Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is an inter-governmental partnership that promotes cooperation and dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region through projects and initiatives addressing the three strategic objectives of regional stability, human development and economic regional integration.
Our times are marked by major geopolitical and economic power shifts, with increasingly confrontational and unilateralist relations between major powers. Yet growing global challenges call for more multilateral governance and rules-based international cooperation. The COVID-19 crisis exemplifies the need for multilateral solutions: a major global threat, it has created much-needed momentum for a coordinated, global crisis response and has exposed the need to make multilateralism fit to cope with the new challenges
No one is safe alone, no one is strong alone; we are stronger together.
"The need for the Union for the Mediterranean has never been stronger," said High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the 4th ministerial Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean, which she co-chaired today in Barcelona with Jordan's Prime Minister Ayman Safadi.
Today, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Union for the Mediterranean gathering in Barcelona for the Third Regional Forum reaffirmed their "strong political commitment to promote regional cooperation and recognized the UfM as a unique, action-driven platform to intensify joint efforts to address common challenges and create common opportunities in the Euro-Mediterranean region."
Working together, and in partnership with African governments, the EU can and is providing an effective response to the interlinked challenges of migration and the security and development of Africa.
17/02/2021 - The European Commission and the High Representative have put forward a new strategy to strengthen the EU’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism. It suggests making use of all tools at the EU’s disposal, including its extensive political, diplomatic and financial support, to promote multilateral solutions to global challenges.
