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"The Mediterranean is a small region on the world map where the heaviest challenges are piled up"

"The Mediterranean is a small region on the world map where the heaviest challenges are piled up"
03/04/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Bernard Valéro is retiring after a rich career at the Quai d'Orsay, consul, ambassador and director general of Avitem (Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories) in Marseille for his last position. The sixty-six-year-old diplomat comments, unvarnished and exclusively on econostrum.info, on the highlights of his professional life confronted with the ups and downs of the Mediterranean region.
Agnès Rampal, Alexandria, Avitem, Barcelona, Barcelona process, Bernard Valéro, Cosquer cave, European Union, Fathallah Sijilmassi, France, Genoa, Istanbul, Libya, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Erasmus, Mediterranean of the future, Nasser Kamal, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Quai d'Orsay, Renaud Muselier, Santiago de Compostela, Summit of the 2 shores, Syria, Tangier, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean, Villa Méditerranée

"Unity and the gathering of Mediterraneans are more necessary than ever."

"Unity and the gathering of Mediterraneans are more necessary than ever."
12/03/2020 - Karim Amellal, Ambassador, Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs | Reflections
It is already 25 years old, and another world has replaced the one in which the Barcelona Process was born. A world, if not darker, at least more worrying. Today, among us Mediterraneans, the fear of a global pandemic, a climate emergency or terrorism that could blindly strike any one of us...
Barcelona Process, Europe, European Union, France, Karim Amellal, Mediterranean, Summit of the two shores, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean

The UfM proclaims 28 November as "International Day of the Mediterranean"

The UfM proclaims 28 November as "International Day of the Mediterranean"
11/30/2020 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The meeting of the Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) led to the creation of an "International Day of the Mediterranean.
Barcelona Process, International Day of the Mediterranean, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean

The countries of the Union for the Mediterranean call for a strengthening of trade ties in the region

The countries of the Union for the Mediterranean call for a strengthening of trade ties in the region
11/10/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. At the 11th Ministerial Conference on Trade, the 42 member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean called for the strengthening of trade ties in the Euro-Mediterranean area. version française
Covid-19, euromediterranean, institution, investment, Maha Ali, Mediterranean, pandemic, trade, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean, Valdis Dombrovskis

Equality between women and men in the EU should be achieved in ... 60 years from now

Equality between women and men in the EU should be achieved in ... 60 years from now
10/30/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
EU. According to the European Institute for Gender Equality, the EU only achieves a gender equality index of 67.9 out of 100 in 2020. version française

Dimitrios Papadimoulis, EIGE, European Institute for Gender Equality, European Parliament, European Union, Evelyn Regner, gender equality, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean

Union for the Mediterranean endorses regional mechanism to assess gender equality

Union for the Mediterranean endorses regional mechanism to assess gender equality
10/05/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean endorse "the intergovernmental monitoring and the set of indicators to monitor progress on gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region". version française
Barcelona, Covid-19, gender equality, Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean, women, Women4Mediterranean

Union for the Mediterranean appoints three new Deputy Secretaries General

Union for the Mediterranean appoints three new Deputy Secretaries General
09/11/2019 - Frédéric Dubessy | People
MEDITERRANEAN. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) announces the appointment of three new Deputy Secretaries General : Marisa Farrugia, Isidro Antonio González Afonso and Grammenos Mastrojeni.
Complutense, Cyprus, European Union (EU), Grammenos Mastroieni, Isidro Antonio Gonzalez Afonso, Isola della Sestenibilita, Italy, Jerusalem, Madrid, Malta, Marisa Farrugia, Mauritania, Mediterranean, Mena, Nicosia, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, Spain, UfM, Uned, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, University of Leeds, University of Toronto

"We need to educate people about citizenship"

"We need to educate people about citizenship"
05/15/2015 | Society / Institutions
With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

The "Forming responsible citizens" project, which has been approved by the Union for the Mediterranean and is founded on a government/NGO partnership, aims to contribute to instilling values of interdependent and sustainable development, freedom and gender equality from school age.
Chiara Guidetti, citizenship, education, Egypt, Ideaborn, Mediterranean, Morocco, South America, Training responsible citizens, Tunisia, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean

Med NC, a new chance for Mediterranean women

Med NC, a new chance for Mediterranean women
05/15/2015 | Society / Institutions
With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

The New Chance Mediterranean Network (Med NC) is building on the sucess of the Second Chance Schools in Marseille and across France. It allows young women in particular to benefit from personalised pathways support, to escape their exclusion from the labour market.
Alexandria, Algeria, Anis Saïdi, Delphine Crespo, E2C, France, ISCAE, Marseille, Med NC, Mediterranean, Mission locale de Marseille, Morocco, NEET, OCP, Office chérifien des Phosphates, Second Chance School, Tunisia, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean, youth

"One village, one product", and women at the helm

"One village, one product", and women at the helm
05/15/2015 | Society / Institutions
With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

The European Neighbourhood Policy's "One village, one product" scheme aims to promote the emergence of women in agricultural area development.
Amideast, Beni Suef, Danone, Egypt, European commission, European Union, Jordan, Lake Qaroun, Lebanon, Libya, Maja Kocijancic, Mediterranean, Méditerranean, one product, One village, Spring Forward, Tunisia, UfM, Un Women

Special issue: Fostering women's participation in Mediterranean economic life

Special issue: Fostering women's participation in Mediterranean economic life
05/15/2015 | Special report
With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM
Barcelona, Fostering women's participation in economic life, Méditerranean, Paris, UfM, Union for the mediterranean

Supporting female entrepreneurship

Supporting female entrepreneurship
05/15/2015 | Society / Institutions
With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

After a first successful phase, the Union for the Mediterranean "Young women as job creators" scheme, developed by female business leaders, has been extended to three more countries, namely Egypt, Tunisia and Albania.
AFAEMME, Albania, Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen, CEED, Egypt, Grow, Helena de Felipe Lehtonen, Jordan, Maghreb, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, Spain, Stella Mally, Tunisia, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean

A social, solidarity… and female economy

A social, solidarity… and female economy
05/15/2015 | Society / Institutions
With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

The Social and Solidarity Economy is playing an active role in the economic integration of women in the Mediterranean. View of Rodérick Egal, president of iesMed (Innovation & Social Economy in the Mediterranean) cooperative company.
IesMed, Mediterranean, Mondragon, North Africa, private sector, Rodérick Egal, Spain, SSE, The social and solidarity economy, UfM


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