3 June 2026, Brussels/Belgium – The 11th UfM Regional Platform on Trade, Investment and Industry will convene in Brussels to advance the Euro-Mediterranean trade and investment agenda, bringing together national focal points from the UfM Member States as well as key regional and international partners. The Platform meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss concreteRead more
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12 May 2026, Online – The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will convene an online meeting of its Regional Platform on Women Empowerment, bringing together key stakeholders from across the Euro-Mediterranean region to advance gender equality policies and cooperation. As recalled by the recently Agreed conclusions of the CWS70, all countries are called to put inRead more
Online, 29 April 2026. Following the successful meetings held online in June 2025, the upcoming meetings of the UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity and its thematic Working Groups (WGs) on Land, Air, Maritime Transport and on Logistics & Intermodal Transport, initially foreseen in Rabat, Morocco on 29 April 2026, will instead take place online, still on 29Read more
15 April 2026, online. The 10th Meeting of the UfM Working Group on Environment will take place online on 15 April 2026. The meeting will review recent international and Euro-Mediterranean environmental developments and progress under the 2030GreenerMed Agenda. Participants will exchange on countries’ priorities, advancements and needs, fostering peer learning and regional cooperation. A proposedRead more
23-24 March 2026, Valencia, Spain – The 20th UfM Regional Platform on Employment and Labour in Valencia, Spain will give an important impetus to the implementation of the ambitious Union for the Mediterranean Action Plan on Employment and Labour 2026-2028, bringing together national focal points from the UfM Member States and Social Partners’ regional organisationsRead more
29 January 2026, Bratislava, Slovakia – On January 29, 2025, a study visit will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, where some members of the Union for the Mediterranean Platform on Employment and Labour would meet with the team from the European Labour Authority (ELA). This field visit is a follow-up of the UfM Informal EconomyRead more
5-6 November 2025, Barcelona – The UfM Ministerial Declaration on Water (Malta, 27th April 2017), called for “a Union for the Mediterranean Water Agenda to enhance regional cooperation towards sustainable and integrated water management in the UfM region” and mandated the UfM Regional Platform on Water (previously known as the Water Expert Group, WEG), underRead more
October 22-23, Brussels. The UfM R&I Platform and “Innovation Fair – Enabling that step forward” will take place on 22-23 of October 2025 in Brussels. On 22 October, the 31st Meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Research and Innovation will have a dedicated Drafting Session and to assess advancement since the last Ministerial gathering.Read more
22 October, Brussels – During the 30th Meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Research and Innovation, held in Cairo on 3 October 2024, the principle of holding a new Ministerial Conference on Research and Innovation was approved. This decision marked the beginning of the process toward a new Ministerial Declaration. In 2025, dedicated thematicRead more
21 October 2025, Barcelona- The 10th UfM Regional Platform on Trade, Investment, and Industry will convene on 21 October 2025 in Barcelona at the UfM Secretariat’s premises. Held twice a year, the Platform fosters policy dialogue and regional cooperation on key topics within its mandate. Chaired by the EU Co-presidency (DG Trade) and the Jordanian Co-presidency (MinistryRead more
