22 September 2021. Sustainability and inclusiveness are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, promoting strategies that place equality of access at the center of attention. The multiple sectors captured under the notion of blue economy offer a lot of potential in improving the inclusion of women in the implementation of blue… read more
29 September, 6 and 13 October 2021. UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel will address a keynote speech at The WSBI Innovation Forum – The horizon of banking (r)evolution, organized by The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) in collaboration with CaixaBank, on 13 October. The event will be held online during three consecutive days: 29 S… read more
12-15 September 2021. The 2021 Creative Forum, under the slogan Future Unlocked, is being organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, in collaboration with the Union for the Mediterranean. The event will take place in Ljubljana from 12 until 15 of September, hosted by the recently inaugurated Slovenian Presidency of the Council of th… read more
3 – 11 September 2021 – IUCN and France are organizing in Marseille the IUCN Nature World Congress, one of the main events dedicated to biodiversity. This Congress will give the opportunity to a high-level political mobilization on the fight against the loss of Biodiversity and promote the scientific debate on the state and the protection of Nature… read more
1 and 13 September 2021 – When academia, industry and policy makers work together, universities can become powerful engines for knowledge, employment and innovation. The benefit of such partnerships has long been obvious for academia: external research funding, significant inputs to keep curricula updated, the possibility of generating solutions fo… read more
27 August 2021. The online session “Blended finance for water and climate: when theory meets practice” will take place on Friday, 27th of August from 14:30 to 15:55 CET in the framework of World Water Week 2021. The event is co-organised by Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) , Organisation for Economic Co-ope… read more
8 July 2021. Social dialogue as an instrument of change has undergone several adjustments in the Mediterranean countries, leading its actors to be more and more involved in the social, economic, and environmental decision-making process. This virtual discussion will provide an opportunity to build on past efforts towards more inclusive social polic… read more
8 July 2021, 10:00am (CET). The European Commission in collaboration with the UfM is organizing a workshop aiming to bring together multiple stakeholders concerned with Research and Innovation (R&I) in the EUROMED region. The workshop will update participants on the EU Global approach to research and innovation. The event will give participants… read more
Themes Training Business Club Speakers Agenda Registration Media Contact Resources The 2021 UfM Women Business Forum Final report of the Women Business Forum 2021 Technological changes, including digitalisation, have been accelerated by the Covid-19 health crisis. Digital transformation presents a major tool for empowering women to enable their inc… read more
23 June 2021 (10h00- 13h30) – The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is organizing, in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a conference on MSME Finance During and After the Pandemic: Resilience and Innovation During COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to MSMEs in the Mediterr… read more
