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- The Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental institution bringing together the European Union Member States and 15 countries from the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean to promote dialogue and cooperation.
  
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- The UfM Secretariat is the operational platform of the Union for the Mediterranean. The staff of the UfM is made of more than 17 nationalities working in a multicultural environment that fosters cooperation and intercultural communication and exchange.
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  30 July 2021. Global Water Partnership. Interview with UfM’s Almotaz Abadi.
  
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  28 July 2021. Rai1. UN Food Systems Pre-Summit: interview with UfM DSG Grammenos Mastrojeni.
  
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  23 July 2021. France 24. Nasser Kamel (UpM) : les Européens ont eu “des pratiques déplorables au début de la crise Covid-19”
  
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Contact

Directorate for Operations and Partnerships

Diego Escalona Paturel

Executive Director of Operations and Partnerships

Seconded by the European Commission, Diego Escalona Paturel is the Executive Director for Operations and Partnerships of the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat since September 2018.

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Diego Escalona Paturel has a long experience in European external relations and in managing large development cooperation portfolios. Since the year 2000, he has served in several EU Delegations in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. He was Head of Cooperation in Lebanon from 2010-2014 and Head of Cooperation in the EU Delegation to Egypt, before joining the UfM in September 2018.

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dop@ufmsecretariat.org

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UfM in the Media