Barcelona, 25 November 2019. The 24th Meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Group of Senior Officials in Research and Innovation will take place at the UfM headquarters on 25 November 2019 under the co-chairmanship of Ms. Maria Cristina Russo, Director International Cooperation, DG RTD (European Commission) and Dr. Khaled El-Shuraydeh, Secretary-Gener… read more
20-22 November 2019, Barcelona. The MedaWeek Barcelona 2019 is the flagship Mediterranean entrepreneurial-economic platform for the entire world. Over the course of three days (November 21st, 22nd and 23rd), the MedaWeek Barcelona will host a number of key thematic and sectoral fora. In the past edition, the event counted with more than 60 working… read more
Brussels, 20 November 2019. The 6th meeting of the Working Group on the Blue Economy (BE WG) will take place at the Centre des Conferences Albert Borschette (CCAB) in Brussels on 20 November 2019. The Working Group is an integral part of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy, which is one of the deliverables of the UfM Ministerial Declaration of 17 Novembe… read more
2019 UfM WOMEN BUSINESS FORUM Women in circular economy and in Tech and Innovation Barcelona, 19–21 November 2019 | In conjunction with Smart City World Congress Social & Civil Affairs General info Registration Expected participants Agenda Why you should attend Speakers A unique opportunity for women to grow their leadership skills and take the… read more
14 November 2019, Barcelona. The Joint Plastic Busters workshop on creating synergies for consolidating the fight against marine litter in the Mediterranean will take place in Barcelona on 14 Barcelona 2019. The meeting aims to provide a concrete opportunity to the Interreg Med Plastic Busters MPAs project and the ENI CBC Med COMMON project, to ge… read more
The UfM is co-organizing the second edition of Creative Forum Ljubljana together with the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH commissioned by BMZ. This Forum is the only platform that links the Southern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans through creativity. It provides… read more
Hakfar Hayarok, Israel, 31 October 2019. The annual YOCOPAS Conference – Youth Organized Collaboration for Peace and Sustainability Conference is one of the highlights of the academic year at the Eastern Mediterranean International School(EMIS), a project labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean. The YOCOPAS initiative was established in 2015 by… read more
General info Previous editions Media Contact UfM Foreign Affairs Ministers call for greater efforts to foster regional integration and sustainable development Today, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) gathered in Barcelona for the 4th UfM Regional Forum. They set the regional priorities for the coming year and rea… read more
2 October 2019, Barcelona. 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 a… read more
Tallinn, Estonia – 30 September 2019. Acting upon the relevant UfM Ministerial mandates and in line with the UfMS’ assigned role in removing the regional barriers in the digital sector such as e-trust services, e-health, connectivity for research & education institutions, and harmonization of digital economy related legal frameworks, the UfM Se… read more
