17 October 2023, Barcelona, Spain – In the Ministerial Declaration emanating from the UfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour (Marrakech, 18 May 2022), the Ministers recognized “social economy, social entrepreneurship and social innovation as a resilient model – as emphasized by the COVID-19 crisis – and a vector for more decent job creation and e… read more
11 October 2023, Barcelona. Following the 13th UfM Working Group on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) held on in Brussels on 14 March back-to-back with the First meeting of the Blue Mediterranean Partnership (BMP), UfM countries and SBE stakeholders will meet on 11 October at UfM premises in Barcelona in order to continue making progress on the implem… read more
Agenda BCD Platform Media Contact Event Contact 11-12 October 2023, Tunis. The UfM-UNIDO Women Business Forum 2023 will take place on 11-12 October in Tunis, Tunisia and will provide the opportunity to explore the thematic of empowering Women in Industry and Innovation, by specifically analysing the impacts of Industry 4.0 on female workers and ent… read more
4 October 2023, Barcelona – The 29th Meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean Regional Platform in Research and Innovation will be taking place on Wednesday 4 October 2023 at the UfM premises in Barcelona. The discussion is meant to track progress pertaining to four main pillars highlighted in the implementation plan for the agreed three R&I… read more
4-6 October 2023, Paris (France) – The “2nd TAIEX Multi-Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Buildings” is a 3-day workshop co-organised with the Union for the Mediterranean and the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion of France. The workshop, which will be held in Paris, France on 4-6 October 2023, targets Southern Neig… read more
3-4 October 2023, Brussels – Following the successful UfM Ministerial Conference on Transport held on 9 February this year and the adoption of the new Region Transport Action Plan (RTAP) for the Mediterranean region, the upcoming meetings of the UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity and its thematic Working Groups (WGs) on Land, Air, Mari… read more
3 October 2023, Barcelona – The Euro-Mediterranean region has a long tradition in science diplomacy as an established tool for cooperation between Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries and Europe; a vibrant area where philosophies, cultures, knowledge and innovation have been exchanging for millennia, creating the basis for common understand… read more
2- 6 October 2023, Barcelona EFI Young Leadership Programme 2023 is co-organised with the Union for the Mediterranean aiming at young professionals working in the research and development, governance, administration or business side of the forest sector, or a related area. The 5-day programme offers a unique opportunity for young professionals wit… read more
20-22 September 2023, Tangier, Morocco – UNIMED and the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), with the support of Abdelmalek Essaadi University, and under the patronage of the Union for the Mediterranean, will organise in Tangier the 2nd Mediterranean Student Summit, an initiative that will bring together Higher Education students from both shores of the… read more
20-21 September 2023, Barcelona (Spain) – The 43 UfM Member States in the last 5th UfM Ministerial Declaration on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society committed to promote the transition to formal employment for women employed in the shadow economy, home-based work, care activities and in micro-small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as w… read more



