Athens, 13 May 2014 A Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change will take place on 13 May 2014, in Athens, Greece. As agreed by the 43 UfM member countries at their Senior Officials Meeting in October 2013, the main topics of this Ministerial Meeting will be: The Horizon 2020 Initiative to de-pollute the Med… read more
The Energy Division of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) will organise the first Extended Technical Committee meeting on Tuesday 29 April in Barcelona. The participation of representatives from the UfM Member States, the League of Arab States, the European Union as well as from other stakeholders is expected. The main object… read more
26-27 March, 2014 – Headquarters of the UfM, Palau Pedralbes. Barcelona, Spain The Conference The project-oriented conference “Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment: Project for Progress” was mandated by the Third Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society, held in Paris on 11 September 2013… read more
10 March, 2014, headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, Barcelona Following a specific request from Ministers during the Water Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean, held in Jordan in late 2008, the Secretariat is currently supporting the development of a regional project in order to improve water knowledge at the basis of governan… read more
The UfM-labelled project “Jordanian National Railway project as part of a Regional Railway Network” has been selected among the 2014 Strategic Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects by CG/LA Infrastructure. Its main expected result is to achieve a closer integration among the transport markets of the Mediterranean, thus making transport connections… read more
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
