Barcelona, 10 June 2015 The Union for the Mediterranean will be institutional partner of the TEDx Barcelona Women that will take place on 10 June 2015. TED is an annual event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, three broad… read more
UfM Secretariat Headquarters in Barcelona, 10 June 2015 The Third Meeting of the UPFI Project Committee will gather all the Urban Project Finance Initiative (UPFI) partners, namely, the UfM Secretariat, the European Commission, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the German KFW, the Caisse des Dépôts (CD… read more
Barcelona, 9 June 2015 The Urban Project Finance Initiative (UPFI) is one of the pillars of the Euro-Mediterranean Sustainable Urban Development Strategy, as stated in the declaration of the First Ministerial Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on sustainable urban development held in Strasbourg on 10 November 2011. It was launched… read more
WORKSHOP “DEVELOPMENT OF CLUSTERS IN CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN”
UfM Secretariat Headquarters Barcelona, 2 – 5 June 2015 To ensure social inclusion, 5 million jobs need to be created every year in the European Neighborhood South Region. The largest reservoir of jobs remains the six millions micro-small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that account for 90% of total employment, but are not yet contributing their ful… read more
UfM Secretariat Headquarters in Barcelona, 28 – 29 May 2015 The “Réseau Mixité et Gouvernance” network is an informal network of women senior civil servants in the Euro-Mediterranean countries, placing emphasis on the ministries where there are least women, namely the ministries of the economy, finance, justice and the interior. The members share t… read more
Athens, 27 May 2015 The Mediterranean region can tap further the potential of the blue economy. It can provide jobs and growth through the sustainable development of key strategic maritime sectors in this important sea basin. This can be promoted by increased clustering and networking of education and training organisations, pairing research and in… read more
About the Conference The UfM Secretariat organises a High-level Conference on Fostering Women’s Participation in Economic Life on 19 to 21 May 2015 in Barcelona. Building on the outcomes of the first Conference on women empowerment held last 26-27 March 2014 and as renewed follow-up to the Third UfM Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role… read more
Skhirat, 6-7 May 2015 Hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco; the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, will participate at the Informal UfM high-level conference on climate change that will be held in Skhirat, Morocco, on 7 May. The event will gather Ministers and high-level representatives of UfM Members and the Eu… read more
Enhancing food security in the Southern and Eastern rim of the Mediterranean requires leadership and engagement of all stakeholders. FAO, EBRD and the UfM Secretariat are convening high-level policymakers, financing institutions and CEOs from leading agribusiness companies, to deepen relationships between the public and private sector and develop i… read more
UfM Secretariat Headquarters in Barcelona, 13 – 14 April 2015 The UfM Secretariat, in coordination with the European Commission, will organise on 13-14 April 2015, a high level meeting with representatives from the private sector of the Euro-Mediterranean region and International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Within the framework of the revision o… read more