14 – 15 March 2023, Nice. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean held the 14th meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour in Nice, France, as part of the Roadmap implementing the Declaration of the 5th UfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour that took place in Marrakech on 17-18 May 2022. The meeting of the Platform was chaired by the UfM Co-Presidency: the European Commission (DG EMPL) and Jordan (Ministry of Labour), and the discussions covered the following areas: Youth Employment: there was a session dedicated to youth employment, during which the state of… read more
Open call for non-profit organizations in the Euro-Mediterranean Region Barcelona, 16 March 2023. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has launched a Grant Scheme to promote employment and entrepreneurship in the green economy. Aiming to support the green transformation of the Southern Mediterranean economies, this call for proposals is especially targeted to benefit vulnerable groups, which are disproportionately affected by the consequences of climate change and the related changing socio-economic landscape. The green economy, green skills and green jobs are poised to play a key role in a sustainable recovery of the Southern Mediterranean region in the aftermath of the COVID-19… read more
OMC – Med Energy Conference, in cooperation with the Union for Mediterranean (UfM) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), has recently launched the second edition of the “Call for Ideas – Mediterranean Region”, an opportunity for new generations of researchers and young professionals to emerge, offering them the possibility to present their ideas and projects on energy transition to accelerate the pathway toward more clean, affordable and secure energy and provide solutions to achieve socio-economic growth for the territory and the community. The “Call for Ideas – Mediterranean Region” addresses young researchers born in or after the year 1982 of… read more
8 March 2023. To celebrate the International Women’s Day, the UfM seeks to recognise the paramount role of women in the water sector, and highlight the need to ensure that the women’s role is at the heart of the UfM priorities and in promoting initiatives supporting women in the Mediterranean region and beyond. Gender equality is key to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As “being off the track to achieve the SDGs by 2030” is a looming reality, the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) launched a Call for Action (CfA) to accelerate the achievement of gender equality… read more
In line with the theme chosen for UN International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, the UfM held a Webinar on Innovation and technological change for Gender Equality on 7th March 2023 from 11h to 13h. Representatives of European Commission, international (UNIDO) and regional organizations and networks (EMA), as well as successful women entrepreneurs working on the field of digital platforms AI and Tech in the MENA Region (Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia), shared good practices and discussed solutions for an inclusive digital ecosystem. In particular, panelists shared their experiences and recommendations with almost 100… read more
7th March 2023, Barcelona. The members of the UfM Community of Practice on Youth Employment in the Southern Mediterranean gathered in an online format for their 3rd meeting. On this occasion, the main priorities of the CoP and modalities for the upcoming meetings in 2023 were discussed. The UfM Community of Practice on Youth Employment in the Southern Mediterranean was launched by the UfM following the Ministerial Declaration of the UfM Employment and Labour Ministers adopted in 2022 in Marrakech, Morocco. Acting upon this mandate, the Community of Practice on Youth Employment in the Southern Mediterranean aims to use the convening… read more
7 March 2023, Barcelona – UfM hosted on 7 March 2023 the webinar on the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF): Outcomes, follow up and way forward”, as a follow-up on the COP15 Biodiversity, which took place in December 2022 in Montreal as shared international roadmap to tackle the ecological crisis and towards a more nature-positive world. The webinar stressed the need to continue pooling technical, human and financial resources; ensuring coordination and converge efforts to reach the 30×30 target, which calls for 30% of the world’s terrestrial, inland water, and of coastal and marine areas, to be in effective protection… read more
The Union for the Mediterranean is hosting a webinar on 7 March with the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. The webinar will explore the impact of the digital and technology gender gap on widening economic and social inequalities. Leading female experts and entrepreneurs will join the discussion to share their success stories and to present real action towards equal opportunities in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Barcelona, 2 March 2023. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will be joining the celebrations for the International Women’s Day, by hosting a webinar to raise awareness on the gendered impacts of innovation and technology. This online… read more
The first meeting of the UfM Member States’ Senior Officials of 2023 took place today in Barcelona. In this occasion, the main priorities and strategic orientations for the year were discussed. UfM support for the project Smart DESERT, addressing water scarcity in Jordan while fostering the economic empowerment of the vulnerable local and refugee populations, was also endorsed by granting it the UfM label. 2023 will see a variety of important initiatives taking place: from multiple ministerial meetings and regional conferences to the launch of two grant schemes to fund green jobs and trade-related projects, the presentation of the UfM’s… read more
The new edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) Award seeks to boost once again local communities in the Southern Mediterranean and will held in the framework of the celebrations of the Day of the Mediterranean. #ARLEMaward 22 February 2023. The UfM is supporting once again this year the Young Local Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean Award, created by Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM). The award is open to young entrepreneurs (under 35 years old), running a company for at least 3 years and based in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Monaco,… read more
