tional organisations, financial institutions, civil society organisations, universities, foundations and the private sector.
In 2014, the UfM and the CIHEAM signed a cooperation agreement to implement joint initiatives in the field of higher education and food security in the EuroMediterranean region. In the framework of this partnership, female students benefited of a women empowering project in the 4 Institutes of the CIHEAM. The First Mediterranean Forum for PhD students and young researchers that took place at the CIHEAM-Montpellier on the 18-19 July 2016 was organised in collaboration with the UfM.
In 2016, the CIHEAM has also contributed with this article "Regional dialogue and knowledge sharing for feeding the Mediterranean’s future" to the publication of the Union for the Mediterranean entitled "Key Players' Perspective on Climate Change in the Mediterranean"
Press Release
On the 10 of July 2017 in Barcelona, the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Fathallah Sijilmassi, and the Secretary General of the CIHEAM, Cosimo Lacirignola, discussed new strategic directions aimed at strengthening cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The two organisations will continue to work together to bring forward solutions on issues related to food and nutrition, climate change and women empowerment. With regards to higher education, research and innovation, projects contributing to knowledge waste reduction in the framework of the CIHEAM Strategic Agenda 2025 and UfM Priority Areas could be launched.
Current CIHEAM - UFM projects
WIKIGENDER project (“Empowering Women in Rural and Agriculture Areas”)
Coordinator: CIHEAM HQ
In the framework of the publication “Strengthening the Role of Women in Rural and Agricultural Areas: Obstacles and Opportunities” (September 2018) and the conference “Women4Mediterranean Conference 2018 – Women Build Inclusive Societies” (Lisbon, Portugal, 10 - 11 October 2018), during which the “Empowering Women in Rural and Agriculture Areas” (UfM-CIHEAM) workshop took place, the OECD Dev, the CIHEAM and the UfM organised an online discussion on the topic “Strengthening the Role of Women in Rural and Agricultural Areas: Obstacles and Opportunities “. This online discussion aimed to investigate the different situations in the Mediterranean by analysing challenges and opportunities related to strengthening the role of rural women in the economic, social, legal and political spheres.
WIKIGENDER website