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ARLEM Award 2022

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Business, Articles, Economy, ARLEM, Union for the Mediterranean, Entrepreneurship

"Yesterday (15/6/2021), the Euro-Mediterranean Assembly (ARLEM) launched the ARLEM Award 2022.

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  • "Yesterday (15/6/2021), the Euro-Mediterranean Assembly (ARLEM) launched the ARLEM Award 2022.
  • Young local entrepreneurs' need for support in developing their businesses has hence significantly increased since the last instalment.
  • The award seeks to showcase how fruitful the collaboration between local and regional authorities and young entrepreneurs can be in trying to overcome the economic and societal consequences of the pandemic.
  • All interested and eligible young entrepreneurs are therefore invited to submit their applications online as soon as possible.

Young Albanian entrepreneur wins Mediterranean award

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Countries, Europe, Continents, BERAT, Albania, Union for the Mediterranean, ARLEM, Tourism

Award for tour operator also reflects the efforts of the city of Berat to support the development of the local tourism industry.

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  • Award for tour operator also reflects the efforts of the city of Berat to support the development of the local tourism industry.
  • Erilda Krasi of 1001 Albanian Adventures, a tour operator based in the city of Berat, has won the thirdARLEM Young Entrepreneurs Award, beating contenders from nearly two dozen other young, small businesses from around the Mediterranean.
  • The evaluation committee, which includes organisations actively engaged in promoting an entrepreneurial environment in the Mediterranean region, praised the work of1001 Albanian Adventuresas an example ofsustainable and responsible tourism that is helping to regenerate the local economic fabric and urban environment.
  • It transmits a strong encouraging message that hard work will be rewarded and we come out stronger after difficulties.
  • She initially focused on attracting other young people to work in the company.
  • It also works with schools and young people to develop an interest in the tourism sector.
  • ARLEM brings together local and regional politicians drawn from the 42 countries in the Union for the Mediterranean.

Benefits of EU's new Mediterranean agenda "must reach beyond capitals"

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Union for the Mediterranean, ARLEM, Politics of Europe, Nasser Kamel, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Continents, UFM, Europe

Recommendations by local and regional politicians highlight concerns about access to COVID vaccines and "huge" regional inequalities within Mediterranean countries.

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  • Recommendations by local and regional politicians highlight concerns about access to COVID vaccines and "huge" regional inequalities within Mediterranean countries.
  • ARLEM's
    plenary meeting on 22 February was addressed by both the secretary-general of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
  • Nasser Kamel, Secretary-General of the
    Union for the Mediterranean , said:"No person, organisation or region can face the amplitude of the current challenges on their own.
  • In that respect, the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean will only succeed by working closely with local and regional authorities.
  • The ARLEM plenary adopted two reports, both of them covering aspects highlighted in the proposed New Agenda.
  • One of the reports on " A new Green Deal for the Mediterranean: the Agenda 2030 for a Greener Mediterranean " was drafted by
    Agns Rampal (FR/EPP), Deputy Mayor of Nice.

Local and regional actors on both sides of the Mediterranean need to act for a new Green Deal

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Articles, Continents, Organizations, Union for the Mediterranean, ARLEM, Mediterranean Sea, European Union, Mediterranean diet, Agriculture, Common Agricultural Policy

Ms Rampal said:In the face of global warming, which will exacerbate tensions in the Mediterranean area, we must act to maximise the beneficial effects of sustainable agriculture.

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  • Ms Rampal said:In the face of global warming, which will exacerbate tensions in the Mediterranean area, we must act to maximise the beneficial effects of sustainable agriculture.
  • I call for true resilient food sovereignty, thanks in particular to an upgraded Mediterranean diet, adapted to climatic conditions, respectful of natural resources, vigilant with regard to health and able to ensure proper remuneration for farmers.
  • This report covers one the five policy areas highlighted inthe EU's New Agenda for the Mediterraneanpublished by the European Commission on 9 February, namely the green transition.
  • ), along the lines of the European common agricultural policy's reserve for crises in the agricultural sector.
  • At last year's ARLEM plenary on 23 January 2020, local and regional leaders
    called for a
    Green Deal for the Mediterranean
    .
  • In this regard Ms Rampal's report is one important piece of work
    following up on the 2020 ARLEM's recommendations.

Huobi Labuan Launches in Malaysia to Provide Locals with Regulated Digital Asset Trading Services

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Friday, November 27, 2020
Huobi, Southeast Asia, Digital currencies, Labuan, Union for the Mediterranean, ARLEM, Geography of Asia, Tron

The launch of its trading services comes shortly after Huobi Labuan received a digital asset trading brokerage service license from Malaysian authorities, which was granted in September 2020.

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  • The launch of its trading services comes shortly after Huobi Labuan received a digital asset trading brokerage service license from Malaysian authorities, which was granted in September 2020.
  • Huobi Labuan's brokerage license allows the exchange to provide spot and derivatives trading services in Malaysia starting with a nine-month trial operation.
  • Huobi Labuan is providing trading services in Malaysia as a local operating partner of Huobi Cloud, an all-in-one solutions provider that allows vetted partners to launch digital asset exchanges leveraging Huobi's existing trading technology and digital asset infrastructure.
  • As an independent trading platform licensed under the Huobi brand in Malaysia, Huobi Labuan aims to provide safe and trusted digital transaction brokerage services to local users through the Huobi Cloud technology.

ARLEM at 5th UfM Regional Forum

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Saturday, November 28, 2020
ARLEM, Union for the Mediterranean, Psychological resilience, Articles, Mind

To build resilience, he continued, peer-to-peer cooperation between the North and the South of the Mediterranean was instrumental.

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  • To build resilience, he continued, peer-to-peer cooperation between the North and the South of the Mediterranean was instrumental.
  • ARLEM was making cooperation happen across the areas of local economic development, democratic governance and climate change.
  • The ARLEM co-chair called for fairness, solidarity and dialogue.
  • He closed in calling upon the UfM to step up efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.

ARLEM welcomes the launch of a set of indicators to assess progress of gender equality in the Mediterranean region

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Thursday, November 19, 2020
Articles, ARLEM, Union for the Mediterranean, Gender and society, Gender equality

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  • You are here > > News > ARLEM welcomes the launch of a set of indicators to assess progress of gender equality in the Medite...
  • The Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) welcomed the launch at the UfM Conference Women for the Mediterranean of the UfM Institutional Ministerial follow-up mechanism and its indicators, adopted this year by the UfM Member States, that will allow to monitor and measure for the coming years gender equality progress in the region.
  • In its report adopted in 2018 on women empowerment , ARLEM already acknowledged that the lack of comprehensive, reliable and regularly updated equality data, segregated by gender in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries made not possible to build up a comprehensive picture of women's condition across the Euro-Mediterranean Region.
  • ARLEM hopes that these indicators would help to provide policy and action-oriented recommendations.

Follow-up of the last ARLEM Plenary: ENI CBC Med Programme launches a new call for proposals to finance capitalisation projects in the Mediterranean

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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Companies, European Union, ARLEM, Eni, Cross-border cooperation, European Neighbourhood Policy, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

You are here > > News > Follow-up of the last ARLEM Plenary: ENI CBC Med Programme launches a new call for proposals to fina...

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  • You are here > > News > Follow-up of the last ARLEM Plenary: ENI CBC Med Programme launches a new call for proposals to fina...
  • Follow-up of the last ARLEM Plenary: ENI CBC Med Programme launches a new call for proposals to finance capitalisation projects in the Mediterranean
    As already announced during the 11th Plenary of the ARLEM in Barcelona last 23rd of January, the Managing Authority of the European Neighborhood Instrument (ENI) Cross-border Cooperation (CBC) Mediterranean Programme has launched a call for proposals for capitalisation projects to foster the transfer, exploitation and mainstreaming of knowledge and results developed under different Euro-Mediterranean initiatives.
  • 11 million euro will finance projects on this field.
  • The deadline to present the proposals ends on Tuesday, 28th of July 2020.

COVID-19 in Palestine and Libya

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Saturday, April 11, 2020
Articles, ARLEM, European Union, Union for the Mediterranean, Global health, Najwa, Pandemic

Ramallah municipality wrote that it had quickly realised that COVID-19 pandemic would be "one of the most challenging stresses in its history".

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  • Ramallah municipality wrote that it had quickly realised that COVID-19 pandemic would be "one of the most challenging stresses in its history".
  • The first winner of the ARLEM award for young entrepreneurs also wrote to the CoR, via our mailbox, [email protected] .
  • Najwa Shokriy said that her fashion company, Zimni Jdeed, which is based in Tripoli, has now producing protective clothing for medical workers.
  • So far, Libya has confirmed 21 cases, with one death reported.