🌎Our acting Secretary General, Fadi Hajali, is taking part in the Antalya Leaders Summit and the High-Level Segment for Heads of State and Government at #COP31.
An opportunity to bring Mediterranean priorities to the global climate agenda and highlight the importance of regional cooperation in addressing shared climate challenges beyond the Mediterranean Pavilion.
The #MediterraneanPavilion at #COP31 is officially open! UfM acting Secretary General Fadi Hajali, joined by Deputy Secretaries General Joan Borrell and Meltem Büyükkarakaş welcomed:
🇯🇴 Aiman A. Soleiman, Jordan’s Minister of Environment @MoENVJo
🇪🇸 @jduch, Catalonia’s Minister for European Union and Foreign Action @gencat
🌿 Aldo Puleo and Vincent Ernoux, Programme Manager @interregnextmed
🇹🇷 @AliBaris_Ulusoy, Director General for Multilateral Relations with Europe at @MFATurkiye
🌊 Roger Garcia, representing @UNEPMAPNews and @MedWaves_Centre
🇭🇷 Tatjana Obučina, Croatia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition @MFA_Croatia
Together, we are strengthening Mediterranean cooperation and turning shared climate challenges into collective action.
#MediterraneanPavilion
Today, I presented the updated Action Plan for our #PactfortheMediterranean. Together with our Mediterranean partners, we have implementing the existing actions and we are proposing nine new ones to be launched next year, bringing the total to 30.
A stronger Mediterranean partnership is in Europe’s strategic interest. Our security, stability and prosperity are closely linked.
🎓 The Mediterranean University is taking shape, with its secretariat now in place.
⚡ Our #TMED Investment Platform is bringing clean energy projects and investors together.
👩💼 With @UN_Women, we are working to create 500,000 jobs for women by 2030.
🚒 The 🇪🇺 Firefighting Hub in Cyprus supported firefighting operations this summer.
El secretari general en funcions de la Unió per la Mediterrània, Fadi Hajali, i la secretària general adjunta per al Desenvolupament Humà, Petra Kežman, s'han reunit avui amb el conseller d'Unió Europea i Acció Exterior, @jduch, de @exteriorscat.
La trobada ha permès abordar la cooperació entre la UfM i la Generalitat de Catalunya i explorar noves vies de col·laboració per avançar en prioritats compartides i reforçar la cooperació regional a la Mediterrània.
Today in Barcelona we hosted the 3rd UfM Development Actors meeting : National development agencies and ministries from across our Member States came together to share experiences and find ways to work more closely, turning shared priorities into real results for people in the Euro Mediterranean region. @Sida@BMZ_Bund@AECID_es@cooperaciocat
استقبل الأمين العام بالإنابة للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط، فادي حاج علي، مديرة إدارة الشؤون الأوروبية في وزارة الخارجية السورية سالي شوبط @syrianmofaex ، والوفد المرافق لها، بمقر الأمانة العامة للاتحاد في برشلونة. وشاركت في اللقاء نائبتا الأمين العام ملتم بيوكراكش ونسرين التميمي.
وتناول اللقاء سبل تطوير التعاون بين سوريا والاتحاد من أجل المتوسط، ومجالات العمل ذات الاهتمام المشترك، بما في ذلك فرص المشاركة في مبادرات الاتحاد ومنصاته الإقليمية، وتعزيز التعاون في إطار الأولويات المشتركة في المنطقة.
#HappeningNow in Rome: the 2nd UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water, bringing together Water Ministers from the 43 Union for the Mediterranean Member States. The focus: strengthening regional cooperation, water security, resilience, investment and innovation across the Mediterranean.
#UfM4Water
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@ItalyMFA@Antonio_Tajani@JessikaRoswall@EU_ENV@mwigovjo@GPichetto@MASE_IT
Ahead of the 2nd UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water in Rome, the acting UfM Secretary General Fadi Hajali held a bilateral meeting with the Director General for Development Cooperation at @ItalyMFA_int, @SGatti_IT
A UfM delegation led by the Acting Secretary General, Fadi Hajali, Deputy Secretary General for Human Development, Petra Kezman, visited today @emuni University, together with Uros Vajgl, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Slovenian Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs. Talks focused on EMUNI's role within the New Pact for the Mediterranean and on connecting academia, policymakers and institutions across the Mediterranean region. The UfM representatives reaffirmed their support for EMUNI and its mission as a platform for Euro-Mediterranean education, research and dialogue.
Spanish Foreign Minister @jmalbares met today with UfM Acting Secretary General Fadi Hajali in Barcelona. Spain has hosted the UfM Secretariat since its creation and remains a central partner in Euro-Mediterranean cooperation.
At #MedCatDays, Acting UfM Secretary General Fadi Hajali highlighted the UfM’s renewed vision for stronger cooperation across the Mediterranean:
“Our Vision Statement rests on three pillars: connecting people, connecting countries and connecting economies.”
He stressed that turning this vision into tangible results requires the active involvement of regions, cities and local authorities across the region.
Had a productive discussion with the Lebanese Government, private sector, civil society on 🇪🇺🇱🇧 relations. We explored ways to strengthen our partnership and ensure participation in the Pact for the Mediterranean.
I warmly congratulate Joseph Aoun on his election as President of Lebanon.
This significant step marks a moment of hope.
We look forward to the swift formation of a government, able to take forward a reform-oriented agenda.
I spoke to Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib.
It is crucial that the ceasefire holds, and the EU is determined to continue supporting Lebanon.
We are also closely following the developments in Syria and their implications for the region.
Tere tulemast! 🇪🇺 🇪🇪
✨We are delighted to welcome Kaja Kallas as the new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
Follow @kajakallas and her latest activities all around EU foreign policy.