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TunisiaUfM Foreign Ministers gather in Barcelona to strengthen Euro-Mediterranean cooperation amid regional tensions
Barcelona, 28 October 2024. The 9th Union for the Mediterranean Regional Forum, which centred on the alarming situation in the Middle East as well as the organisation’s reform, took place today in Barcelona.
The UfM is deeply concerned about the dire humanitarian catastrophe in the region and is committed to playing an active role in Gaza as soon early recovery is possible. It has already begun working on initiatives in this regard, including support for UNIMED and An-Najah National University’s Technical Education Support for Higher Education Student Initiative – TESI that is set to allow some 50,000 Palestinian higher education students to finish their studies online, and it is exploring others in areas such as employment, the water, energy, food and ecosystems (WEFE) nexus, or urban development.
Built on the legacy of the Barcelona Process and its goals of shared peace, stability and prosperity in the Euro-Mediterranean region, the UfM is a leading multilateral institutional framework for dialogue and cooperation in the Mediterranean, with projects and initiatives that advance the role of women and young people, create jobs, facilitate trade and urban development, and engage in climate action and environmental protection.
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