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    • Who we are

      The Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental institution bringing together the European Union Member States and 16 countries from the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean to promote dialogue and cooperation.

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      UfM Annual Report 2021 Regional Integration
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      The UfM seeks to enhance regional cooperation, dialogue and the implementation of concrete projects and initiatives with tangible impact on our citizens to address three strategic objectives: human development, stability and integration.

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    • Inclusive Development

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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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    • UfM in the Media

      6 March 2023 – Alghad.com – المؤتمر الدولي لمصادر المياه بعمان: تحديد للفرص القابلة للتنفيذ
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      27 February 2023 – Huffington Post – “Nel Mediterraneo è sfida per l’energia, 250 progetti per portarla da Sud a Nord”
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      18 February 2023 – The Jordan Times – Regional Transport Action Plan to propel shift towards sustainability — UfM official
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Transport & Urban Development

 Like the EU, the Union for the Mediterranean has adopted a real urban roadmap and I very much welcome that. I hope you will draw on the experience and best practices of the Urban Agenda for the EU, and make cities close partners. They have a unique insight and their involvement in policy-making on key urban matters, together with local stakeholders from the civil society or the business sphere, will benefit the lives of millions of people around the Mediterranean”

Ms. Corina Creţu
Former EU Commissioner for Regional and Urban Policy

Easy and safe access to flows of goods and people over land and sea is essential for regional prosperity and integration. The UfM is actively engaged towards addressing the complex challenges facing the transport sector and developing an efficient, integrated, interoperable and sustainable transport infrastructure network through a holistic and integrated approach, with a view to improving transport connectivity in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Sustainable urbanization is key to addressing climate change, while it is also a potential driver for sustainable development. The UfM follows a cooperative approach in implementing the UfM Urban Agenda, which provides a holistic, integrated, place-based and long-term approach to sustainable urban development, in order to achieve well-managed, economically prosperous, gender and socially inclusive, just, safe, healthy, accessible and resilient, as well as resource-efficient and low-carbon environmentally sustainable cities.

Transport 3.6% growth in regional trade

and a 6.5% growth in exports could result from on-going and future trade facilitations and transport infrastructure improvements

Transport 60% of the Mediterranean population

is living in urban areas, where the rapid increase in urban population constitutes a major challenge for sustainable urban development

(Source: EIB 2017)

Nearly
80% of the
Mediterranean countries’ populations

will be concentrated on 10% of the land – predominantly the coastline- by 2030

Strategic Objectives

Develop a regional transport network fostering socio-economic development and regional integration

Contribute to implementing the UfM Urban Agenda with a view to fostering inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable urban development

Enhance regional dialogue efforts through a multi-stakeholder framework bringing together UfM Member States and key partners and stakeholders to share best practices and develop projects, providing them with technical support and mobilizing financing instruments in particular from IFIs

  • Policy Framework
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Second UfM Ministerial Conference on Transport

Declaration

Online
9 February 2023
Transport & Urban Development

Second UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development

Declaration

Cairo
22 May 2017
Transport & Urban Development

First UfM Ministerial Conference on Transport

Declaration

Brussels
14 November 2013
Transport & Urban Development

First UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development

Declaration

Strasbourg
10 November 2011
Transport & Urban Development

UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development

Transport & Urban Development

UfM Regional Platform on Transport Connectivity

Transport & Urban Development
Urban Projects Finance Initiative (UPFI-ERI)
Transport & Urban Development
Euro-Mediterranean Smart City Innovation Centres
Transport & Urban Development
TransLogMED
Transport & Urban Development
Multi-Site Urban Regeneration Project in Jericho
Transport & Urban Development
Bouregreg Valley Development
Transport & Urban Development
UPFI Sfax Taparura Project
Transport & Urban Development
Completion of the Central Section of the Trans-Maghreb Motorway Axis
Transport & Urban Development
Jordanian Railway Network
Transport & Urban Development
LOGISMED Training Activities
Transport & Urban Development

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UfM Ministers endorse a new Regional Transport Action Plan to boost connectivity in the Euro-Mediterranean region
Boosting Energy Efficient Buildings in the Mediterranean Region
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Urban Projects Finance Initiative

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Transport & Urban Development
UPFI – Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF) 2013-2022
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3rd Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development of the UfM
04/05/23
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