The UfM Secretariat aims to positively contribute towards sustainable urban development in the region by promoting innovative urban renewal, regeneration and development through specific urban projects and framework initiatives, such as the Euro-Mediterranean Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI)…. read more
The Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes is seeking to recruit executives and specialist professors as part of its permanent staff…. read more
• The UfM Secretariat is currently developing a strategy to actively engage the private sector towards greater socio-economic cooperation and development in the Mediterranean region. • “The private sector has a crucial role to play in achieving a more prosperous and integrated Mediterranean, and is thus an essential partner to foster greater investment opportunities and trade as well as technology and knowledge transfer in the region”, said UfM Senior Deputy Secretary General for Business Development, Claudio Cortese, during a meeting with high-level private sector representatives today in Barcelona…. read more
• 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
