CIHEAM Press Review

Speaking at the meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) group of experts on climate change, Mr Teodoro Miano, Secretary General of CIHEAM, highlighted the challenges specific to Mediterranean agricultural and food systems. He also presented the prevention and adaptation solutions developed, via CIHEAM training and technical assistance instruments. Recently elected, Teodoro Miano was able, on the sidelines of this event, to have working meetings with Mr Nasser Kamel, the Secretary General of the UfM and Deputy Secretaries General. At the end of the rich discussions, it was agreed to renew and strengthen the institutional partnership agreement between the organizations as well as to jointly prepare an operational roadmap.

Le CIHEAM organise conjointement un événement avec l’Union pour la Méditerranée (UpM) et la FAO Proche-Orient pour la Journée internationale des droits des femmes 2022.

L’événement sera un webinaire de deux heures, prévu le 7 mars et intitulé « Les systèmes agroalimentaires confrontés au changement climatique dans la région MENA : l’égalité des sexes pour une meilleure résilience ».

#SFSMED DIALOGUES (PART 3) 9 December 2021

The third independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue for the Mediterranean Region (SFS MED dialogue) organised by the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme (OPN-SFSP) and the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Foundation, took place on 9 December 2021. It was the third one after the independent Dialogues held in April and June 2021.

We are happy to announce that the ENI CBC Med Programme is an official partner of the Mediterranean Day, and that we will mark this landmark moment with specific activities involving our community and projects.

For the first time, this afternoon, a dozen Mediterranean countries, several cooperation and research actors participated in the 2nd independent Mediterranean Dialogue of the United Nations Summit on Food Systems. A new step to advance on common ambitions for the region. Organised by the CIHEAM, the FAO, the UfM, the One Planet network and the Prima Foundation for more sustainable and inclusive food systems in the Mediterranean region, this 2nd Dialogue follows the first one held on 27 April 2021.

This 2 February 2021, the CIHEAM participated in the UfM Second Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy. The Ministerial aimed at improving maritime governance and at intensifying join efforts, activities and projects in various blue economy sectors while addressing the growing environmental and climate-related challenges that the Mediterranean region is currently facing, and tackling the unprecedented socio-economic crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has generated.

The meeting of the Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on Friday 27 November 2020 in virtual form led to the creation of an "International Day of the Mediterranean".
It will now be celebrated each year on 28 November to "foster a common Mediterranean identity, while promoting intercultural exchanges and embracing the region's diversity", says a UfM press release.

In a year that marks the 25th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process, which laid the foundations for the creation of the UfM, its Member States are determined to monitor and assess the progress made in advancing gender equality in the region and update their related strategies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In line with the 2017 UfM Ministerial Declaration on strengthening the role of women in society, and following a 3-year regional process involving governments and gender experts, the UfM will adopt this month a regional intergovernmental follow-up mechanism on gender balance. This entails concrete indicators that will allow to monitor the progress made on women’s rights and to work collectively to accelerate women’s full participation in the region.

MEDITERRANEE. L'Union pour la Méditerranée publiera, à l'occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, un rapport sur leur participation économique dans la région euro-méditerranéenne. English version

The third independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue for the Mediterranean Region (SFS MED dialogue) is co-convened by the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme (OPN-SFSP) and the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Foundation, and it is the prosecution of two other Independent Dialogues on “Pathways for the future of sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean” held in April and June 2021.

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) officially announced, on Friday 9 July 2021, the creation of a Mediterranean Day. From now on, it will take place every 28 November with the aim of "fostering a common Mediterranean identity, while promoting intercultural exchanges and embracing the diversity of the region", as the UfM states.

This Food Systems Summit Dialogue will be the first of two, aiming at advancing a common understanding of the complex environment of Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) in the Mediterranean region. This will foster an inclusive discussion on future pathways for sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean, and commitments towards supporting their transformation, ultimately advancing progress on the 2030 Agenda in the region.

Mainstreaming Gender in Covid-19 recovery responses of Agri-food sectors and rural areas" a side-event co-organized by the UfM and the CIHEAM during the 5th Women4Mediterranean Conference (19/11/2020)