11-12 June 2026, Barcelona. The UfM will host a two-day in-person training session for representatives from the 13 universities and 13 municipalities from Morocco, Lebanon and Syria participating in the Women Leading Change initiative. The programme will include: a 6-hour in-person training session on recruitment and promotion without gender bias;… read more
10 June 2026, Barcelona. The next UfM Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) will take place in Barcelona, at the UfM Secretariat premises, on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. The SOM brings together senior representatives of UfM Member States to discuss regional cooperation priorities, review ongoing initiatives, and prepare decisions and guidance for the UfM’s w… read more
3 June 2026, Brussels/Belgium – The 11th UfM Regional Platform on Trade, Investment and Industry will convene in Brussels to advance the Euro-Mediterranean trade and investment agenda, bringing together national focal points from the UfM Member States as well as key regional and international partners. The Platform meeting will provide an opportuni… read more
20-21 May 2026, Antalya (Türkiye) – The UfM is organising the 5th UfM Digital Transformation Conference on 20-21 May 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye, with a focus on Digital Skills and e-Governance Solutions that can be replicated and scaled in the region. The Conference is held in partnership with the Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ATSO) and t… read more
May 19–21, 2026, Athens. The 9th edition of Circle the Med – The Mediterranean Forum will take place from May 19–21, 2026, in Athens, Greece. The Innovative Sustainable Economy (ISE) Mission of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme will hold the “New Pact for a Sustainable Mediterranean Future” events to focus on the green transition, circular economy, a… read more
Baku, Azerbaijan, 19 May 2026. Several countries in the Mediterranean have recently faced devastating natural disasters that severely affected their built environments. On 6 February 2023, a series of earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, killing more than 55,000 people – the region’s most destructive seismic event in two decades. On 8 September 20… read more
12 May 2026, Online – The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will convene an online meeting of its Regional Platform on Women Empowerment, bringing together key stakeholders from across the Euro-Mediterranean region to advance gender equality policies and cooperation. As recalled by the recently Agreed conclusions of the CWS70, all countries are cal… read more
11-13 May 2026 – The FASTER project aims to improve and harmonize five of the most advanced Rapid Response to Earthquakes (RRE) systems -developed in Italy, France, Türkiye, Romania, and Spain – by fostering interoperability, enhancing technical performance, and first and foremost aligning their frameworks with practitioners’ real needs. The projec… read more
7-8 May 2026, Cyprus. The 2026 edition will place a particular operational focus on fire risk management, addressing both wildfires (forest and bush fires) and industrial fire risks, recognising that fire emergencies increasingly represent a systemic regional challenge requiring integrated and cross-sectoral approaches. Discussions will notably ad… read more
Online, 29 April 2026. Following the successful meetings held online in June 2025, the upcoming meetings of the UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity and its thematic Working Groups (WGs) on Land, Air, Maritime Transport and on Logistics & Intermodal Transport, initially foreseen in Rabat, Morocco on 29 April 2026, will instead take p… read more
