UFM regionala dialogprogram 2021-2025 UFM regional Dialogue Programme 2021-2025 The UfM reginal dialogue programme 2021 aims to contribute to creating a MENA region where women and men are living in more equitable  and peaceful societies within a dialogue-driven Mediterranean region. The programmes goal is the protection, preservation and restoration, and resilience against destabilising impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean region through sustainable natural resources management focusing on blue economy and water by contributing to actions, policy dialogue and encouraging private investment for climate and environment. UfM:s regionala dialogprogram 2021-2025 syftar till att bidra en MENA-region där kvinnor och män lever i mer rättvisa och fredliga samhällen i en dialogdriven Medelhavsregion. 

Programmets mål är skydda, bevara och återställa samt skapa motståndskraft mot destabiliserande effekter av klimatförändringar i Medelhavsområdet. Programmet kommer bidra till hållbar naturresursförvaltning med fokus på blå ekonomi och vatten genom att stödja åtgärder, bidra till politisk dialog och uppmuntra privata investeringar inom klimat och miljö området. Under the original agreement, several UfM Secretariat divisions were implementing their respective sectoral agendas (projects) independently. However, under the new agreement the UFM Secretariat, as an institution, will be working towards achieving the following common development impact objective: the protection, preservation and restoration, and resilience against destabilising impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean region through sustainable natural resources management focusing on blue economy and water.

To that effect, the program has been structured along four (4) expected results/outcomes (program components):

1) Targeted UfM MENA countries are increasingly engaged in regional mobilization and actions in support of inclusive and sustainable solution for both environment and humans;

2) Regional stakeholders mobilized for a more effective implementation of inclusive and sustainable solutions;

3) Increased sustainable and inclusive solutions in the MENA region (access to financing, investment, capacity building, capitalization and scaling up, projects, etc).

4) The UfM secretariat has the capacity to implement result based management and work with a programmatic approach (aid effectiveness).

Those outcomes will contribute to the social, economic and environmental sustainability of the Mediterranean region in terms of mitigation (protection, preservation and restoration) and adaptation (resilience) of communities and ecosystems to the effects of climate change.

In terms of outputs/deliverable, UFM will work within blue economy and water sectors focusing on: i) mobilization and actions (projects) for sustainable solutions; ii) policy adopted and implemented; iii) and public and private investment. UFM capacity building in RBM is not limited to this new program, but it is expected to contribute to UfM aid effectiveness across the board.

In parallel, UfM proposes a project aiming at proofing the WEFE Nexus concept in the water sector is financed. That project  will be implemented by the Inter-Islamic Network for Water Resource Development and Management (INWRDAM) and the UfM Secretariat will be acting as forwarding agency. 

Last, UFM is emphasizing the use of an inclusive and participatory approach not limited to country members at the ministerial level. It seeks the active participation of a wide range of relevant stakeholders (i.e. national authorities, private companies, CSO, etc.) to improve attitudes towards working with each other and becoming increasingly sustainable. UFM intends to that while reducing inequality taking a bottom up approach to accommodate the needs and participation of youth and women.