Brussels, 28 February 2017. The second UfM Ad-Hoc SOM on Sustainable Urban Development will take place in Brussels on 28 February 2017. First UfM Ad-Hoc SOM on Sustainable Urban Development took place in Barcelona on 24 November 2016. For further information about the event, please contact Transport & Urban Development Division: transport@ufm… read more
Barcelona, 2 February 2017. The European Commission and the Union for the Mediterranean are glad to announce the “Stakeholder conference on the sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean”, which will take place on Thursday 2 February 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. The event is organized by the European Commission in close c… read more
Brussels, 25 January 2017. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will participate in the 22nd meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Group of Senior Officials (EU-Med GSO) in Research and Innovation on 25 January 2017 in Brussels. The meeting is organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, and is th… read more
The second “Union for the Mediterranean Regional Forum. Mediterranean in Action: Youth for Stability and Development” will be held next 23 and 24 January 2017 at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona. Building on the success of the first edition, held in Barcelona on 26 November of last year, the second UfM Regional Forum, centered around our youth’s… read more
Brussels, Belgium, 20 December 2016. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) is pleased to announce the Sixth Meeting of the Water Expert Group (WEG), scheduled to take place on 20 December 2016 in Brussels. The Meeting is of paramount importance as a step towards the UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water which is to be held in Malta i… read more
UfM Secretariat, Barcelona, 15 December 2016. The UfM Secretariat will host the UfM regional meeting on higher education internationalisation and academic mobility in the Euro-Mediterranean area on 15 December 2016 in UfM Secretariat in Barcelona. The meeting will bring together representatives from UfM Member States, the European Union and key rel… read more
Barcelona, 12-15 December 2016. The 8th Information and Training Seminar for Euro-Mediterranean Diplomats will take place at the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat in Barcelona. On June 28th 2016, the publication of the global strategy of the European Union on foreign affairs and security by Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign… read more
Barcelona, 5 December 2016. The members 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 UfM countries, EU institutions and the League of Arab States. The Senior Officials Meetings (SOM) provide the framework to discuss the current political context and coor… read more
Tunis, Tunisia, 5-6 December 2016. The 2nd Regional Conference of the UfM labelled project Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector will be co-organised by the Union for the Mediterranean on 5-6 December in Tunis, Tunisia. Moreover, the UfM Workshop on the PRPI will be held in the same dates. About the project “Governance &… read more
Rome, 1 December 2016. The UfM Ministerial Meeting on Energy will be held in Rome on 1 December and will be hosted by Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda. The 43 members of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) agreed to step up regional cooperation on energy in order to deliver a secure,… read more
