27 October 2021, Barcelona. The Union for the Mediterranean, ARLEM, UNEP/MAP and MedCities are organizing a regional workshop on City to city cooperation. The meeting will be held in the UfM’s headquarters in Barcelona in a hybrid format on 27 October 2021. City to city cooperation continues to be a promising framework for knowledge and good govern… read more
26 October 2021, Online. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) regional platform on research and innovation organises a stakeholder event on the future of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in R&I that will be held virtually on 26 October 2021 from 9:00 to 13:00 CEST. The event will provide an overview of the latest developments in Euro-Mediterrane… read more
25-26 October, Online. The Union for the Mediterranean and Copernicus will host a virtual workshop to identify climate data needs in the Mediterranean Basin on the 25th and 26th October. A plenary session including presentations and Q&A focused on climate change impacts and solutions brought by climate data will take place on October 25th. The… read more
25 October 2021. The 2021 EU-UfM Water Investment Policy Forum will be held on Monday 25 October 2021 from 9:00-13:00 CET under a hybrid format in Cairo (Egypt) and on-line. The overall objective of the EU-UfM Water Investment Policy Forum is to support progress towards achieving water security in the Southern Mediterranean by providing an annual p… read more
21 October 2021, 9:30h-12:00 (CET). The Union for the Mediterranean and the Interreg MED Green Growth community are organising a webinar on Food losses, food waste reduction and organic waste management in the Mediterranean Region. Inspirational keynote speakers will provide current insight and future predictions on the importance of food losses, f… read more
21 October 2021. 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 also discus… read more
21 and 22 October 2021. Alliances and networking with higher education institutions and research centres have become critical success factors for industry to stay competitive. The interactions between knowledge centres and industry have moved beyond a one-way flow of knowledge from universities to industry in many parts of the world. Tunisian gradu… read more
Madrid, 13-14 October 2021. In the context of the 2021 Spanish co-presidency of the 5+5 Dialogue and drawing on the Tunis Declaration adopted at the 16th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the 5+5 Dialogue on 22 October2020, the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) are jointly organising the 5th annual… read more
12 October 2021. The Plastic Busters capitalization event aims to showcase the Plastic Busters MPAs advances and achievements addressing the entire management cycle of marine litter, from monitoring and assessment to prevention and mitigation. The event will bring forward the recent policy and scientific advances with regard to marine litter in the… read more
Cairo, 4 October 2021. The Ministerial Conference was chaired by Frans Timmermans, European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, on behalf of the EU, and Nabil Masarweh, Minister of Environment, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt, represented by Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment and i… read more
