Ahmad Masa’deh, Generalsekretär der Union für den Mittelmeerraum (UfM), und Philippe de Fontaine Vive, der für die FEMIP zuständige Vizepräsident der Europäischen Investitionsbank (EIB... Entwicklung in enger Anlehnung an die Schwerpunkte der UfM. Dies soll durch die Umsetzung einer umfassenden, die ganze Region betreffenden Strategie für Entwicklung erreicht werden. Ziel dieser... von Informationen, um die Durchführung der vorrangigen Projekte der UfM zu fördern: Die beiden Parteien vereinbaren, beim Austausch von Informationen über Projekte, Initiativen, Veranstaltungen und
Ahmad Masa’deh, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), and Philippe de Fontaine Vive, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), responsible for FEMIP, signed on 17 January 2011 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishing close cooperation in the Mediterranean region in the areas of economic, social and sustainable development in line with the UfM’s priorities... of the UfM’s priority projects . The two parties agree to closely collaborate in the exchange of information on projects, initiatives, events and studies, thus avoiding any possible overlapping
President Hoyer met with Fathallah Sijilmassi, secretary general of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on Thursday 26 April. They discussed ongoing sectoral cooperation between the EIB and UfM... will support UfM related priorities. In a first phase, the Bank could provide EUR 500 m to support mature UfM projects that comply with the economic, financial and environmental criteria of the EIB. Between 2009 and 2011, the EIB signed EUR 5.2 bn of projects with Mediterranean partner countries, with more than half of the amount dedicated to UfM related priorities (EUR 2.8 bn). "Mediterranean partner
FEMIP supports projects such as cleaning the Mediterranean, the Mediterranean Solar Plan, establishing maritime and land highways etc. These are all priorities of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) established by European/Mediterranean finance ministers. The EIB allied itself to these goals by signing a memorandum of understanding with the UfM secretariat in January 2011. UfM Secretariat: promoting clear goals The UfM Secretariat’s central mission is to contribute to socio-economic development and regional integration by identifying and promoting appropriate projects. It began with a water
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the Mediterranean region’s main financial partner, with more than EUR 10 billion invested since 2002. The Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) is its financial arm in the region. In October 2008, the EIB was asked by the Euro-Mediterranean finance ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg to support three priority initiatives of the UfM (Union for the Mediterranean). Two years after the Paris summit, the EIB presents a broad outline of its involvement in this reinforced partnership.
'Evaluation of the satellite solution for the development of a broadband service for the UfM. The conference will target service providers and developers, as well as end-users and relevant user
to the UfM’s Secretariat in Barcelona. We also has one representative based in Marseille who coordinates the EIB’s activities within the Centre for Mediterranean Integration.
'Evaluation of the satellite solution for the development of a broadband service for the UfM' an. Die Konferenz richtet sich an Anbieter und Entwickler von Diensten sowie Endnutzer und einschlägige
of the priorities of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which aims to tackle major sources of Mediterranean pollution by 2020. The operation will improve water and wastewater services for over 370 000... for the Mediterranean (UfM): cleaning-up the Mediterranean Sea. It also serves the objectives of Syria’s five-year plan, which sets out the government’s investment priorities for this sector
FACTS SHEET
ABOUT THE UfMS
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is a multilateral partnership and a framework for political,
economic and social relations between the European Union... of the UfM.
The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) was established by a decision of Heads of
State and Government of the UfM and its Statutes were adopted on the 3rd of March 2010... of the Secretariat would be in
Barcelona.
On the 3rd March 2010, the first Secretary General, Ahmad Masa’deh was officially presented at the
UfMS headquarters in Barcelona.
The UfM Foreign Affairs Ministers
the Union for the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Solar Plan, born under the scope of the “Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)”, and launched in July 2008, is one of the strategic processes
Mittelmeerraum (UfM)" ins Leben gerufen und im Juli 2008 angenommen. Er ist einer der strategischen Prozesse, die angesichts des zu erwartenden Anstiegs der Energienachfrage im Europa-Mittelmeerraum und der
CDC Climat a newly created Caisse des Dépôts subsidiary, French Development Agency AFD, PROPARCO, the European Investment Bank (EIB), Cassa depositi e prestiti (CDP) and KfW Bankengruppe, the German promotional bank (KfW), have joined forces to study and promote the creation of a Mediterranean Carbon Fund (MCF). The initiative, designed to support deployment of climate friendly projects around the Mediterranean, has been launched within the scope of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). It will provide expertise on the country-level and additional financing to projects developed in southern
and protect the environment. Under the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the EIB is overseeing – via FEMIP – three of the six priorities of the Paris Declaration (13 July 2008): the Mediterranean Solar
financial arm in the
region. In October 2008, the EIB was asked by the
Euro-Mediterranean finance ministers at a meeting
in Luxembourg to support three priority initiatives
of the UfM (Union... , they are responsible for
ensuring the success of numerous ini-
tiatives, more than four-fifths of which
directly serve the aims of the UfM
(Union for the Mediterranean). These
initiatives... its capacity to serve the Medi-
terranean countries according to the
recommendations of the European
Union, as illustrated in the following
pages by its efforts to meet the UfM’s
priorities
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FEMIP: concrete support for the common
Mediterranean project
As the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) gradually becomes established, the EIB... support and technical assistance efforts (some EUR 12m for 17 projects).
Operational objectives in line with UfM priorities
FEMIP operations in 2009
Breakdown by sector and according to UfM priorities
Transport
5%
Water
12%
Training /
Education*
13%
Urban
development*
3%
Corporate*
26%
Renewable
energy*
3%
Pollution
abatement*
9%
Land and sea
motorways*
29%
* UfM priority sectors
of the European Union; and, secondly, because it was this quintessentially
Euro-Mediterranean country that was chosen by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
as the location for its Secretariat General. Incidentally, we can look forward to seeing the
UfM’s Secretary General, His Excellency Mr Massadeh, at the close of today’s proceedings,
which will reflect the active cooperation between the EIB, the UfM and the Mediterranean
partner countries. In fact FEMIP has been given the task of coordinating financially the
Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP) – the energy component of the UfM’s regional
the European Union.
The Mediterranean Solar Plan: a
new framework for FEMIP’s energy
activities
It was perfectly logical for the Union for
the Mediterranean (UfM) to move FEMIP’s
energy policy... component of the UfM’s regional
action to achieve a renewable energy
capacity of 20 GW by 2020, with a par-
ticular emphasis technologically on solar
and wind power.
FEMIP has already begun to give sub... set by the Heads of State or Gov-
ernment at the first UfM summit in July
2008. The preliminary conclusions of
this study will be made public at the 8th
FEMIP Conference, which will take place
on 10
Mittelmeer (UfM) schrittweise eingerichtet wird, hat die EIB im Rahmen der FEMIP1 ihre
finanzielle Unterstützung für die Partnerländer der Region kräftig verstärkt. Das Tätigkeitsvolumen der FEMIP...
Entsprechend den Zielen des Operativen Plans 2009-2011 der FEMIP wurde die Übereinstimmung der FEMIP-
Operationen mit den vorrangigen Zielen der UfM im Jahr 2009 verstärkt. Nahezu 80% der unterzeichneten...
Operationen der FEMIP im Jahr 2009
Aufteilung nach Sektoren gemäß den vorrangigen Zielen der UfM
Verkehrsverbindu
ngen zu Lande
und Seewege*
29%
Eindämmung der
Verschmutzung*
9%
erneuerbare
Energien*
3
is recognised as one of the
richest and most vulnerable in the world, in particular with regard to its biodiversity.
Central to the FTF will be its support to the “Depollution of the Mediterranean” UfM
?
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) brings together the 27 EU Member States, the nine Mediterranean partner countries (Algeria,
Egypt, Gaza/West Bank, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria... carries out field
studies financed by its Trust Fund to facilitate its understanding of the challenges facing the Euro-Mediterra-
nean region.
UfM partner countries
EU Member States
Annual Report 2009...
Annual Report 20092FEMIP
Message from the Vice-President
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will soon be
celebrating two years of existence. Progress has been
made at the institutional level
of the UfM’s
priorities).
To replenish its resources in 2011, the Trust
Fund will mainly draw on its initial lenders
which have remained involved since 2005.
The Trust Fund also intends
, logistics and transport, and information
and communications technologies.
In January 2011, the Bank signed a memo-
randum of understanding with the secre-
tariat of the Union for the Mediterranean
(UfM
of the
action plans) – 2007-2013: € 5.5 bn (90% of total) for 10 partner
countries
Regional: 2007-2013 = € 631 M for regional programmes ENP South
including support to FEMIP (€ 32 M) & UfM
to
the region through the EU Neighbourhood Policy and
engaged with the European Commission and the Euro-
pean External Action Service, as well as with the Union
for the Mediterranean (UfM... operations in the region.
Annual Report 201022FEMIP
Supporting the Union for the Mediterranean
FEMIP also continued to support the priority projects of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)2... and the Secretariat of the UfM as well as
other partners, notably in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency project prepa-
ration and identification of innovative financial mechanisms
dimension,
which would enable the investor to take into account immediately an integrated market of more than
200 million consumers. The UfM framework would be ideally suited for establishing a regional... should therefore be retained by putting in place national structural
policies, like the partnership operations carried out under the UfM.
What form does this phenomenon take? Broadly speaking... referred to with regard to the FMCs
must not under any circumstances call into question these policies, which must, on the contrary, be
supported by the Euromed authorities (UfM as well as FEMIP
for the Mediterranean (UfM) in order to create a common
vision among partners on the future of water in the region.
1 ‘ C l ima te Chan g e an d En e rg y in th e M e d i t e r r an ean ’ :
A study financed
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EUR 58bn in 20...
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The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) provides a
new impetus for stronger relations... . The logis-
tics platforms network forms part of the 2007-2013
Regional Transport Action Plan and is one of the
UfM’s priorities. The Mediterranean Partner Coun-
tries must now adopt the proposed guidelines
in
the Mediterranean, FEMIP confirmed to the partners of
the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) that it was able to
support them in modernising their public policies in the
face of the economic crisis