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APPOINTMENT: AVITEM welcomes François-Xavier LEGER as Director General

by avitemadminGouvernance, Non classifié(e) 1 October 20241 October 2024Comments are Disabled

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 …

Territoires innovants : visite d’étude de la Municipalité de Bourj Hammoud en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

by avitemadminEvents Partnerships, Nature in the city, Non classifié(e), Territorial resilience 1 October 20244 October 2024Comments are Disabled

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, …

Carnets Métropolitains : regards sur les métropoles méditerranéennes

by avitemadminEvents Partnerships, Non classifié(e) 27 September 20243 October 2024Comments are Disabled

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 …

Forest fires: EU doubles rescEU firefighting fleet for summer 2023

by avitemadminEuropean Union News, European Union News 2 June 20235 June 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

Communiqué de presse de la Présidence suédoise du Conseil de l'Union européenne - 1 juin 2023

Yes to the Istanbul Convention in the EU – CP from the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union — June 1, 2023

by avitemadminEuropean Union News 2 June 20232 June 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

Corruption as an obstacle to development: Council approves conclusions

by avitemadminEuropean Union News 10 May 202310 May 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

AVITEM becomes a member of the Friends of the Mediterranean Macro-Region CPMR, declaration of 24 April 2023 in Brussels

by avitemadminGouvernance 25 April 202325 April 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

Council approves conclusions to strengthen the EU’s climate and energy diplomacy in this critical decade

by avitemadminEuropean Union News 15 March 20234 April 2023Comments are Disabled

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 …

Council approves conclusions to strengthen the EU’s climate and energy diplomacy in this critical decade

by avitemadminEuropean Union News 14 March 20234 April 2023Comments are Disabled

The Council today approved conclusions reaffirming that EU climate and energy diplomacy is an essential component of EU foreign policy and underlining the EU’s determination to engage and collaborate with partners around the world to implement the Paris Agreement, limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the …

THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE OCEANS IN NICE IN 2025

by avitemadminEvents Partnerships 8 March 20234 April 2023Comments are Disabled

In June 2025, France will host for the first time the United Nations Conference on the Oceans: UNOC 2025. To host this global event, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron and the United Nations have selected the city of Nice. Nice: an eco-responsible destination The President of the Republic announced it on social networks …