Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) attended the meeting…. read more
Barcelona, 15 September, 2014. Mr Naser Tahboub was appointed yesterday as the new UfM Deputy Secretary General for Water & Environment by Union for the Mediterranean Senior Officials in Brussels. Originally from Palestine, Mr Naser Tahboub began his career at the West Bank Ministry of Finance and worked as General Manager at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Bank. Prior to assuming his position at the UfM Secretariat, he held the positions such as Director of the Al Quds University Economic Development Centre and Vice Chairman of the Palestine Capital Market Authority, in addition to serving as Deputy Minister of National Economy. Mr Naser… read more
The Senior Officials of the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean endorsed the renewal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as the southern co-presidency of the Union for the Mediterranean…. read more
Madrid, 10 September 2014. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Fathallah Sijilmassi, and the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, José Manuel García-Margallo, held a bilateral meeting today at the Ministry’s headquarters, in Madrid, to discuss Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and regional challenges, as well as the consolidation of the role of the Union for the Mediterranean for the reinforcement of regional cooperation and integration. The meeting took place a week before the holding of the Ministerial Conference on international support to Libya, set be held on 17 September in Madrid, in which the UfM Secretariat will participate. UfM Secretary General… read more
The selection of young female participants to the training courses concluded in August, 2014. The programmes began this month and will run until the end of December…. read more
The UfM supports the political and economical transition in Tunisia… read more
• The first phase of the UfM-labelled project “Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector” has been completed following successful policy dialogues in Jordan and Tunisia. The project aims to improve the public governance and attract investments to the water sector of the Mediterranean region. • The promoters GWP-Med and OECD organised workshops to launch national reports in Amman and Tunis, respectively. Stakeholders from the water and wastewater sector – authorities, utilities, donors, civil society, private sector, etc. – convened to discuss the report’s findings and recommendations based on the analytical work and series of consultation meetings held during… read more
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS –Clusters in Cultural and Creative industries from Southern Mediterranean countries are invited to submit their applications to participate in a cooperation project developed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with the support of the UfM Secretariat to promote business development, entrepreneurial cooperation and increased competitiveness in the cultural field…. read more
• The UfM Secretariat presented its cooperation projects in higher education and research and invited universities from Barcelona to actively participate in UfM initiatives in the Euro-Med region. • An official welcome address was given by the Honorable Conseller of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Generalitat de Catalunya, Andreu Mas-Colell, and the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi…. read more
• The Honorable Conseller of Economy and Knowledge, Andreu Mas-Colell, reiterated his commitment to enhance cooperation in higher education across the Euro-Mediterranean region. • Both sides highlighted the importance of the city of Barcelona as an economic hub in the region…. read more