This two-day international and multi-stakeholder Conference will gather some 200 participants, including governmental representatives, international development agencies from the region and beyond, international organisations dealing with women empowerment and gender equality, private sector and civil society representatives, as well as promoters of current and potential future projects of the Union for the Mediterranean.
The Conference aims to:
- Identify priority initiatives and programs in the field of socio-economic empowerment of women in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
- Help develop stronger synergies and coherence among key stakeholders in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and bring institutional and financial support for specific projects advancing women empowerment.
- Encourage the presentation of project proposals with a regional dimension to the UfM Secretariat.
For more information go to the event's webpage.