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
The European Commission – DG Employment – and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) held the 4th meeting of the High-Level Working Group on Employment and Labour on 28 January 2015 in Brussels…. read more
• Three Committees of the UfM Parliamentary Assembly (Culture, Economic Affairs and Political Affairs) met at the UfM Secretariat on 23, 26 and 30 January. • Parliamentarians from 35 UfM member States and the European Parliament convened in Barcelona to discuss key issues and priorities for the region…. read more
Amman, 29 January 2015. The Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs, Nasser Judeh, held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, during which he discussed the mandate and the activities of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, as well as ways to develop them in order to reinforce the partnership and the cooperation between the member States within the Euro-Mediterranean framework. They also discussed the current mechanisms and the measures that can be adopted to accelerate the UfM activities, and the need to realize the desired objectives within the… read more
The Ministerial Conference will take place in Madrid on 23-24 March 2015, gathering ten Western Mediterranean countries…. read more
Barcelone, le 21 janvier 2015. M. Michel Vauzelle, Président de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur et de la Commission Inter-Méditerranéenne (CIM) de la Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes (CRPM), a rencontré au siège de l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) le Secrétaire Général, M. Fathallah Sijilmassi, en présence de M. Jean-Claude Gayssot, Vice-président de la Région Languedoc-Roussillon, des représentants du gouvernement de la Generalitat de Catalunya, et de la Secrétaire Générale adjointe de l’UpM, Mme Delphine Borione. Ils étaient accompagnés de M. Davide Strangis, Secrétaire Exécutif de la CIM-CRPM. « Je crois beaucoup à la dimension territoriale du partenariat euro-méditerranéen – a précisé… read more
The UfM Secretariat and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work closer on areas of common concern, including job creation, women’s socio-economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, social economy, food security and climate change…. read more
Barcelona, 22 December 2014. The recently appointed Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ignacio Ybáñez, and the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Fathallah Sijilmassi, held a bilateral meeting yesterday at the Secretariat’s headquarters, in Barcelona, to exchange views on UfM activities and discuss Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and regional challenges. The Secretary General praised the strong commitment of Spain to the UfM, and in view of the current discussions aimed at giving a new impulse to the European Neighborhood Policy, agreed with the Secretary of State Ybáñez on the need to continue working together and build on existing achievements to… read more
