30 September 2020. The second UfM Ad hoc Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Environment and Climate Change will take place online on 30 September 2002. The first ad hoc SOM on Environment and Climate Change took place online on 9 July 2020.
29 September 2020. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, the Government of Catalonia and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) are organising a series of conferences entitled “Dialogues of the Mediterranean +25 Cycle”, to discuss central issues in depth with the aim to renew the vision of the Euro-Mediterra… read more
23 September 2020. 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 disc… read more
22 September 2020. The Mediterranean basin is one of the world’s regions most impacted by climate change. The Mediterranean region is warming 20% faster than the global average, according to the first-ever scientific report on the impact of climate change in the Mediterranean: Risks associated to climate and environmental changes in the Mediterrane… read more
17 September 2020, 10:00-13:00 CET. Malta, like other Euro-American societies has experienced drastic demographic, political and economic transformations due to the pull of progress brought about by an economic boom. The workshop will present the experiences and good practices of Malta as well as of other countries and cities in Europe, in developi… read more
Online, 15 September 2020. The 7th meeting of the Working Group (WG) on the Blue Economy will take place on the 15 September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions and related health and safety recommendations, the WG will take place online. The 7th meeting of the UfM WG on Blue Economy aims at: Presenting the calendar towards the 2nd UfM Mi… read more
20 July 2020. Contributions of stakeholders from the whole Mediterranean region are key within the process leading to the 2020 UfM Ministerial Conference on Environment and Climate Action, scheduled for the end of 2020 in Egypt. In the past two years, Mediterranean stakeholders have contributed to identifying common post-2020 priority thematic area… read more
27 August 2020, online. Vast additional public and private funds will be required to deliver the Paris Agreement and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Blended finance is emerging as an important financing solution to accelerate action, but it must be scaled-up. The webinar on ‘Blended finance for water and climate: when theory meet… read more
24 July 2020, Split, Croatia. UfM Deputy Secretary General Grammenos Mastrojeni will participate in first Panel (Energy and Economic Crisis 2020) of the Mediterranean Energy Forum 2020 in Split, Croatia. The event will theme is Energy Security in the Mediterranean Region. Ivo Milatić, Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection, Republic of Cro… read more
23 July 2020 Online, 13.30-15.30 CET. The UfM Water Task Forces on Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus (4th Meeting) & Water-Employment-Migration (5th Meeting) will take place online on 23 July 2020. The Meeting is addressed to members of the UfM WEFE Nexus and WEM Task Forces as well as other stakeholder organisations. The Meeting will be co-ch… read more
