13-14 May 2020. The UfM is taking part in the 21st Meeting of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) Steering Committee that will be conducted through a teleconference on 13-14 May 2020. The meeting follows the 2019 December of COP 21 of the Barcelona Convention, where decisions related to pollution and marine litter, biodiv… read more
Watch the full webinar: 14 May 2020, 12h –13h30h. COVID-19 is causing an unprecedented situation globally, particularly in the Euro-Mediterranean region where it is placing significant strains on the health systems, the economy, essential public services and the communities. Young people are a valuable resource and network during public health cris… read more
7 May 2020. EMEA is organising the webinar “COVID-19 in the Mediterranean and Africa: How did containment and mitigation policies perform?”, with the participation of UfM Senior Economic Advisor, Hamed El Etreby. This first webinar is motivated by the recently published study on “COVID-19 in the Mediterranean and Africa: Diagnosis, Policy Response… read more
5 May 2020. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), supported by the German Development agency GIZ, is launching an initiative targeting staff from universities, research centres, education ministers, and all complementary stakeholders dedicated on the best practices reinforcing career opportunities of researchers and students. The initiative will b… read more
28-30 April and 5 May 2020. ANIMA investment network, in collaboration with the UfM and the German Development agency GIZ will organize a series of webinar sessions on “Developing investments that contribute to sustainable development”. They will take place on the following days: 28th, 29th and 30th of April and 5th of May 2020. These sessions were… read more
30 April 2020, 19h. Isidro González, Deputy General Secretary of the Union for the Mediterranean in charge of Water, Environment and Blue Economy will be talking to Francisco José Gutiérrez Rodríguez, from the General Secretariat of the Environment, Water and Climate Change at the Junta de Andalucía regional government in the fifth (and final) sess… read more
29 April 2020. The UfM will organise an informal online discussion with a view to taking stock of the impacts of the pandemic, as well as lessons learned and deficiencies, while facilitating exchange of best practices and encouraging policy transfer, and indicating the possible way forward as regards adequate and affordable housing in the region. T… read more
27 April 2020. The UfM and the Institut Méditerranéen de l’Eau will organise the second brainstorming session on the water and sanitation during the Covid-19 Pandemic on 27 April. The meeting will extend IME key conclusions from the first meeting that took place online on 8 April 2020, and will gather more than 30 participants from Palestine, Tur… read more
22 April 2020. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission has decided to change the format of the International Ocean Governance (IOG) Forum, originally scheduled for 22-24 April in Brussels. Ocean governance cannot wait for viruses to stop from spreading. To do justice to the importance of the subject, the EC has moved the… read more
22 April 2020. The Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) Steering Committee Meeting will be held online attended by representatives of EIB, l’AFD and the European Commission. The UfM Secretariat is a member of the UPFI Steering Committee and chairs the Project Committee. In 2014, the UfM Secretariat labelled two projects under the framework of i… read more