Union for the Mediterranean Newsletter View our newsletter online NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2013 LATEST NEWS Algerian authorities confirm their strong commitment to the development of UfM activities UfM project on water governance in the Mediterranean receives financial contribution from Sida UfM in Tunisia: supporting investment and employment opportunities Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal received on Sunday in Algiers the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)... The project is about to formally take off with the aim to address the challenging governance-financing nexus... On the occasion of the International Conference on Productive work for youth in Tunisia and in the MENA region,... Constituent Assembly of the Euro-Mediterranean University takes place in Fes UfM at the Dii Desertec Conference: Facing together common challenges to build a new energy future Urban Projects Finance Initiative is underway The Euro-Mediterranean University of Morocco will be a new International Centre... The Union for the Mediterranean and the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) agreed to... The Initiative, co-sponsored by the UfM, aims to create a pipeline of 10 to 15 innovative... Vacancies at the UfM In line with the development of its activities, the UfM Secretariat is offering a range of new career opportunities... OUR AGENDA 21.01.2013: Mediterranean Solar Plan - Drafting Group Meeting 28.02.2013: Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean 28.02.2013: Media Facing Tensions and Transitions in the Mediterranean FEATURED INTERVIEW UfM interviews Mr. Khalil Ammar Khalil Ammar is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Banque de Financement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (BFPME). FEATURED PROJECT Young Women as Job Creators Young Women as Job Creators was labeled by the Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean in September 2011. The project promotes self-employment and entrepreneurship among young women university students who are about to graduate in Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Spain, with an interest in starting their own business. OUR DIVISIONS Stay up to date This newsletter is prepared by the Communications Unit of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and it is distributed for information purposes only. Comments are welcome and should be addressed by e-mail to news@ufmsecretariat.org. If you wish to receive this newsletter regularly, please . subscribe via the Secretariat website. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter any more, you can unsubscribe here.