• The High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, assumes the northern co-presidency of the UfM. • During the parliamentary hearing, Mogherini highlighted that the EU needs to strengthen collaboration with regional cooperation frameworks, such as the Union for the Mediterranean and the 5+5 Dialogue, in order to face up to current Euro-Mediterranean challenges…. read more
The aims of the agreement include providing employment for women and youth and encouraging social cohesion through sustainable urban development and digital economy. It is the first alliance between the international organisation and a bank foundation…. read more
• Tara Expeditions and civil society representatives, local institutions and international organisations evaluate the current state of pollution in the Mediterranean and discuss ways to raise awareness • The Tara Mediterranean Expedition is sailing across the Mediterranean Sea to collect scientific data while exhibiting findings and holding discussions with local audiences during stopovers along the route… read more
• The UfM Secretariat will help stimulate business development in the region by establishing a platform for dialogue, exchange of experiences, identification of training needs and dissemination of best practices in the context of cultural and creative industries. • The project further develops the regional dimension of the EU/UNIDO’s initiative, “Support for the Development of Cultural and Creative Industries and Clusters in the Southern Mediterranean”…. read more
Participants encouraged the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean network to exchange information, best practices and innovative programmes on job intermediation…. read more
UfM representatives presented to the international community the Desalination Facility Project as a priority water intervention for the Gaza Strip. The presentation took place at the Cairo International Conference on Palestine and Reconstructing Gaza…. read more
• Skills for Success: Employability Skills for Women will support 450 young women and girls from Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia in acquiring the tools, knowledge and skills needed to access local labour markets. • Additionally, a workshop on vocational training for girls and women has been held to analyse the current context in Lebanon and the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more
With the aim to foster employment opportunities, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will be organising on 10 October, in Beirut, the launching of the “Skills for Success: Employability Skills for Women” project’s first phase. This UfM-labelled project is promoted by AMIDEAST and seeks to support 450 young women and girls from Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia in acquiring the tools, knowledge and skills needed to access local labour markets. The project’s activities have already started in Morocco and Jordan, and are about to start in Lebanon. Egypt and Tunisia will constitute the project’s second phase of implementation, which is foreseen… read more
• The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Fathallah Sijilmassi, and the Secretary General of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), Cosimo Lacirignola, signed a cooperation agreement to undertake joint initiatives benefitting higher education and food security in the Euro-Mediterranean region. • The UfM-CIHEAM project “Higher Education on Food Security & Rural Development” was officially launched. • Within the frame of this project, 20 scholarships have been allocated to Southern Mediterranean female students in the four CIHEAM institutes for the 2014-2015 academic year…. read more
The initiative is designed to primarily aid micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries involved in the project. In addition, public and private agencies are also expected to greatly benefit from this project, thanks to the capacity building programmes deployed…. read more
