Brussels, 19 February, 2014 The 9th UfM Ministerial Meeting on Industrial Cooperation will take place on 19 February 2014 with the following objectives: Present and discuss the findings of the assessment of the business environment in the Mediterranean partner countries, with reference to the “Small Business Act” for Europe and the Euro-Mediterrane… read more
Marrakech, 17-18 February 2014 The UfM Secretariat is Institutional Partner of the Third Maghreb Entrepreneurs Forum, which will be organised in Marrakech on 17-18 February 2014, by the General Confederation of Enterprises of Morocco (CGEM) on behalf of the Maghreb Employers Union (UME). The objective of the forum is to strengthen economic integrat… read more
11 February, 2013. UfM Headquarters, in Barcelona The UfM Secretariat works in close collaboration with the Group of Transport Ministers of the Western Mediterranean (GTMO 5+5), and will participate in its next Expert Meeting, to be held on 11 February 2014, in Barcelona. Among other issues, the working session will cover the preparatory work for t… read more
4 February, 2013. Luxembourg The UfM Secretariat will participate in the seminar “Urban Development in the FEMIP Region”, to be held on 4 February 2014 in Luxembourg on the occassion of the FEMIP Committee. The seminar will discuss the urban development challenges in the FEMIP Region, as well as the Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI) and the… read more
31 January, 2013. Headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, Barcelona A preparatory meeting prior to the High-level seminar on the UfM-labelled project “Completion of the Central Section of the Trans-Maghreb Motorway Axis”, set to take place in April, 2014 will be held on 31 January, 2014. The meeting will focus on the horizontal actions fo… read more
22-23 January 2014. Union for the Mediterranean headquarters. Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona. Building on the success of the first seminar on e-signatures for e- business transactions in the Southern Mediterranean region in November 2013 in Amman, the European Commission organises, in cooperation with the UfM Secretariat, the second and final foll… read more
Headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, 16 December 2013 The establishment of an ambitious, shared Euro-Mediterranean free trade area is an ultimate aim as stated in the Marseille Ministerial Conference held in November 2008. This significant objective is centred around actions on how to diversify and enhance trade, to encourage industrial… read more
Brussels, Belgium 10 December, 2013 (Thon Hotel EU) Organised by the EIB, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and the Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie, the thirteenth edition of the FEMIP Conferences will bring together 250 participants from Europe and the Mediterranean countries to discuss actively how e… read more
Inaugural Conference Fostering Infrastructure Investment in the MENA Region Mitigating Risk in Uncertain Times Paris, 9 December, 2013 The UfM Secretariat will participate in the MENA-OECD investment security in the Mediterranean (ISMED) working group. The conference on Fostering Infrastructure Investment in the MENA Region: Mitigating Ri… read more
Istanbul, 3 December 2013, 1:15 to 2:00 pm The Programme for the Assessment and Control of Marine Pollution in the Mediterranean Region (UNEP/MAP/ MED POL) and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will organise a joint conference on: ‘The implementation of depollution regional and national action plans’ The event wil… read more
