10 October, 2014 With the aim to foster employment opportunities, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will be launching Phase I[1] of the project “Skills for Success: Employability Skills for Women”. This UfM project seeks to support 450 young women and girls from Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia in acquiring the tools, kn… read more
Barcelona, 1 October 2014 In the framework of the mobile finance project “Promoting Financial Inclusion via Mobile Financial Services in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries”, labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Senior Officials on 2 June 2014, the UfM Secretariat is organising the first workshop session. The session will… read more
Brussels, 30 September 2014 The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy will take place in Brussels on 30 September 2014. The meeting will be co-chaired by the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, co-presidencies of the Union for the Mediterranean. The most recent Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Meetin… read more
New York, 25 September, 2014 During his working visit to New York, UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Phumzille Mlambo-Ngcuka. The Memorandum of Understanding is the result of the ongoing cooper… read more
New York, 23 September 2014 UfM Secretary General Sijilmassi will head the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) delegation attending the UN Climate Summit 2014 at the UN Headquarters in New York. This year’s summit, entitled “Catalyzing Action”, aims to mobilize political willpower in order to champion an ambitious vision and accelerate progress on cl… read more
Barcelona, 23 September 2014
Barcelona, 3 September 2014 The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean has invited all of the universities of Catalonia to discuss and explore opportunities for collaboration with the UfM on 3 September. The meeting will gather Rectors and Vice rectors of each university for an open discussion on Higher Education and Research challenges in… read more
The fifth edition of the IBEI Summer School of the Mediterranean will take place at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) during July 7 – 11, 2014 in collaboration with the European Institute of the Mediterranean and the Union for the Mediterranean. The objective of IBEI’s Summer School is to offer different short courses on signif… read more
Headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean. Barcelona. 16-18 June, 2014
The Committee on Energy, Environment and Water of the PA-UfM will meet on 12 June at the UfM headquarters in Barcelona. Topics on the Mediterranean Solar Plan, the climate change and concrete projects as Marine Protected Areas (MedPAN), Let’s Do It! Mediterranean and Eco-towns will be high on the agenda of the committee which will be attended by pa… read more
