Barcelona, 29 October 2014 In the framework of the World Sustainable Building 2014 Barcelona Conference (WSB14Barcelona), the UfM Secretariat will be holding a workshop entitled “Addressing the challenges and creating opportunities for sustainable development in the Mediterranean region: What role can the UfM Secretariat play?”. The event will tak… read more
Athens, 28-30 October 2014 The First Regional Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) labelled project Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector, organized in cooperation with the European Union funded Sustainable Water Integrated Management – Support Mechanism (SWIM-SM) project, will take place on 28-30 October in A… read more
Private Sector Round Table Session, Barcelona, 24 October 2014 In line with its strategy to strengthen relations with the private sector and promote inclusive development and regional integration, the UfM Secretariat will organise a round table session on 24 October 2014 at its headquarters in Barcelona. The event will gather 50 high-level private… read more
Barcelona, 15 October 2014 Unlike employability, labour markets intermediation programs and projects in the Euro-Mediterranean countries are rather limited and do not benefit from the same level of funding. Yet, it is a key element to improve employment in the region. The UfM Secretariat places Job intermediation as a major component of the Med4Job… read more
Barcelona, 13-14 October 2014 Following the UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change on 13 May 2014 in Athens, the first meeting of the UfM Climate Change Expert Group (UfM CCEG) will be held on 13-14 October 2014 in Barcelona. The UfM Climate Change Expert Group will set in motion a multilateral and multi-stakeholder platform for… read more
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
