The UfM’s Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) Workshop brings all relevant stakeholders and promoters involved in the initiative together for the first time, marking the start of its second phase. Laila Iskandar, the Minister of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Areas of Egypt; Anis Ghdira, the Secretary of State for Housing of the Government of Tunisia; and Mohammed Jalayta, the Mayor of Jericho (Palestine), are attending the workshop, along with high-level representatives from international financial institutions and 60 participants from six countries involved in 15 UPFI projects…. read more
The Summer Academy for Strengthening Democracy in the Euro-Med Region held in Sofia, Bulgaria gathers young leaders from Morocco, Tunisia and Bulgaria to contribute to South-South and North-South cooperation. Delphine Borione, UfM Deputy Secretary General for Social and Civil Affairs, discussed the need to strengthen regional cooperation to contribute to stability, sustainable development and inclusive societies in the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
The discussions, held between roughly 40 representatives from the public and private sectors on all sides of the Mediterranean, focused on the Mediterranean’s position from a global outlook as an old and new actor in Mediterranean trade, investment, and development, in addition to security and geopolitical challenges…. read more
• Data show that the Mediterranean region is particularly exposed to global environmental concerns. • The Union for the Mediterranean promotes and supports a variety of initiatives to address environmental challenges and help improve the quality of life throughout the region. • A UfM Ministerial meeting on “Blue Economy” will be held at the end of the year with the goal of generating jobs and investment in the region…. read more
The Conference, hosted by the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region and officially opened by the President of the French Republic Mr François Hollande, is being held in preparation for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which will take place in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015 (COP21/CMP11)…. read more
The two countries congratulated the Union for the Mediterranean on the role it has played and call on it to bolster its capacities when it comes to reviewing the European Neighbourhood Policy…. read more
Twenty-five senior female high public officials from the Mediterranean countries meet in Barcelona to discuss the role of gender equality in various issues that the region faces…. read more
• Blue economy offers enormous potential for job creation and investment in the Mediterranean, particularly in terms of sustainable development, clustering and networking of education and training organisations, increased research and innovation capacity, skills development and access to finance. • This potential can only be tapped through joint efforts and close cooperation between all littoral States…. read more
• The Jordanian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nasser Judeh, opened the Senior Officials Meeting in Jordan, which has held the southern co-presidency of the UfM since 2012. • Within the political dialogue, Senior Officials exchanged views on the Middle East Peace Process, the situation in Syria and its repercussions on the ground, including the Syrian refugees issue and the phenomena of extremism and radicalism across the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
• Both institutions signed an official partnership agreement to cooperate in areas such as business development, women’s economic empowerment, energy, water, environment and climate change. • The operational collaboration between UfM and UNIDO started in 2014 with the promotion of the project “Establishment of a regional platform for the Development of Cultural and Creative Industries and Clusters in the Southern Mediterranean”, aimed to foster entrepreneurial cooperation among the cultural and creative industries…. read more
