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The Initiative, co-sponsored by the UfM, aims to create a pipeline of 10 to 15 innovative projects on Sustainable Urban Development in the Southern Mediterranean region, with a financial framework of 5 million Euros…. read more

UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi took part in a High-level Conference on civil protection cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The UfM Secretariat has identified possible areas of project cooperation to enable the civil protection actors to better anticipate the risks to which the countries are exposed…. read more

The Union for the Mediterranean and the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) agreed to strengthen their collaboration to utilize common synergies for their long-term strategies “Mediterranean Solar Plan” and “Desert Power 2050”. Both programs are essential for the future energy supply in the Euro-Mediterranean region…. read more

This potential project, which responds to the need for reliable shared data and free flow of information, is a necessary basic tool for the integrated management and planning of Mediterranean water resources at a national or international level…. read more

Focusing on the improvement of skills for employment and entrepreneurship development in the Mediterranean countries, the UfM Secretariat co-organised the II Experts’ Meeting in Barcelona…. read more

The UfM Social and Civil Affairs Division and the Spanish Civil Society Platform for Cooperation in the Mediterranean (ECEM) are to collaborate on a future project to improve the social and economic situation of women in the Southern Mediterranean region…. read more

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the UfM Secretariat agreed on defining concrete ways of collaboration based on the existing synergies and complementarities with the aim to create an added-value in the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation…. read more

The UfM Secretariat, the Palestinian Water Authority and the Government of Turkey held talks on the technical and financial aspects of this strategic project which will require 310 Million euros investment. Turkey expressed its strong interest to support the project and a financial commitment will be discussed at the Prime Minister level in the coming weeks…. read more

Discussions focused on the developments made on the four components of the Strategy since the second meeting, held in Barcelona last 25 May 2012. The work is advancing successfully towards the completion of the Strategy…. read more

The award rewards the joint activity of the UfM, the Center for Transport Studies of the Western Mediterranean (CETMO) and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) to raise awareness of the project and build the project framework…. read more