Rome, 5-6 November 2015 For further information please contact the Social & Civil Affairs divison: socialaffairs@ufmsecretariat.org
Skhirat, Morocco. 4 November, 2015 The Secretary General of the UfM will participate in the first EBRD and CGEM business forum for the countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region – Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia. The meeting will take place in Skhirat, Morocco on 4 November 2015. This event will be held under the auspices of… read more
Marseille, 4-7 November 2015 The 9th edition of the Mediterranean Economic Week will take place from Wednesday, 4 November to Saturday, 7 November 2015 at the Villa Méditerranée, in Marseille. This year’s edition will focus on “Cities and Territories, levers of economic development in Mediterranean”. Between 1970 and 2000, the urban population of… read more
SAVE THE DATE! – SwitchMed Connect will take place on 29-30 October in Barcelona SwitchMed Connect, the first annual gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders to build synergies, exchange knowledge and scale up eco and social innovations, will take place from 29 to 30 October 2015 at the Centre Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona (CCCB) in Barcelona,… read more
Luxembourg, 27 October 2015 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
UfM Headquarters, Barcelona, 27-30 October 2015 The 6th seminar is organised by the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA) and will be hosted by the Secretariat General of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Barcelona. The seminar “From Barcelona to Barcelona: 20 years of Euro-Mediterranean relations” will be held on the occasion of the 20th Annive… read more
Luxembourg, 26 October 2015 At existing growth rates, the MENA region will see at least 60 million new entrants to the labour market by 2025. Creating employment opportunities, in particular for young people, is thus a key priority for the Mediterranean countries’ governments and for their international partners. Actions to improve the entrepreneu… read more
Rome, 21-22 October 2015 Prof. Ilan Chet, Deputy Secretary General of the Higher Education and Research Division, will be representing the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) at the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) General Assembly in Rome on October 21st and 22nd 2015. This year, four main topics on Euro-Mediterranean coo… read more
Paris, 15 October 2015 The Anna Lindh Foundation and the UfM are jointly organising a meeting on the theme of “Intercultural Dialogue for a Sustainable Mediterranean Future”. This gathering, which will be hosted at the French National Assembly in Paris, is being held within the framework of the United Nations Climate Change Conference – which repr… read more
University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, 14-16 October 2015 Around the world far too many young people are not in employment, education or training (NEET). Roughly one third of the world’s youth are unemployed, looking for work or they are discouraged and therefore inactive. Unemployment rates among young people are particularly high in the Middle East… read more
