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
Brussels, 26 September 2019. The UfM Permanent Working Group on Evaluation, Monitoring, and Reporting on Sustainable Urban Development will be held in Brussels, on 26 September 2019. The objective of this group is to evaluation, monitoring and reporting systems on sustainable urban development at regional level. EC Directorate-General for the Join… read more
21 September 2019, Bizerte. The UfM is co-organizing on 21 September 2019 the Forum de la Mer in Bizerte, Tunisia. The Forum seeks to address key issues of environmental conservation, conservation and sustainable use of oceans and seas, the fight against climate change and a sustainable approach to the blue economy at the top of the agenda and in a… read more
18-20 September, Gammarth. CO-EVOLVE is an ongoing three-year Interreg MED project focusing on the sustainable development of maritime and coastal tourism that was launched in November 2016 and brings together 12 partners (public regional and local administrations, universities, research institutes, a foundation and the CPMR IMC). After the pre-kic… read more
18-19 September 2019, Valencia. The 8th Technical Working Group (WG) of the 5+5 Water Strategy in the Western Mediterranean will take place in Valencia, Spain, on 18 and 19 of September 2019. The main objectives of this meeting are to set out the state of play of the Initiative and take stock of the accomplished actions; Propose and discuss new act… read more
