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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

The project will support the Central Banks of Jordan and Morocco in the development of regulations expanding access to financial services among the Mediterranean population through innovative retail payment solutions such as mobile financial services…. read more

Strategic High-Level EU-IFIs Meeting on emerging challenges in the Southern Mediterranean… read more

EU Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, Jordanian ICT Minster H.E. Azzam Sleit and UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi, together with the Heads of Delegation from 43 countries around the Mediterranean today launched new Digital Economy initiatives…. read more

The INSA Euro-Méditerranée officially came into being on Monday 22 September as part of the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez (UEMF). This project created the first Euro-Mediterranean establishment for engineer training…. read more

Representatives of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) met Francesco Pigliaru, President of Autonomous region of Sardinia, in Italy…. read more

Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), attended the meeting…. read more

The Union for the Mediterranean and UN Women signed a partnership agreement to work closer on the road to Beijing +20, and undertake joint initiatives to effectively contribute towards women’s socio-economic empowerment…. read more

• UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi participated in the Annual Meeting of the Clinton Foundation. • The Meeting took place on 21-24 September in New York, gathering world leaders and high-profile speakers…. read more

• The UfM Secretariat participated in the UN Climate Summit 2014, organised by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. • The Summit brought together world leaders from governments, finance, business and civil society, to champion an ambitious vision and catalyse action against climate change…. read more