Unimed News

The UNIMED General Assembly 2019 will be hosted by the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Jounieh, Lebanon, on the 24th and 25th of October. On the 23rd October the European Commission Directorate-General Research and Innovation (DG RTD) will organize a side event on the topic “From Horizon 2020 to Horizon ...

(Rome, 26 June 2019) “Although the results of the cross-cultural encounters are mixed, the Survey confirms that the more intensive is the contact, the more people point out that it has mainly a neutral or positive outcome” explained Professor Konrad ...

The documentary film “Quando non puoi tornare indietro (“When You Can’t Go Back”), by the Italian filmaker and producer Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso, tells the story of Obaida, a talented student of Electronic Engineering from Aleppo that has to abandon his family and his ...

UNIMED adheres to the World Refugee Day 2019 initiatives by reiterating its commitment to the inclusion of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons, Stateless Persons and Returnees into education. We encourage our members and readers to explore promising practices, needs and gaps ...

Over 250 hours of training and more than 50 administrative staff trained by EU partners. 8 Rescue support Units operational in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. More than 20 crash courses performed for the benefit of local communities, refugees and IDPs ...

Asylum is an international right stated in the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol, by which the signatory countries commit, amongst others, to respect the fundamental principle of non-refoulement. The Article 22 of the Geneva Convention, sets some ...

In the framework of the SAGESSE project, coordinated by UNIMED, the second local training seminar has been held in Monastir (Tunisia) from 19 to 21 June 2019. This training programme aimed at targeting the issue of the budgeting and multiannual planning in ...

(Rome, 12 June 2019) On the 10th of June 2019, the FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNIMED. The signatories Dr. José Graziano Da Silva, Director-General of the FAO and UNIMED President, Prof. ...

The University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis (France) will host the final conference of the MERIC-Net project, Mediterranean Network of National Information Centres on the Recognition of Qualifications on the 13th and 14th of June 2019. Different aspects will be addressed during ...

(Rome, 30 May 2019) “There is no clash of civilizations, there is only a clash of ignorance. To understand each other, we need to know each other. We need to respect our differences while finding what unites us” said Mrs ...