1-2 March 2018, Malta. The Union of the Mediterranean will participate in the 5th Mediterranean Tourism Forum which will be held on 1st and 2nd March 2018 in Malta. Over 1000 people with an interest in Mediterranean Tourism are expected to attend from over 39 countries with the aim to discuss avenues for promoting tourism as a vehicle for peace a… read more
10 February 2018, Kuala Lumpur.- The UfM Secretariat is organising the Networking Event “Towards implementing the New Urban Agenda in the Euro-Mediterranean Region”, on the margins of the World Urban Forum (WUF9-Kuala Lumpur), in cooperation with the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the European Commission and the European Investment Ba… read more
Brussels, 6 February 2018.- 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… read more
1-2 February 2018, Amman. – The 8th Meeting of the Water Expert Group (WEG) of the Union for the Mediterranean will be held on 1-2 February in Amman, Jordan. The UfM Water Expert Group (WEG) was mandated by the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water (22 December 2008, Dead Sea, Jordan) and confirmed by the UfM Ministerial declaration o… read more
31 January – 1 February 2018, Barcelona, Spain.- The annual meeting of the three UfM Energy Platforms will be the opportunity to present the deliverables and the implementation status of the activities included in the Work Program 2017 as well as to present the foreseen activities for 2018. The UfM REM Platform aims at the progressive integration… read more
Barcelona, 30 January 2018.- The First UfM Ad-Hoc SOM (Senior Officials Meeting) on Transport will be held in Barcelona on 30 January 2018.
Jan. 22-24, Cairo. – Within the framework of the Mediterranean preparatory process for the 8th World Water Forum which will be held in Brasilia from 18 to 23 March 2018, a large mobilization of the Mediterranean water stakeholders will be organized through a regional event to be held on 23 and 24 January 2018 in Cairo. For further information about… read more
21 January 2018, Algiers.- The Foreign Ministers of the “5+5 Dialogue”, which includes 5 countries from the Northern shore of the Mediterranean (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain) and 5 from the Southern shore (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) will meet in Algiers 21 January 2018.
The Conference’s central aim is to tangibly contribute towards overcoming challenges relating to Water Governance & Financing as well as Water Integrity in the MENA region. It is organised jointly by two relevant regional projects, the Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector project, led by the Global Water Partnership – M… read more
Cairo, Egypt, 6-7 December 2017. – The Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies (EMNES) second Annual Conference will take place in Cairo on 6-7 December 2017 and will present the outputs of the second year of EMNES research on the six areas of investigation: The role of institutions and labor markets The role of private sector and Micro, Sm… read more



