Launched in 2008, the Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental Euro-Mediterranean organisation which brings together all countries of the European Union and 15 countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.
History
Milestones
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1995
The Barcelona Process was launched in 1995 with the aim to strengthen relations between Europe and the Southern Mediterranean countries, in the framework of an enhanced Euro-Mediterranean association that contributes to achieve peace and security in the region.
2008
Launch of the Union for
the Mediterranean
The Union for the Mediterranean was launched by a decision of the UfM Heads of State and Government in Paris in July 2008.
2010-12
Setting up of the UfM
Secretariat
The UfM Secretariat was created in Barcelona in 2010 serving as the operational institution that empowers the regional dialogue among the UfM Member States and stakeholders, fostering synergies and coordination among them and promoting regional projects and initiatives with a direct impact on the lives of the citizens.
since 2012
A second phase, since 2012, under the Co-Presidency of the European Union and Jordan, has witnessed a steady increase in the number of activities and partnerships, with more than 50 labelled projects. The need to strengthen was highlighted in the latest review of the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy. Furthermore, during the second UfM Regional Forum, held in January 2017, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and representatives from the 43 Member States adopted the Roadmap “The Union for the Mediterranean: an action-driven organisation with a common ambition”
Institutional documents
Euro-Mediterranean Conference, Barcelona Declaration – Barcelona, 27/28 November 1995
Paris Summit for the Mediterranean, Joint Declaration – Paris, 13 July 2008
UfM Ministerial Conference, Final Declaration – Marseille, 3/4 November 2008
Headquarters agreement – Madrid, 4 May 2010
UfM Roadmap: An action-driven organisation with a common ambition –Barcelona, 23 January 2017
Statutes of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean – Barcelona, 17 July 2018
Secretaries General of the Union for the Mediterranean
Nasser Kamel
Since July 2018
Fathallah Sijilmassi
March 2012 – February 2018
Youssef Amrani
July 2011 – January 2012
Ahmad Masa’deh
March 2010 – February 2011
