Barcelona – Among the organisers and attendees at the conference held on 14 and 15 March 2011 feature some of the most relevant institutions of this field of expertise such as the World Bank, UN Habitat, MedCities, the Cities Alliance, the Marseille Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the City of Barcelona, which aimed to lead the different Mediterranean agents (local authorities, governments, fund backers, cities networks etc.)…. read more
Rome – A draft recommendation on a Euro-Mediterranean Transport Network was adopted at the 7th Session of the Union for the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (PA-UfM), at the meeting of the Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, Social Affairs and Education held on 3 March 2011, and attended by Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development (TUDD). The stakeholders were called upon to present comprehensive, innovative projects which could highly contribute to the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Transport Network, while calling also on the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) to increase its efforts of… read more
The MSP Master Plan was launched in Brussels during the first meeting prepared and chaired by the UfM Secretariat on the 10 February 2011…. read more
Brussels – Mrs. Cecilia Attard-Pirotta, UfMS Deputy Secretary General for Social and Civil Affairs participated as keynote speaker at the round table, organized by the Group of the progressive Alliances of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, on Promoting the woman’s role in the Mediterranean – Her implications and involvement in economic life as the best way to access decision-making positions…. read more
Paris – The Young Water Ambassadors Forum organized a workshop in Paris on 9 February 2011. The event was Attended by several eminent personalities in the field of Water. It was a good opportunity for several countries such as; Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, France and Palestine to present several small size project proposals…. read more
Agadir – TUDD expert, representing Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development, together with Deputy Secretary General Rafiq Husseini of the Division of Environment and Water, attended The Second Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) Plenary Session held on the 29 January 2011, Agadir…. read more
Agadir -No less than 40 nationalities were represented among the members and other stakeholders of the Mediterranean partnership present at this second annual meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and local Assembly (ARLEM) held on 29 Jan 2011 at the Atlantic Resort in Agadir, Morocco. Deputy Secretary General Rafiq Husseini represented the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean for Water and Environment Division, which was also attended by Zeynep Kaleli, advisor in the UfM Transport and Urban Development Division…. read more
Brussels – UfMS Deputy Secretary General Ilan Chet discussed the political challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean region in the field of Education, Research and Competitiveness, in an intervention on Institutional perspectives and political support at the European Parliament, on the occasion of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)’s workshop…. read more
Brussels – Deputy Secretary General Ilan Chet and the Ambassador of Morocco to the European Union Menouar ALEM, discusses the idea of setting up a new Euro-Mediterranean University in the Moroccan city of Fes. They agreed to establish a committee in Morocco dedicated to building the program, and obtained the support of Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux, Responsible for Training, Higher Education, Research and Health in the Mission of the Union for the Mediterranean…. read more
Luxembourg – The meeting between representatives of the UfM Water and Environment Division and the European Investment Bank staff opens the way for practical and effective cooperation between both institutions following the bilateral agreement concluded in January 2011… read more
