27-29 June, Brussels. In the run-up to the 7th European Civil Protection Forum (28-29 June 2022), a series of warm up sessions were organized around the main policy axes of the Forum. ‘Europe and the World: The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) as a regional cooperation model´ (27 June) is the fourth and last warm-up session. It will take p… read more
27 June 2022, online. The Ministers of the Member States from the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will gather for the 1st virtual UfM Ministerial Conference on Research and Innovation on 27 June, hosted by the French Ministry in charge of Research.
22-23 June 2022. The UfM Secretariat will participate and sponsor this year’s edition of the Mediterranean University Union (UNIMED) Assembly. The Assembly in Amman will focus on topics such as opportunities for Euro-Mediterranean academic cooperation, International Credit Mobility, eLearning, media and skills’ gaps, employability and entrepreneurs… read more
22 June 2022, World Trade Centre, Barcelona (in person only). Following up on the 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy and on the ten priorities agreed upon by the countries, this UfM Conference will bring together financial institutions, banks, private investors, and UfM country and industry representatives to promote and a… read more
21 June 2022, Barcelona. The 11th meeting of the UfM Working Group on Blue Economy will take place on June 21st, in the afternoon, back-to-back with the UfM Conference on Blue Finance of June 22nd (Barcelona). Following the previous UfM Working Group on Blue Economy, countries and stakeholders will continue fine-tuning the Roadmap for the implement… read more
16 June 2022, Helsinki. UfM will co-organise a side event “Housing cooperatives: a sustainable model for European and Mediterranean countries”, which will be held in Helsinki on the margins of the International Social Housing Festival 2022, will gather representatives of both Housing Cooperatives and the Ministries in charge of Housing, of EU and E… read more
14 June, Barcelona. UfM will organise the Urban Project Finance Initiative (UPFI) Workshop with the support of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The workshop will gather UPFI partners, namely the European Commission, AFD and EIB as well as UPFI project promoters. It aims to take stock of UPFI progre… read more
13 June, Alicante. The UfM will co-organise a seminar together with Casa Mediterráneo and the Centre for Mediterranean Integration in Alicante , titled “Integration in Times of Crisis: Towards a Responsible Economic Integration”. The seminar will focus on sustainable value chains, as well as energy integration in the UfM Region, and will bring toge… read more
9 June 2022. In view of the upcoming Ministerial Conference on Research and Innovation on 27 June 2022, the UfM R&I Platform co-chaired by DGRTD and HCST will meet the 9th of June to discuss the technical implementation plan for the agreed three R&I Roadmaps (health, Renewable Energy, Climate) in 2022.
9-10 June 2022 – UfM is supporting the organization of a MedECC authors’ meeting at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona. The overall objective of the meeting is to progress on the production of the three Special Reports on the Mediterranean that are being prepared during the period 2022-2023, namely on (i) coastal risks, (ii) clim… read more