15 May 2024, Barcelona – The 7th UfM Trade and Investment Platform will take place in Barcelona at the UfM Secretariat Headquarters on 15 May. It will be the occasion to resume discussions on trade and investment issues in line with the relevant Ministerial Declarations. Under the chairmanship of the EU Co-presidency (DG Trade) and the Jordanian Co… read more
15-16 May 2024, Dublin, Ireland. At the Second UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development held in Cairo, Egypt on 22 May 2017, UfM Ministers in charge of housing, municipal affairs and urban development adopted the UfM Urban Agenda. In this context, the “UfM Thematic Working Group on Affordable and Sustainable Housing” was created… read more
Objectives Date and venue Agenda Background Media Contact Objectives The Mediterranean is particularly affected by the environmental, energy and climate crisis, in a region where the climate is warming 20% faster than global trends, both historically and according to climate model projections (MedECC, MAR1, 2020). The acceleration of climate change… read more
12 to 14 May 2024, Madrid, Spain – In line with its strong commitment to promote sustainable economic development in the Mediterranean region, the UfM Secretariat, with the support of the German Development Cooperation and in collaboration with Climate & Company, one of Germany’s leading Sustainable Finance Think Tanks, will organize a Workshop… read more
9-10 May 2024, Nouakchott, Mauritania. The UfM has been organising, in cooperation with UNESCO Regional Office for Maghreb Countries and with the financial support of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), a series of workshops entitled “Urban Heritage and Traditional Building Skills in the Southern Mediterranean Region”. The objective is to ide… read more
The call for applications to become the 2026 Mediterranean Capitals of Culture & Dialogue (MCCD) is currently open. To inform Euro-Mediterranean stakeholders who are interested in applying, an info-session will be hosted online on April 26th. This event is part of the monthly informative sessions organised by the UfM and the Anna Lindh Foundati… read more
23-25 April 2024, Tunis, Tunisia. The 2023 summer season was marked by an unprecedented drought and numerous wildfires that affected the entire Mediterranean basin, putting the national civil protection systems in the area under stress, with an important factor of simultaneity. The climate change conjuncture will intensify the number and magnitude… read more
16-18 April 2024, Brussels – The Union for the Mediterranean, in collaboration with UNIMED and the European Commission, will take part in the eighth edition of the UNIMED WEEK, to be held in Brussels, which seeks to propose a political reflection by the Euro-Mediterranean academic community on the relationships between European Institutions and the… read more
16 and 17 April 2024, Zagreb (Croatia) – The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean will convene for the 16th meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour in Zagreb/Croatia, as part of the Roadmap implementing the Declaration of the 5thUfM Ministerial on Employment and Labour that took place in Marrakech on 17-18 May 2022… read more
15-16 April 2024, Barcelona – The UfM Secretariat is convening, for the first time, a meeting of UfM Member States’ development actors aiming at identifying synergies and join efforts to translate political and policy achievements into concrete operational programs in a coordinated manner at regional level. The objective of this initiative is to br… read more
