Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI-ERI) Transport & Urban Development Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The Urban Projects Finance Initiative – Economic Resilience Initiative (UPFI-ERI) seeks to identify and encourage innovative urban projects in the Western Balkans and Southern Mediterranean. It offers a grant to project promoters to help them run the project, with opportunities forRead more
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ENI CBC MED thematic clusters Economic Development and Employment Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The ENI CBC “Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme” is the largest Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) initiative implemented by the EU under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI). The Programme brings together the coastal territories of 14 countries to fund innovative, inclusive and sustainable developmentRead more
Interreg MED Green Growth community Water, Environment & Blue Economy Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The Interreg MED Green Growth community is a network of 14 projects which promote sustainable development in the Northern and Eastern Mediterranean area based on the sound management of the natural resources, taking into account the effects on the labour marketRead more
Euro-Mediterranean Development Center for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Economic Development and Employment Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives The objective of the Euro-Mediterranean Development Centre (EMDC) for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) was to build networking infrastructure between Euro-Mediterranean entrepreneurs, institutions and investors. This in turn supported MSMEs along the critical stages of start-up, growth and internationalisation. ConceivedRead more
Euro-Mediterranean Smart City Innovation Centres Transport & Urban Development Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives This regional project will create Smart City Innovation Centres in three Southern Mediterranean cities – Fes in Morocco, Tunis in Tunisia and Alexandria in Egypt – replicating the successful experience of the Nice Smart City Innovation Centre in France, with aRead more
The project “Enhancing the civic and social engagement of women and youth in preventing violence and extremism” was granted the UfM labelling until 2022. The project aims to support on one hand the active involvement of young women and men in their local communities, in particular by building their capacity to engage in preventing violence andRead more
TransLogMED Transport & Urban Development Completed Context and objectives The TransLogMED project develops training activities targeting the logistics sector, complementing the completed UfM-labelled project LOGISMED TrainingActivities (LOGISMED-TA). Over a five-year period (starting in November 2017), the project aims to foster regional integration in the Mediterranean, enhance professional performance, and promote employment and gender equality in the transportRead more
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
Developing Women’s Empowerment Higher Education & Research, Social & Civil Affairs Completed Context and objectives The goal of this project was to enhance the role of women in Euro-Mediterranean societies in an effort to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of the region. Developing Women’s Empowerment had a strategic, long-term approach to fostering gender equalityRead more
