16 January 2019, Barcelona. The meeting of the Second Chance Schools Europe will take place in the UfM headquarters in Barcelona on 16 January 2018. The UfM-labelled regional project Mediterranean New Chance (In French, Méditerranée Nouvelle Chance MedNC) addresses the challenge of socio-professional integration of young people and, particularly, o… read more
17 December 2018, Barcelona. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean meet on a regular basis at the level of Senior Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the 43 countries. The Senior Officials Meetings (SOM) oversee and coordinate the work of the UfM. They approve the budget and the work programme of the Secretariat. They… read more
13 December 2018, Rome, Italy. The UfM will organize a side event at the Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea(Fish Forum 2018) that will take place on 10-14 December 2018 at the FAO Headquarters in Roma. The side event will promote, through a focus on the BLUEMED Initiative, the enhanced coordination of research and inn… read more
11-12 December 2018, Nouakchott, Mauritania. The Group of Transport Ministers of the Western Mediterranean (GTMO 5+5) Ministerial Conference will take place in Mauritania on 11-12 December 2018. The UfM Secretariat works in close collaboration with GTMO 5+5 and, among other issues, the Conference will cover the common work carried out on concrete t… read more
12 December 2018, Sfax, Tunisia. The TransLogMED Conference will take place in Tunisia on 12 December 2018. TransLogMED project t was launched at the first Mediterranean Conference on Maritime Transport and Logistics, held on 8-9 May 2018. in Ismailia (Egypt). Building upon and complementing the UfM-labelled project LOGISMED Training Activities (LO… read more
3-14 December 2018, Katowice, Poland. The Union for the Mediterranean is an observer to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and participates at UNFCCC meetings with the objective of bringing the Mediterranean Climate Agenda to international fora. The Mediterranean region has been identified as one of the main climate change ho… read more
30 November 2018, Barcelona. The First Union for the Mediterranean Brainstorming Meeting on Tourism: Challenges and opportunities will gather technical experts to share knowledge, best practices, exchange views on regional policies, and formulate areas of cooperation especially for tourism job creation, education, training, startups and environment… read more
26 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh. The COP CBD Side Event with EU funded PANACEA will take place in Sharm El Sheikh on 26 November 2018. For more information please contact: water@ufmsecretariat.org
26-28 November, Nairobi. Kenya will host the High-Level Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy from November 26-28, 2018 in Nairobi. The Principal Secretary, Mr. Macharia Kamau, said that the Conference follows the announcement by President Uhuru Kenyatta, during the Third Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly held in Nairobi last yea… read more
26-28 November, Marseille. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) and the European Institute for Cooperation and Development (IECD) will jointly organise, on 26-28 November 2018, the Annual Conference of the Mediterranean New Chance network (MedNC). The event, that will take place in Marseille (France), will be held back to back… read more
