordan (2 June) to reinforce the regional dimension of the current and future cooperation initiatives…. read more
• Youth unemployment in those under 25 years of age is approximately 50% in Spain, where around 22% of young people abandon the school system. • The aim of Second Chance Schools of Spain (E2O) is to construct a recognised national model through an innovative pedagogical approach addressed at unemployed young people without any qualifications. It is already working successfully in other Mediterranean countries under the UfM-labelled project New Chance Mediterranean Network (MedNC). • The Spanish Association of Second Chance Schools (E2O), formed in March this year, met today, in its first national meeting, with more than 150 representatives in… read more
• UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi participates in the ‘I Medtink Forum – Dialogue 5+5’ at Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona. • The Forum agrees on the creation of the ‘Med Think 5+5’, a network of think tanks promoted by IEMed…. read more
• The blue economy offers enormous potential for job creation and investment in the Mediterranean, thus contributing to human development, stability and regional integration. This untapped potential can only be exploited through the better coordination of maritime affairs among all Mediterranean countries. • The 1st UfM Working Group on the Blue Economy took place in Turku, Finland, with the aim of discussing the state of play of regional cooperation in the different areas relevant to the blue economy, fostering initiatives and projects and preparing for the launch of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy. The meeting was held just prior… read more
SwitchMed Connect opens ¨Call for contributions¨. You can now submit your ideas until the end of May 2016…. read more
• The 1st informal Expert Meeting on Road Safety in the Mediterranean gathered experts from key institutions to agree on further action to improve road safety in the region. • “The UfM is very well placed to coordinate road safety prevention efforts in the Mediterranean”, said Jean Todt, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Road Safety. • “The UfM Secretariat stands ready to contribute to road safety efforts in the region within the framework of its activities in the transport sector, by providing a wide intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder platform to build on a concerted agenda”, said UfM Secretary… read more
