Updated briefing on Covid-19 vaccination
This paper provides the latest information for parliamentarians and their staff in relation to vaccination for COVID-19, and actions they can take to promote universal uptake. Lessons being learnt should also inform wider public health improvements and international health collaboration among PAM members.
Tourism for the Euro Mediterranean region: PAM and UNWTO joins efforts.
On 19 May, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean launched a new partnership with the he UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), holding a virtual meeting between PAM Secretary General and Ms Alessandra Priante, Director of UNWTO Regional Department for Europe.
The menace of a second wave of Covid and the need for a common approach to crisis management
In terms of the scale of transmission and exerted impacts, countries can be classified into three main groups: the first group has already witnessed the peak of the pandemic, the second category where cases are reaching the peak, and the third cluster is experiencing the beginning of escalation.
Security amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
On 23 March 2020, as the world began to brace itself for the global COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres issued a call for a global ceasefire, for the world to focus all of its available efforts on confronting the outbreak of the virus.
PAM update on the Second Wave of Covid-19 in the Euro-Mediterranean region
In the past weeks, immediately after summer vacations, the Euro-Mediterranean region has started facing the impact and consequences of the second wave of COVID-19.
PAM supports the World Bank, IFC and EU efforts in fighting Covid-19
In the framework of the partnership between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and the World Bank (WB), to better deal with financial, economic and legislative challenges in our region, the WB Global Parliamentary Engagement Team has shared with PAM details about its first emergency operations from the fast-track facility for COVID-19 with $1.9 billion USD of emergency health support and strengthened response.
PAM Strengthens Cooperation with Regional and Municipal Governments
On 15 May, PAM Secretary General held a Webinar meeting with the Mr. Frédéric Vallier, Secretary General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), and Ms. Marlène Siméon, the Director of PLATFORMA, a pan-European coalition of towns and regions.
PAM celebrates the World Heritage Day
Every year, 18th April is celebrated as the “World Heritage Day”, proposed in 1982 by the International Council for Monuments & Sites (ICOMOS) and approved by UNESCO General Conference in its 22nd session in 1983.
PAM calls for urgent action to combat the surge in domestic violence
It is unfortunately and widely known that, in times of crisis, violence against women, girls and children is likely to increase.
PAM and AIM in support of SMEs in post-Covid Recovery
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) contributed to the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) Webinar, which took place on 11 May, dedicated to “Importance of SME Partnerships in Post Crisis Era”, jointly organized with the Ministry of Economy of the UAE.
Economic response in phase two of Covid-19 in PAM region
In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, issued on 8 June 2020, the World Bank states that, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global economy will shrink by 5.2 per cent this year, representing the deepest recession since World War Two, and triggering a dramatic rise in extreme poverty.
Covid-19: A briefing note for African contexts
Coronavirus Disease or COVID-19 is an infectious condition caused by a new virus named SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2).