22 October – Amman, Jordan. Tomorrow, the UfM-labelled project ‘Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector’ shall initiate the national policy dialogue in Jordan during a first consultation workshop scheduled for 23 October in Amman. Officially launched in May 2013, this regional project if jointly implemented by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med). Its core objective is to diagnose key governance bottlenecks to mobilising financing through public private partnerships (PPP) for the Mediterranean water sector and to support the development of consensual action plans based on international good practices. The First… read more
A delegation headed by the Secretary General of the UfM, Mr. Fathallah Sijilmassi, and included the Deputy Secretary General for Social Affairs Mrs. Delphine Borione and the Political Advisor Mr. Alaa Youssef, paid an official visit to Stockholm on 8-9 October 2013, where they were received by the Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Frank Belfrage, who reiterated his country’s continuous support to the activities of the Secretariat. The Swedish State Secretary expressed appreciation for the progress achieved and commended the Secretariat for its comprehensive and substantial approach focusing on developing concrete projects and strengthening regional cooperation, as… read more
More than 100 young women students attended the first Palestinian Women Entrepreneurship Day, which took place at the Ramallah Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of the activities implemented within the framework of the UfM Project ‘Young Women as Job Creators’ launched earlier this year. The participants came from three local higher education institutions, the Birzeit University, the Palestinian Technical College for Girls, and the Women Society College. The workshop provided the participants with a valuable opportunity to work actively with local role models and business development trainers in an effort to increase their motivation, and to develop their… read more
Paris in 7 October 2013. The UfM Secretary General Fathallah Sijilmassi participated today in a seminar on Euro-Mediterranean relations by the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly of France, chaired by Mrs. Elisabeth Guigou. The seminar brought together parliamentarians, personalities, and policymakers involved in Euro-Mediterranean cooperation to exchange on ways to revitalize the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue, in support of regional cooperation projects, and on how to involve the civil society…. read more
The Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI University) has launched an International call for the election of a new President. The closing date for all applications is 20th of October 2013: http://www.emuni.si/en/novice/id_922 Established in the frame of the Declaration of the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean (Paris, 13th July 2008), the EMUNI University is an international network of over 200 universities with headquarters in Slovenia. The main mission of the EMUNI University is to strengthen mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue among Euro-Mediterranean countries by implementing postgraduate study and research programmes, which will significantly contribute towards the development of Higher Education, Science and Research…. read more
With the labelling of two new regional projects, the UfM Secretariat has doubled the number of labelled projects in the last 18 months…. read more
Lithuania, current President of the EU Council, hosts a Meeting of the Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on 3-4 October… read more
On 3 October in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas met with Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean who is paying a visit to Vilnius, and affirmed Lithuania’s commitment to further support the EU and development of the Southern Neighbourhood Partnership. According to N.Germanas, Lithuania supports activities of the Union for the Mediterranean, close cooperation between the EU and Mediterranean countries, and is willing to continue to contribute to its development. F.Sijilmassi attends a Meeting of the Senior Officers of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which takes place in Vilnius on 3-4 October. The… read more
A series of seminars on Women Entrepreneurship will take place in Morocco and Palestine next October 2013 with the aim to provide talented young women finishing their University studies with assistance to become successful businesswomen…. read more
Rabat, 20 September, 2013. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean participated in the First Conference of Ministers in charge of Scientific Research in the Western Mediterranean held in Rabat on 19th and 20th September 2013. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training of the Kingdom of Morocco, the meeting was attended by Ministers and State Secretaries from ten Euro-Mediterranean countries participating in the “5+5 Dialogue” (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia) as well as by the leaders of the European Union and the Union of the Arab… read more
