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University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, 14-16 October 2015 Around the world far too many young people are not in employment, education or training (NEET). Roughly one third of the world’s youth are unemployed, looking for work or they are discouraged and therefore inactive. Unemployment rates among young people are particularly high in the Middle East andRead more

• The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean attended the 12th Meeting of Foreign Ministers, hosted in Tangier by the Kingdom of Morocco as Co-President of the 5+5 Dialogue. • 100,000 young people are benefiting directly from 16 of the 33 UfM-labelled projects in a region with almost 30% youth unemployment.  • TheseRead more

UfM Headquarters, Barcelona, 5-6 October 2015 Innovation is at the heart of economic and social development as it helps improve productivity and competitiveness. The economies of the Mediterranean countries have made progress in developing innovation policy frameworks. Nonetheless, one of the remaining challenges is increasing the level of integration of SMEs in networks supporting theRead more

Brussels,  29 September 2015 For further information please contact Camilla Leonori: camilla.leonori@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more

UfM holds the Second Regional Workshop of the Mobile Finance Project to discuss on the effectiveness of alternative financial services distribution models based on mobile finance and branchless banking in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.

UfM Headquarters in Barcelona, 7 September 2015 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 Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean on 2 June 2014, the UfM Secretariat is organising the Second Regional Workshop on Mobile FinancialRead more

Luxembourg holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the second half of 2015. It is hosting an Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Employment, their Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) counterparts and key stakeholders to tackle youth unemployment, which is a major political, economic and social challenge in the region.
A Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Employment is expected to take place in 2016.

UfM Secretariat Headquarters in Barcelona, 6 July 2015Read more

UfM Headquarters, Barcelona, 6 July 2015 On 6 July 2015,  the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean will bring together the European Commission/EEAS, the IMF and three IFI´s with significant lending activities in the region- namely the EIB, EBRD and the World Bank Group for the Luxembourg Group Meeting. This senior-level meeting will provide an opportunity forRead more

The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (Businessmed) signed an agreement to strengthen the private sector’s contribution to socio-economic development in the Mediterranean region.