The UfM Secretariat participated in the NextMed Conference: “From ENPI to ENI: a new phase of cross-border cooperation”. Organised by the Joint Managing Authority directed by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, the event took place today in Rome with the aim of analysing the Mediterranean cross-border cooperation achievements and challenges and to launch the new phase of the programme…. read more
The UfM High-Level Conference on the Financing of the Future Trans-Mediterranean Transport Network (TMN-T) successfully gathered over 120 participants before the Euro-Mediterranean Partners. The event was attended by the Minister of Transport of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.E. Lina Shbeeb, in her capacity as Co-Chair of the UfM, as well as by the main European and international financial institutions, donors and private companies…. read more
Barcelona, 1 December 2014. Mr Jean Roatta, Deputy Mayor of Marseille responsible for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation, met Mr Fathallah Sijilmassi, the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) at the UfM headquarters. Ms Corinne Bernie, the Director of International Affairs of the City of Marseille, and Ms Delphine Borione, the Deputy Secretary General of the UfM, were also in attendance. They discussed the avenues for cooperation between the UfM Secretariat and the City of Marseille, which is very active in promoting Euro-Mediterranean relations. Transport, economic development and employment, renewable energy, young people and sports, partnerships between local governments, and… read more
The Euro-Mediterranean Trade and Investment Facilitation Mechanism: Training Workshop for Technical Focal Points aims to facilitate closer economic ties between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean countries…. read more
Barcelona, 13 November 2014. The UfM-labelled project Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector successfully launched the national policy dialogue in Palestine — the first country to enter the second phase — during a first consultation workshop in Rammallah on 13 November. Officially launched in May 2013, this regional project is jointly implemented by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean(GWP-Med). Its core objective is to relieve key governance bottlenecks to mobilising financing through public private partnerships (PPP) in the Mediterranean water sector and to support the development of consensual action plans based on international good… read more
• The Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) member states met for the sixth time in the year 2014 in Barcelona. Five new projects promoting young people’s employability, job opportunities, entrepreneurship, urban sustainable development and water management transparency were approved. • The UfM Senior Officials approved unanimously the renewal of the mandate of Fathallah Sijilmassi as Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean for a second mandate of three years…. read more
“Coproduction is a real window of opportunities that can be opened in order to take a step forward towards greater economic regional integration in the Mediterranean”, underlined UfM Deputy Secretary General for Business Development, Claudio Cortese, during the EMCC Forum…. read more
The Union for the Mediterranean presented its strategy for establishing a reinforced regional climate change cooperation framework in the Mediterranean region…. read more
Deputy Secretary General Naser Tahboub stresses the UfM Secretariat’s commitment to fulfil its mandate in bringing together all relevant actors and to serve as a multi-stakeholders platform to boost the environmental agenda… read more
“Gender equality has to be at the heart of the global agenda of human rights. Equal rights between men and women and elimination of all forms of gender-based discrimination constitute an essential precondition for advancing human rights achievements”, stated UfM Deputy Secretary General Delphine Borione…. read more
