A Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change will take place in Athens with the aim to discuss the environmental and climate-related challenges facing the region and define the future action plan…. read more
An action plan concerning the key aspects of the Trans-Maghreb Motorway Axis’ management was discussed in a participatory manner during a “Working days: Horizontal Actions for the Integration and Coordination of the Trans-Maghreb Motorway Axis management” seminar…. read more
A team from the staff of the UfM Secretariat participated yesterday in an annual sports event organized by La Fundación Claror: The ‘Sagrada Familia Mile’, in which participants run for a mile around Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s celebrated masterpiece. More than just a sporting event, the ‘Mile’ brought together over 2,000 participants from different ages and countries, making it a social and cultural gathering typical of the Mediterranean spirit. Running for the Mediterranean, the UfM team joined in several categories, and plans on joining future events towards the same cause…. read more
The Energy Division of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) will organise the first Extended Technical Committee meeting on Tuesday 29 April in Barcelona…. read more
On the occasion of the informal ministerial meeting of the Mediterranean Group (Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, and Malta), that was held earlier today in Alicante, UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi exchanged views with the ministers on the current state of play and perspectives of the UfM towards regional cooperation in the Mediterranean region…. read more
On the sidelines of the 13th ECOFIN/FEMIP Ministerial Meeting that took place in Athens on 1 April, both institutions signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding to ensure the continuity of their partnership…. read more
Paris, 9 April 2014. UfM Secretary General Mr Fathallah Sijilmassi and Mr Jean-Christophe Menet, Chief of UfM Cabinet, head to Paris to participate in a seminar on Euro-Mediterranean relations to be held by the French National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Chaired by Mrs Elisabeth Guigou, the event will take place on 10 April 2014. The seminar brings together several personalities and stakeholders involved in Euro-Mediterranean cooperation to exchange ideas and views on ways to strengthen Euro-Mediterranean dialogue and the support to regional cooperation projects. Within the framework of this visit, UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi will take part tonight in a… read more
The development of a wind farm in Jordan, the creation of a Mediterranean water knowledge platform, a capacity building programme aimed at promoting civic education in schools and a programme aimed at stimulating green industries and entrepreneurship are the four new projects recently labelled by the UfM…. read more
In the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean Senior Officials Meeting, the UfM Secretariat officially launched the Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI). UPFI is the financial component of the ‘Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy’, which aims to create a shared and common framework for the development of sustainable urban and territorial development strategies and projects…. read more
UfMS participates in the ECOFIN/FEMIP Ministerial Meeting in Athens organized by the Greek Presidency and the EIB… read more
