Le nouveau Secrétaire général du Service européen d’action extérieure (SEAE), M. Alain Le Roy, a pris ses fonctions ce lundi 2 mars à Bruxelles. Il prend la suite de M. Pierre Vimont qui a assumé ces fonctions depuis la création du SEAE en 2009. Le Service européen d’action extérieure, dirigé par Mme Federica Mogherini, haute représentante pour les Affaires étrangères et la Politique de Sécurité de la Commission européenne et Vice Présidente de la Commission européenne, assure avec le Royaume hashémite de Jordanie la co-présidence de l’Union pour la Méditerranée. Le Secrétariat de l’Union pour la Méditerranée tient à rendre hommage… read more
• UfM Secretary General Fathallah Sijilmassi held talks with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. • UfM Secretary General Fathallah Sijilmassi held talks with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. • A delegation from the UfM Secretariat exchanged views with Italian officials and stakeholders on UfM activities and initiatives Rome, 26 February 2015. A high-level delegation from the UfM Secretariat, led by its Secretary General Fathallah Sijilmassi, held talks today at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome with the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, and the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs , Mr. Benedetto Della… read more
The main objective of the Mediterranean New Chance programme is to provide young people who have been excluded from the labour market (dropouts from school and unemployed graduates) with innovative training and first business experience following the successful pedagogical model of the Second Chance School of Marseille.… read more
The UfM Secretariat and the Agency for International Cooperation and Local Development in the Mediterranean (ACIM) signed an agreement to foster entrepreneurship and support productive investment for diasporas in the Mediterranean region…. read more
Paris, 20 February 2015. The informal ministerial meeting of the Mediterranean Group (Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, and Malta) was held today in Paris. UfM Secretary General, Fathallah Sijilmassi, along with the President of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Elisabeth Guigou, participated in the discussions. The Informal Ministerial Meeting was held in the presence of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, and the Secretary General of the European External Action Service, Alain Le Roy. Read Official Conclusions: Résumé des travaux … read more
The New Chance Mediterranean Network (MedNC) programme aims at improving the employability of young people who dropped out of school before obtaining a degree and unemployed graduates from Southern Mediterranean countries…. read more
• A delegation from the UfM Secretariat exchanged views with EU Commissioners and Parliamentarians in Strasbourg on the margin of the plenary session regarding the key role of the UfM in the ongoing European Neighbourghood Policy (ENP) review. • UfM Secretary General Fathallah Sijilmassi held talks with EU Commissioners, Chairs of Committees of the European Parliament, chairpersons for delegations and heads of the main EU political parties. Strasbourg, 12 February 2015. A high-level delegation from the UfM Secretariat, led by its Secretary General Fathallah Sijilmassi, held talks with EU parliamentarians and EU Commissioners on the margin of the plenary session of… read more
UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi held talks with Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Co-President of the UfM. Within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy review, they discussed the key role of the Union for the Mediterranean to strengthen regional cooperation and address the current needs of the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
• UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi discussed strategic issues with the UfM Co-Presidency, assumed by Jordan and the EU for the South and North respectively.• UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi discussed strategic issues with the UfM Co-Presidency, assumed by Jordan and the EU for the South and North respectively. • The discussions covered the UfM Secretariat’s role and the need to foster the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership on the occasion of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) review. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, met in Amman on 29 January 2015 with the Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate… read more
Barcelona, 3 February 2015. The period for the submission of entries to the Catalonia Ecodesign Award 2015, is now open. This award, organised by the Government of Catalonia, recognises products, products under development and product-fostering strategies that are designed to improve the environmental performance of products and services over the course of their life cycle. The award has five categories, of which category E Euro-Mediterranean Design is aimed at international entrants from the 21 neighbouring countries of the Mediterranean. The Award counts on the support of SWITCH-Med, the EU funded Programme to support Mediterranean countries to shift to Sustainable Patterns of… read more
