13/14 March -University of Jordan – Amman, Jordan – The Union for the Mediterranean and the European Investment Bank are continuing their partnership bringing – through trainings to selected Universities of the Southern shore of the Euro Mediterranean Region – high-level financial expertise on multilateral policies and EU project financing mechanisms. The 3 pilot UniversitiesRead more
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7th March 2023, Barcelona. The members of the UfM Community of Practice on Youth Employment in the Southern Mediterranean gathered in an online format for their 3rd meeting. On this occasion, the main priorities of the CoP and modalities for the upcoming meetings in 2023 were discussed. The UfM Community of Practice on Youth Employment inRead more
Online, 1 March 2023 (final date to be confirmed). The UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment gathers twice a year representatives from trade ministries and agencies of the UfM Member States as well as representatives from European institutions/agencies and international organisations. This meeting comes in preparation to the 12th UfM Ministerial on Trade scheduled toRead more
The new edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) Award seeks to boost once again local communities in the Southern Mediterranean and will held in the framework of the celebrations of the Day of the Mediterranean. #ARLEMaward 22 February 2023. The UfM is supporting once again this year the Young Local Entrepreneurship inRead more
UfM Grant Schemes Grant Scheme 2020 Grant Scheme 2023 Grant Scheme 2024 Media contact The UfM Grant Schemes aim at improving the employment situation, particularly those from the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. People already more vulnerable to economic shocks and restricted mobility, such as informal workers, blue-collar workers, youth and women, are especially affectedRead more
When Manar Ramadan and Ahmed Yassin co-founded their start-up Banlastic in Alexandria, Egypt, they had a clear mission in mind: to ban single-use plastic and create a more sustainable future for their community. As residents of Alexandria, a bustling coastal city that relies heavily on tourism, Manar and Yassin saw firsthand the devastating effects ofRead more
The UfM Regional Platform on Trade and Investment convened its fourth meeting by videoconference to discuss areas of priority ahead of the 12th Ministerial Meeting of the UfM Trade Ministers in October 2023 in Spain. 19 December 2022. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean held today the fourth meeting of the UfMRead more
Algiers, 15 December 2022 – The Union for the Mediterranean organized a Workshop on “Green Economy Promotion: how to make green economy work for sustainable development and regional integration?” in Algiers on 15 December in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry of Algeria and with the support of GIZ. This event, that brought together over 100Read more
Algiers, 15 December 2022. The UfM Secretariat in collaboration with the Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ), will organize a Workshop on the topic of Green Economy in El Aurassi Hotel, Algiers (Algeria) in December 2022. The workshop is organized based on the Co-Presidency’s Statement, given that at the 5th UfM Regional Forum in 2020, the UfM Co-Presidency countedRead more
4 November 2022. The UfM and the German Development Cooperation will co-organise the fourth edition of the UfM Trade and Investment Forum physically in Istanbul, Türkiye, on 4 November 2022, under the auspices of The Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye and in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). ThisRead more
