Berlin, 5 October 2017. With this joint declaration the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) enter into a stronger partnership that seeks to push forward regional integration, support the creation of a wide range of employment opportunities, in particular for young women andRead more
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Cairo, 13 September 2017.- Boosting the Mediterranean region’s economic growth and resilience requires upgrading and developing social and economic infrastructure and stimulating private sector development. This conference will address the challenges and obstacles in the region, focusing on how to boost public and private investments to promote job creation, especially for young people and women, and toRead more
UfM Regional Platforms The UfM Regional Platforms are permanent working structures aiming to foster dialogue, share experiences, and identify best practices to effectively implement the sectorial ministerial mandates set by the Member States, as well as to identify specific projects and initiatives on the ground, serving as an active link between the two other dimensionsRead more
20 July 2017, Barcelona. The objective of the conference is to present the results and conclusions of the study co-led by IEMed – EMEA and with the collaboration of the EMNES network entitled “Youth employment and regional integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region”. The study examines how regional integration can provide both short-term and long-term solutionsRead more
2,000 businesspeople from the region are expected to participate in the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders (MedaWeek) which is to be held in Barcelona on 22-24 November 2017.
Generation Entrepreneur Economic Development and Employment Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives Generation Entrepreneur helped develop an environment of entrepreneurship throughout North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean by providing business skills to young people from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. The project’s integrated approach considered both the demand and supply sides of theRead more
Creating a Regional Platform for the Development of Cultural and Creative Industries and Clusters in the Southern Mediterranean Economic Development and Employment Completed Context and objectives The European Commission launched a regional programme with the aim of boosting employment and business development in the Southern Mediterranean region by contributing to the growth of creative industries.Read more
About 50 participants from employment and labour ministries and agencies in UfM countries, as well as representatives from European and international organisations discuss follow-up actions to implement the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Employment and Labour and share best practices addressing employment challenges in the region.
Barcelona, 28-29 March 2017. The UfM High Level Working Group on Employment and Labour will meet at the UfM Secretariat premises in Barcelona on 28-29 March 2017. The meeting will discuss the follow-up to the UfM Ministerial Conference on Employment and Labour which was held at the Dead Sea in Jordan on 26-27 September 2016, withRead more
UfM Regional Platform on Industrial cooperation Context and Objectives Policy framework Documentation Key dates Key partners Effective 1 January 2025, following the adoption of the merger proposal by UfM Member Countries, the Industrial Cooperation Platform has been merged with the UfM Trade and Investment Platform, forming the UfM Regional Platform on Trade, Investment, and Industry.Read more
