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Union for the Mediterranean meeting reflects on renewed strategic agenda for higher education regional cooperation
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) organized, in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt, a regional meeting on higher education cooperation on 1 December in Cairo. Building on inputs received through prior consultation, the purpose of the meeting was…
EU cross-border cooperation programme holds meeting to review state of play of ongoing projects and discuss future activities
The national delegations of the 14 participating countries will meet in Amman, Jordan, on the 4-5 December 2019 on the occasion of the sixth meeting of the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC), the decision-making body of the EU-funded ENI CBC Med Programme.
The members of the JMC will approve the…
The Union for the Mediterranean exchanges views on tourism as a generator of jobs for youth in the MENA Region
The Workshop on “Tourism: Generating jobs for Youth in the MENA Region” will take place on 4 December 2019 at the UfM Headquarters in Barcelona. The event is a follow up of the UfM Secretariat’s Brainstorming Meeting on Tourism, held on 30 November 2018 which aimed at setting up a regional platform…
Speech by President von der Leyen on the occasion of the COP25 in Madrid
In ten days from now, the European Commission will present the European Green Deal. Our goal is to be the first climate neutral continent by 2050. If we want to achieve that goal, we have to act now, we have to implement our policies now. Because we know that this transition needs a generational…
HR/VP Josep Borrell: A stronger European Union within a better, greener and safer world
On 1 December, Josep Borrell assumed the post of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
" I am privileged and honoured to take up the role of the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and…
EuroMeSCo ENI Project : last workshops of the project
EuroMeSCo ENI Project organises, this week, the last workshops of the project which is reaching the end of its duration (2015-2019).
Entitled " The Role of China in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Beyond Economic Interests", the first workshop will be held on 3 of December in Warsow. The…
EU-funded Anna Lindh Foundation organises regional training for trainers on intercultural citizenship education in the region
The Anna Lindh Foundation is organising a Regional Training for Trainers on Intercultural Citizenship Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region on 25 November – 1 December in Nicosia, Cyprus.
The training is addressed to educators in the formal and non-formal education sector. Following the face-…
EMNES Working paper 026 – Disentangling the impact of trade barriers on wages: evidence from the MENA region
This paper proposes a comprehensive assessment of the effect of different trade barriers (tariffs, non-tariff measures and services restrictions) on wages in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. These disparities are studied in four dimensions: wage premiums, gender (males versus females…
Speech by President-elect von der Leyen in the European Parliament Plenary on the occasion of the presentation of her College of Commissioners and their programme
Mr President, Honourable Members,
Exactly thirty years ago, today - the 27th of November, the clock strikes twelve.Church bells ring. Sirens blare. Workers down tools. Factories, mines and shops empty as the streets fill up with dance and hope.
The historic two-hour general strike in the middle…
European Parliament elects the von der Leyen Commission
In a roll call vote that took place at noon on Wednesday, MEPs approved the new College of Commissioners with 461 votes in favour, 157 against and 89 abstentions.
During her opening statement, European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen reiterated many of the commitments she made in…