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UfM member states discuss the preparation of the post-Covid19 recovery

17 June 2021

UfM member states met on 17 June 2021 to review the activities of the UfM Secretariat in the first semester of 2021 and discuss the preparation of the post-Covid19 recovery across the Euro-Mediterranean region. They notably discussed the future Research and Innovation agenda of the UfM Regional Platform on ‎Research and Innovation, with focus on climate change, renewable energy and ‎health, as well as the UfM Employment and Labour agenda.…

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Lebanon: a new ambitious entrepreneur joins the BESTMEDGRAPE project

17 June 2021

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Techdays Meet Up: first virtual matchmaking event for EU & MENA innovators

16 June 2021

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WeMed Award: applications are now open

16 June 2021

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#EU4YOUth Campus Tour "Education & Youth Empowerment", 24 February at Cairo University - Egypt

#EU4YOUth Campus Tour "Education & Youth Empowerment" organised on 20 Feb. at Alexandria University, Egypt

Best moments of the #EU4YOUth Campus Tour in the Ibn Zohr university, Agadir - Morocco - 11/03/2019

Best moments of the #EU4YOUth Campus Tour in the university Mohammed 1st, Oujda Morocco - 04/03/2019

Featured projects

Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Neighbourhood

Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine *, Tunisia 2020-2024 Budget: €4.5 million

Support to the investment climate in the South Mediterranean region for sustainable jobs and growth

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine *, Tunisia 2020-2024 Budget: €4 million

CREACT4MED – Creative Entrepreneurs ACTing FOR the future MEDiterranean

Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine *, Tunisia 2020-2023

MedUP! Promoting social entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean region

Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine *, Tunisia 2018-2022 Budget: €5.46 million

EBSOMED - Enhancing Business Support Organizations and Business Networks in the Southern Neighbourhood

Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine *, Syria *, Tunisia 2018-2022 Budget: €6.25 million

Creative Mediterranean - Development of cluster in cultural and creative industries in the Southern Mediterranean

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine *, Tunisia 2014-2019 Budget: €6.8 million

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Latest publications

European Commission’s Joint Research Centre

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Diaspora finance for development: from remittances to investment

18 June 2021

Algeria, Egypt, Israel,…

SwitchMed study: How can businesses lead the way to sustainable fashion?

04 June 2021

Algeria, Egypt, Israel,…

Med MSMEs Programme – April 2021 newsletter

07 May 2021

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