Union for the Mediterranean

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Union for the Mediterranean

Union for the Mediterranean member states   Member states of the European Union   non-EU members   Suspended members   Observers
Formation	13 July 2008
Headquarters	Barcelona, Spain
Region served	Mediterranean
Membership	43 states  Albania  Algeria  Austria  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czechia  Denmark  Egypt  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Jordan  Latvia  Lebanon  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta  Mauritania  Monaco  Montenegro  Morocco  Netherlands  North Macedonia  Palestine  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden  Syria (Self-suspended)  Tunisia  Turkey 1 observer  Libya
Official language	Arabic, English, French
Secretary General	Nasser Kamel
Website	ufmsecretariat.org

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM; French: Union pour la Méditerranée, Arabic: الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط Al-Ittiḥād min ajl al-Mutawasseṭ) is an intergovernmental organization of 43 member states from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: the 27 EU member states (including those not on the Mediterranean) and 16 Mediterranean partner countries from North Africa, Western Asia and Southern Europe. It was founded on 13 July 2008 at the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean, with an aim of reinforcing the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Euromed) that was set up in 1995 as the Barcelona Process. Its general secretariat is located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

The union has the aim of promoting stability and integration throughout the Mediterranean region. It is a forum for discussing regional strategic issues, based on the principles of shared ownership, shared decision-making and shared responsibility between the two shores of the Mediterranean. Its main goal is to increase both north–south and South-South integration in the Mediterranean region, in order to support the countries' socioeconomic development and ensure stability in the region. The institution, through its course of actions, focuses on two main pillars: fostering human development and promoting sustainable development. To this end, it identifies and supports regional projects and initiatives of different sizes, to which it gives its label, following a consensual decision among the 42 countries.

These projects and initiatives focus on 6 sectors of activity, as mandated by the UfM Member States:

• Business Development & Employment
• Higher Education & Research
• Social & Civil Affairs
• Energy & Climate Action
• Transport & Urban Development
• Water, Environment & Blue Economy