Join us in making a unified statement at the UN Ocean Summit UNOC 2025, positioning the Mediterranean as a pioneering region of resilience in the face of climate change risks. The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) will be held in Nice in June 2025, under the co-presided of France and Costa Rica. At …
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Kick off of the Alexandria Metropolitan Seminar in the presence of Heba el Rafey, Head of the Public Relations and Media sector of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina – مكتبة الإسكندرية , François-Xavier Léger, Director General of AVITEM, Lina Blin, Consul General of France in Alexandria, Vincent Languille, Mayor of Le Tholonet and Deputy Counsellor for the …
On October 1st, 2024, François-Xavier LEGER joins AVITEM as Director General. As a diplomat with a 32-year career, he previously held the position of French Ambassador to Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Tuvalu and Kiribati (2021-2024), in the context of France’s re-engagement in the Pacific, with a specific focus on issues of climate change, economic development, human …
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Une semaine de visites des projets innovants d’aménagement urbain et des acteurs clés du territoire PACA, dans le cadre d’un projet de coopération décentralisée pour le renouvellement urbain de Bourj Hammoud. Nous avons été particulièrement honorés de la visite de Mardig Boghossian, Maire de Bourj Hammoud au Liban, Georges Krikorian, adjoint au Maire, Christiane Sfeir, …
Le regard singulier de professionnels du développement urbain sur les évolutions des métropoles des trois rives de la Méditerranée. A l’origine des Carnets Métropolitains, ce sont 10 années de connaissances produites lors des Séminaires Métropolitains animés par l’AVITEM, en collaboration avec l’Agence Française de Développement. Depuis 2014, ces séminaires sont un temps de formation et …
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À la suite du discours sur l’état de l’Union prononcé par la présidente von der Leyen en septembre de l’année dernière, Janez LenarčičCommissioner for Crisis Management, announced today, during his speech on the occasion of the 10e anniversary of the Emergency Response Coordination Center, that rescEU’s aerial firefighting fleet would be doubled for this year’s …
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On Thursday, the Council decided that the EU would accede to the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, known as the Istanbul Convention. Bringing this issue to a successful conclusion has been a priority for Sweden during its presidency of the EU Council of Ministers. Sweden’s Minister for Gender Equality …
The Council today approved conclusions stressing the importance of integrating a stronganti-corruption perspectiveinto all development efforts. The negative economic impact of corruption is estimated to be nine times global official development assistance (ODA). Corruption erodes democracy, trust in institutions, the rule of law, and the realization and exercise of human rights. It is also a …
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AVITEM becomes a member of the Friends of the Mediterranean Macro-Region. The declaration was signed by the President of AVITEM, Mrs. Agnès RAMPAL on April 24, 2023, in Brussels. Find here the declaration in French version. and here in English version. The main objective is to bring together efforts to make the Mediterranean macro-regional strategy …
The Council today approved conclusions reaffirming that the EU climate and energy diplomacy is an essential component of EU foreign policy and underlining the EU’s commitment to dialogue and collaboration with partners around the world to implement the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the …