Barcelona – Following the recent adoption of the Project Guidelines of the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat (UfMS) by the Senior Officials of the UfM member countries, The Division of Transport and Urban Development (TUDD) of the UfMS is now ready to receive project proposals and is organising the second UfM Working Group Meetings on both Urban Development and Transport. The meetings will be held in Barcelona the coming 8 June and 30 June 2011 respectively…. read more
Deputy Secretary General for Water & Environment attends the seminar entitled “Innovation: An Opportunity for the MENA Region” held at the Ministerial Conference Center in Paris…. read more
Rafiq Husseini addresses more than 60 representatives of OSCE member countries, International agencies and NGOs during an OSCE Chairmanship Meeting in Vienna…. read more
Barcelona – The First Regional Project Meeting of the EuroMed Transport Project Motorways of the Seas II to be hosted by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) in Barcelona, on the 9 and 10 June 2011, has been postponed until after the holiday season…. read more
Mr. Youssef Amrani is expected to take office on the 1st July 2011…. read more
Water is one of the major challenges for the Mediterranean. Cooperation across the Mediterranean on water projects willbe critical to ensure that 250 million people will have access to quality water in the future…. read more
Mr. Eric Besson has reiterated his readiness to support and collaborate with the UfMS…. read more
Water is one of the major challenges for the Mediterranean. Cooperation across the Mediterranean on water projects willbe critical to ensure that 250 million people will have access to quality water in the future. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean is mandated to play a major role in the identification, promotion and searchfor funding water projects in the region. 60 experts, officially representing 22 countries, together with the European Commission and League of Arab States and representatives of 23 international, inter- and non-governmental organisations met over a period of two days todiscuss the way forward especially with regards… read more
The WEG meeting was held on May 18th 2011, at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain. It was chaired by the Environment & Water Division of the UfM Secretariat…. read more
Geneva – UfMS Acting Secretary General Dr. Lino Cardarelli was invited as keynote speaker at the second operational meeting on External Trade and Investments in the Mediterranean organized by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Trade and Productive Capacity Cluster. The meeting was attended by several imminent speakers from the Mediterranean region which focused on the recent developments in the Southern parts of the Mediterranean and its economic impact…. read more
