12-14 February 2025, Barcelona, Spain – The Senior Officials’ Meetings (SOM) of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) are a cornerstone of the organisation’s governance, regularly convening representatives at the level of Senior Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the 43 Member States, alongside the European Union institutions and t… read more
11 February 2025 – On the 10th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is organizing a webinar to emphasize the vital contributions of women in STEM and discuss strategies to enhance their participation across the Euro-Mediterranean region. The event will highlight regional progress and challenges, the… read more
6-7 February 2025, Malta – The Ad-Hoc Meeting of the Drafting Group of the Ministerial Declaration on Water in the Mediterranean will be held in Malta on 6-7 February 2025. During the last UfM Regional Platform on Water (RPW14) held on 5-6 June 2024 in Lisbon, Member States supported the organisation of the second UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water a… read more
29 and 30 January 2025, Thessaloniki/Greece – in line with Marrakech Ministerial Declaration of May 2022, in the context of the 5th Ministerial Meeting on Employment and Labour, the 12 volunteering UfM Member States of the UfM Community of Practice on Monitoring will meet in Thessaloniki- Greece to continue discussing the state of play of the monit… read more
15-16 January 2025, Barcelona (Spain). The objective of the 4th Meeting of the UfM Working Group on Affordable and Sustainable Housing, to be held at the UfM Secretariat premises in Barcelona on 15-16 January 2025, is to evaluate progress on housing policies in each Member State, identify challenges, and set standards with a view to advance the for… read more
19 December 2024 – The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is organizing a webinar on Driving Gender-Lens Investment: Unlocking the Potential of Women-Led Social Enterprises in the MENA Region, scheduled for 19 December 2024 from 10 to 11h30 am (Barcelona time). This online event will focus on the transformative role that women-led social enterprises… read more
16 December 2024, online – Together with the Interreg Euro-MED Programme, the UfM is organising the second edition of the webinar “MED Talks: Fostering Dialogue Between Northern and Southern Shores”, taking place online on 16 December 2024 at 10:00 CET. Please register via the following link. Building on the success of the first edition, this event… read more
16 December 2024 – Online – 10:00 – 13:00 (Barcelona time) – Public transport is essential for millions worldwide, but it remains a site of vulnerability for women and girls. A 2023 survey by the Arab Barometer found that 45% of women in the MENA region feel unsafe using public transport, and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) r… read more
15-17 December 2024, Aswan, Egypt – The UfM, together with the German Development Cooperation, will organize the fourth edition of the UfM Med4Jobs Stakeholders Dialogue on 15 December 2024 in Aswan, Egypt. The Dialogue will be co-funded by the European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion), and will benefit from the support of t… read more
12 December 2024, Athens (Greece) – The UfM Technical Meeting on Women Empowerment provides an expert forum for addressing gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Grounded in the 5th UfM Ministerial Declaration on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society, adopted in October 2022, this working group aims to gather insights, foster exchan… read more
