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Our Neighbours:

Panorama of Regional Programmes and Projectsin the Mediterranean Countries


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European Commission

EuropeAid Cooperation Ofce

Centralised Operations for Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East

B-1049 Brussels

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For more information

EuropeAid:

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood/regional-cooperation/enpi-south/index_en.htm

ENPI Ino Centre: http://www.enpi-info.eu

Cat Number: KQ8308117ENC, DOI: 10.2783/30146, ISBN 978-92-79-11078-8
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Working Together

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INDEX

Introduction 4

I GOVERNANCE AND

POLITICAL DIALOGUE 6

I Justice, Freedom & Security

EuroMed Justice II 10

EuroMed Police II 11

I Migration

EuroMed Migration II 12

I Political Dialogue

EuroMeSCo Foreign Policy

Institutes 13

Middle East Peace Projects

(Partnership or Peace) 14

I ECONOMIC INEGRAIONAND RADE 16

I Economy 18

Agadir Agreement - EU Support

Project (phase II) 19

FEMIP - Facility or Investment 20

FEMISE Socio-Economic Research 21

Invest in Med 22

Medibtikar Innovation

and echnology 23

MEDSA III Statistical

Cooperation 24

I Energy 25

EAMGM II Euro-Arab Mashreq Gas

Market 26

Electricity Market Integration 27

MED-EMIP Energy Cooperation 28

MED-ENEC II Energy Efciency

in Construction 29

MED-REG II Energy Regulators 30

I Environment 31

Avian Inuenza and Global Inuenza

Pandemic Preparedness 32

Civil Protection (PPRD South) 33

Sustainable Water Management

and De-Pollution o the Mediterranean 34

I Information Society 35

EUMEDRegNet InormationSociety Cooperation 36

I ransport 37

EuroMed ransport Project 38

EuroMed Aviation Project 39

GNSS II - Cooperation

on Satellite Navigation 40

Mediterranean Motorways o the Sea

Maritime ransport Connections 41

Saemed II Maritime Saety and

Pollution Prevention 42

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I SOCIAL, CULURAL

AND HUMAN DIMENSION 43

I Audiovisual & Media

EuroMed Audiovisual III 45

Regional Inormation &

CommunicationProgramme 46

I Culture

Anna Lindh Foundation

or the Dialogue between Cultures 47

EuroMed Heritage IV 48

I Education & raining

Erasmus Mundus II

Action 2 Partnerships 49

EMPUS IV or higher education 50

I Gender IssuesEnhancing Equality between Men

and Women in the EuroMed Region 51

I Youth

EuroMed Youth IV 52

I Civil Society & Local Authorities

Civil Society Regional Programme 53

MED-PAC Local Authorities 54

CIUDAD Sustainable

Urban Development 55

RESMED - Civil Society Dialogue 56

Multi-country Cooperation Instruments 58


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History of relations

Te history o Europe has been inuenced by

exchanges and interactions between peoples and

cultures across the Mediterranean Sea. Te EU

has cooperated with its Mediterranean neigh-

bours or several years. Structured cooperation

between the EU and its Southern neighbours

began in 1995 when the EU and MediterraneanPartners agreed to launch a Euro-Mediterranean

Partnership at a Summit meeting in Barcelona.

Te Barcelona Declaration laid down the oun-

dations o a new regional relationship, aiming at

achieving peace, stability and growth in the

Mediterranean Partner Countries. Tis involved

structured dialogue and closer cooperation in

three policy areas: Political and Security Dialogue

Economic and Financial Partnership

Social, Cultural and Human Partnership

Te countries participating in the Barcelona

Process are now part o the European Neigh-

bourhood Policy (ENP) developed in 2004, ol-

lowing the enlargement o the EU, to avoid the

emergence o new dividing lines in Europe. Tis

has reinorced bilateral relations with the EUs

neighbours to the East and South, notably

through bilateral action plans taking into account

each coutrys specic needs and characteristics.

Since July 2008, the Partnership was renewed

and renamed Union or the Mediterranean

and given a resh impetus, through the develop-

ment o strategic projects such as the the estab-

lishment o maritime and land highways, a

Mediterranean Solar Energy Plan and the de-

pollution o the Mediterranean Sea.

In addition to regular high-level political

meetings, many thousands o proessionals, stu-

dents, artists, civil organisations, companies and

local and regional governments work together

to translate the political commitments into ac-

tions on the ground.Te ollowing section highlights some o our

experiences in implementing the Regional Pro-

grammes in the South Mediterranean region.

Regional cooperation

Regional co-operation has a strategic impact as it

deals with issues that dierent Mediterranean Part-

ners have in common, while complementing na-tional policies and promoting south-south

cooperation and integration. Above all, the Re-

gional Programmes unction as a orum or dia-

logue. Tey bring together people rom the Partner

Countries, despite their dierences, to engage in

discussion, exchange views and experiences.

Trough our programmes we have witnessed the

birth o many ormal and inormal networks which

orm a steady motor behind the many structured

initiatives.

Te regional approach contributes to dening

and implementing policies in elds ranging rom

energy, environment and transport, to gender,

youth, education and culture. Achieving equality

between men and women, or example, is an objec-

tive in most o the Mediterranean neighbouring

countries, ollowing commitments made at a Min-

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isterial meeting in Istanbul in 2006. Region-wide

support on gender issues is on-going. Te Women

in economic lie programme tapped into the eco-

nomic potential o women,while the Enhancing

Equality between Men and Women in the Euromed

Region programme supports the ull implementa-

tion o the Convention on the Elimination o All

Forms o Discrimination Against Women

(CEDAW) and increases knowledge on gender-

based violence.

Integration

One o the aims in EU policies today is the

strengthening o regional markets. Te EU has

over y years o experience in developing and

implementing a well unctioning single market

or goods and services, people and capital, and

has witnessed the signicant benets this has

brought EU citizens.

Within our programmes we share our experi-

ence, and in many areas neighbouring countries

already work amongst themselves towards re-

gional market structures or closer cooperation

with the EU. For example, the so-called Agadir

Agreement comprising Egypt, Jordan, Marocco

and unisia aims at creating a ree trade agree-

ment between these member countries, boosting

trade between them and the EU and attracting

EU and international investment. Tese coun-

tries will have to bring product requirements and

production practices in line with EU standards

and regulation. Tey receive signicant technical

and nancial support to progress in that direc-

tion. Another example o regional integration

brings together the Mashreq countries Egypt,

Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Tey are working to-

wards a regional gas market, which is considered

a rst step towards integrating their gas market

with the one within the EU.

Major donor

Te EU is the regions major donor, with the Eu-

ropean Commission providing the lions share

o its regional support through its EuropeAid

Co-operation Ofce. For the period 2007-2013,

some activities under the Union or the Mediter-

ranean are being nanced through the EuropeanNeighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

(ENPI), or which a total amount o 12 billion

is oreseen, o which approximately 10 percent is

allocated or regional projects.

Te ENPI allows or every country to articu-

late its own ambitions in dialogue with the EU.

Tis can involve working towards ree trade, de-

veloping inrastructure, tackling environmental

or energy related issues, creating closer cultural

relations or stimulating contacts between stu-

dents, journalists and other proessionals.

Te European Union is committed to taking

this cooperation urther through its Regional

Programmes and by providing the platorm or

continuous dialogue.

Tis publication oers an overview o projects

unded, illustrating the depth o the Partnership

and how regional cooperation engages the

Neighbourhood countries in a constructive di-

alogue and contributes towards building an area

o peace, security and prosperity.

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Governance andPolitical Dialogue


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Under the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership,

which remains a cornerstone or the EUs inter-

action with its southern neighbours, the Regional

Programme is acilitating a dialogue between the

Euro-Mediterranean Partner Countries on sen-

sitive political and security issues. Tis dialogue

aims at building a shared understanding and cre-

ating a common area o cooperation.

Four projects are unded, which seek to achieve

change, not only through this dialogue but also

via the strengthening o local institutions.

Te projects are grouped under the policies

justice, reedom and security, migration and po-

litical dialogue. Issues such as judicial reorm

and security matters, the ght against terrorism

and crime, are acted upon, along with issues re-

lated to legal immigration, migration and devel-

opment and illegal immigration, increase o

knowledge on the Partnership and support to

the Middle East Peace Process.

Justice, Freedom, Security

Euromed Justice II

Euromed Police II

Migration

Euromed Migration II

Political dialogue

EuroMeSCo Foreign Policy Institutes

Middle East Peace Projects (Partnership or

Peace)

Te projects funded are:

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Objectiveso support the development o

the Mediterranean Partners' in-stitutional and administrativecapacity and good governancein the ield o justice, includingthe modernisation o justicesystems, the simpliication o judicial proceedings and im-proved access to justice, etc.

he project is structuredaround three componentscovering access to justice and

legal aid, the resolution ocross border amily conlictsand the adaptation o legisla-tion in line with the relevantinternational conventions oncriminal and prison law.It ollows on rom EuroMedJustice I.

What does it do?he project will set up work-

ing groups, training sessionsand "on-the-job study visits" topromote the consolidation o aregional and subregional dy-namic in judicial cooperationon civil and criminal mattersand the administration o jus-tice through closer dialogueand exchanges o experienceand good practices betweenthe EU countries and the

Mediterranean Partners.It also seeks to help the legalsystems unction in accordancewith principles o independence,transparency and good gover-nance; to encourage theimplementation o realistic alter-natives or resolving cross border

amily conicts in an eectivemanner; to promote the signing,

ratication and application o in-ternational conventions on civil,criminal and prison law, plus thesetting-up o the structures nec-essary or their eectiveimplementation. Furthermore, itwill create a network o specialistsin judicial matters, an interpro-essional community o judges,lawyers and other experts in theEuro Mediterranean region.

EuroMed Justice IIContributes to the development of a Euro-Mediterranean area of cooperation on jus-tice, through strengthening the development of the institutional and administrativecapacity of Partner Countries and good governance

Budget 5 million imeframe 2008-2011

Participating Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco,Occupied Palestinian erritory, Syria, unisia

Website: http://www.euromed-justice.eu

Actions in brief

Sets up 3 working groups to ormulate proposals on: legislative reorm o access to justice, custody andvisiting rights in cross-border amily conicts and reorm o criminal and prison law.

Holds 18 training sessions on the working group issues. Organises 10 study visits to the EU, or magistrates, other members o the judiciary and ofcials. Creates a project website, providing a range o inormation on its activities.


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ObjectivesIt aims at strengthening policecooperation between the EU

and the Mediterranean PartnerCountries, in the ght againstall major types o organisedcrime such as terrorism, drugtrafcking, human trafcking,weapons, nuclear, bacteriolog-ical and chemical substances,nancial and cyber crime etc.

It is a ollow-up to EuroMedPolice I, which set up a networko specialised police ofcers and

trainers, promoting the ex-change o inormation and bestpractices.

What does it do?

It holds specialist inormationsessions dealing with practicalpolice cooperation, carries outtraining on policy cooperationor senior ofcers rom spe-cialised services in the PartnerCountries and organises week-long study visits. It is alsocreating an updated, secure in-

tranet website or senior policeofcers rom the Mediter-ranean Partner Countries in

order to allow better exchangeo inormation and good prac-tices between them and theircounterparts rom EU coun-tries. Senior ofcers rom thepolice, customs and securityservices, specialised servicesand special intervention unitsare involved.

EuroMed Police IIStrengthens cooperation between the police forces of the EU and Mediterranean PartnerCountries in the fight against organised crime


Participating Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, OccupiedPalestinian erritory, Syria, unisia

Website: http://www.cepol.europa.eu/index.php?id=97

Actions in brief

Strengthens international police cooperation. Organises 10 study visits to specialised police

services in EU countries - 15 police ofcersrom Partner Countries participating in each.

Holds 18 training sessions or senior police of-cers rom ENPI South countries.

Conducts 3 technical training sessions orheads o Special Intervention Units.

Runs 4 inormation sessions or the general di-rectors o Police, Customs and Security Services.

Creates an intranet website or senior police of-cers to acilitate better exchange o inormation.


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ObjectivesIt aims at strengthening coopera-

tion in the management omigration so as to build up theMediterranean Partners' capacityto provide an eective, targetedand comprehensive solution tothe various orms o migration.

It will assist them in creatingmechanisms to promote opportu-nities or legal migration, supportor measures to promote the link-age between migration and

development and the stepping upo activities to stamp out peopletrafcking and illegal immigra-tion, and to manage mixed ows.

It ollows on rom Euro-MedMigration I

What does it do?Te project will set up mecha-

nisms such as working groups,training sessions and "on-the-job study visits" to combat illegalmigration in the Euro-Mediter-ranean region efciently, incompliance with the undamen-tal rights recognised byinternational conventions. It willalso make legal migration an in-strument or economic, socialand cultural development in the

EU and ENPI South countries,or example by promoting eec-tive mechanisms or transerringmigrants' unds between the EUand Mediterranean PartnerCountries. Te project will

strengthen collaboration withthe ENPI South countries on

legal economic migration, andimprove inormation available tomigrant workers, and their con-ditions and prospects.

It is made up o our dierentcomponents covering: legislativeconvergence in migration law,labour migration, the ght a-gainst illegal immigration andthe relationship between migra-tion and development.

Euro-Med Migration IIContributes to the development of a Euro-Mediterranean area of cooperation on mi-gration and assists Partner Countries in their efforts to find solutions to various formsof migration


Participating Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Occu-pied Palestinian erritory, Syria, unisia

Website:http://www.euromed-migration.eu

Actions in brief

Sets up 4 high-level working groups to make proposals on legislative convergence, labour migration, insti-tutional responses and national strategies to combat illegal immigration, and on migrant remittances.

Organises 18 training sessions on legislative convergence and institutional reorms, managing legal mi-gration, strengthening border controls and reducing illegal immigration, and migration and development.

Holds 5 study visits to EU countries. Conducts a study on women and migration in the ENPI South region. Creates a project website or the Euro-Med Migration community.
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EuroMeSCo Foreign policy institutesA network of foreign policy institutes carrying out studies and seeking to create relationshipsand widen the discussion, especially on the Euro-Med partnership and ENP issues

Budget 4.9 million imeframe 2005-2009

Participating Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, OccupiedPalestinian erritory, Syria, unisia, urkey

Website:http://www.euromesco.net

Actions in brief

Supports a network o 58 oreign policy institutes and 30 observer institutes. Oers analytical expertise in the policy and security elds. Produces publications, including issue papers, reports, bries and a regular online newsletter. Holds annual conerences and workshops on topics such as human rights, democracy and security in

the Mediterranean. Organises crisis management seminars. Maintains an updated and active website.

ObjectivesIt aims at providing a orum or

oreign policy institutes tostudy and debate on policy andsecurity issues in the region,and unctions as a source oanalytical expertise in the pol-icy and security elds.

Te Euro-MediterraneanStudy and Dialogue on Politi-cal Cooperation and Security(EuroMeSCo) network hasbeen adopted by the Euro-

Mediterranean Partnership asan ofcial condence-buildingmeasure.

What does it do?Te project acilitates discus-sion between EU and Mediter-

ranean oreign policy instituteson matters o mutual concern

through workshops, seminars,conerences, a newsletter and awebsite. It seeks to widen de-bate on issues such as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnershipand the ENP and provides aorum o discussion on sensi-tive issues, contributing to thepolicy and security process.Te network undertakes andpromotes studies, and submits

its ndings to private and pub-lic organisations, both nationaland multilateral. It also oers amechanism by which the viewso civil society can be repre-sented to decision-makers.

Te network holds regular

meetings with senior ofcialso the Euro-Med Partnership

to discuss policy and securitymatters, while maintainingclose contacts with the Com-mission and the Council. Itmaintains active contacts withother institutes interested inMediterranean aairs. Activi-ties are monitored by a steeringcommittee, elected every twoyears by the (annual) generalassembly.
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ObjectivesTe programme supports localand international civil society

initiatives that promote peace,tolerance and non violence in theMiddle East, seeking to con-tribute to the rebuilding ocondence within each societyand between societies. Initiativescan be undertaken by each o thetarget countries, individually orjointly, or together with partnersrom EU Member States or othereligible countries (Algeria,

Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,Morocco, Syria, unisia, urkey,West Bank & Gaza, beneciarieso Pre-Accession Assistance orMember States o the EuropeanEconomic Area).

Te MEPP seeks to strengthenthe capacity or conict resistanceand empower marginalised par-ties as well to build trust between

Israelis and Arabs by increasingregional cooperation in areas suchas integrated cross-border issues

(environment, municipality is-sues, community development,technical disputes and alike).

What does it do?Te main instrument o MEPP isthe EU Partnership or PeaceProgramme (PP), which sup-ports initiatives in areas which arelikely to have a direct impact onpeoples everyday lives and wel-

are, including practical activitiesto promote communication andunderstanding. Projects includending and implementing mech-anisms or conict managementand educating communities aboutconcepts and skills or dealingwith disputes and or promotingpeace. Te PP also seeks tostrengthen and increase direct

civil society relationships and co-operation, based on equality andreciprocity between Israelis, Pales-

tinians and other Arabs.An annual call or proposals is

published and the selection ismade by a committee composedo representatives rom each othe three EC ofces managingthe programme (the EC echni-cal Assistance Ofce to the WestBank and Gaza, the EC Delega-tion in Israel, and the ECDelegation in Jordan). On aver-

age, 15 projects are selectedeach year, with a maximum du-ration o 36 months, and ECcontributions ranging rom50,000 500,000.

What's next?A new call or proposals will belaunched beginning o 2010.

Middle East Peace Projects(Partnership for Peace)Supports local and international civil society initiatives that promote peace, toler-ance and non violence in the Middle East

Budget Annual budget ranging rom 5-10 million imeframe ongoing

Participating Countries: Israel, Jordan and Occupied Palestinian erritory

Actions in brief

Implements the PP programme to reinorce civilsociety organisations acting in peace building andconict transormation.

Increases the base or support to the Middle Eastpeace process.

Empowers marginalized communities andstrengthens their capacity or conict resistance.

Raises awareness o decision-makers and publicopinion on existing visions or peace.

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Political Dialogue

Some examples of cross border co-operation:

Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum (civil society) Te Israel Jordan Integrated Emergency Medical

System Concept (health).

Keeping the Options Open or Final Status inJerusalem (peace building). Football: Our Common Ground Promoting

Coexistence between Israeli and Palestinian Youththrough Football (youth).

Investing in Peace: Palestinian- Israeli Engage-ment through IC Business Cooperation (econ-omy).

Raptor pest control as a sustainable resource man-agement model in the Jordan Valley in support othe Middle East peace process (environment).

Some example of national projects:

One Voice: Reugee Youth Magazine (reugees). A Seat at the able: An action to map the obstacles to

equality between Jewish and Arab-Palestinian citizensin government ministries' policy and to develop in-clusive practices or shaping equality policies (gover-nance).

Community Radio Station in Birzeit Area (media).


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ailor-made deep and comprehensive ree trade

agreements, including measures to reduce non-tar-

i barriers through regulatory convergence, are the

keys to increased economic integration with ENP

partners. o back this eort, the Regional Pro-

gramme, under the Euro-Mediterranean Partner-

ship, is currently unding 20 projects.

Tese projects provide analysis o policies, sup-

port to ree trade agreements between Mediter-

ranean Partner Countries (MPCs), backing o

interregional cooperation on inrastructure net-

works, regulatory harmonisation and convergence

with EU standards, as well as environmental sus-

tainability and reorm o environmental standards

and inrastructure.

Projects in this pillar are grouped under Econ-

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Economy Actions acilitating trade liberalization, regionaltrade integration and economic transition and re-

orm are essential to the establishment o a Free

rade Area between the EU and its MPCs, and the

Mediterranean Partners themselves. Investment

opportunities must be created and promoted,

while all priorities have to be studied and good

statistics kept.


Agadir Agreement - EU Support Project (phase II) FEMIP - Facility or Investment

Femise - Socio-economic Research

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ObjectivesTe project aims to contribute toprogress in the realisation o aEuro-Mediterranean Free radeArea and promote economic in-tegration between countries inthe region, through consolidat-ing the institutional rameworkset up under the Agadir Agree-ment, signed by Egypt, Jordan,Morocco and unisia, and worksto identiy the potential or, andremoving constraints on, ex-panded intra-regional trade.

Te Agadir Agreement seeksto promote aster economic in-tegration and cooperationbetween these our countries,reinorcing south-south coop-

eration. It contributes to theon-going process o economicliberalisation throughout theMediterranean region, andsupports the Euro-Med Part-nerships goal o creating aregional Free rade Area.

What does it do?Te project consolidates theprogress achieved under the rstphase towards setting up an eec-tive institutional ramework ortrade integration in the Mediter-ranean region. It urther developsthe capacity o the Agadir ech-nical Unit to support the ourcurrent Partner Countries, andpotential uture signatories to the

Agadir Agreement, in its eectiveimplementation.

It also supports the Agadirechnical Unit in achieving theobjectives o the Agadir Agree-ment as regards creation o aFree rade Area, promoting e-conomic integration within theAgadir area and with the Euro-pean market and enhancinginvestment in the Agadir coun-tries through technicalassistance, training activities rel-evant to implementation o theAgreement, and support toawareness raising and promo-tional activities.

Agadir Agreement EU Support Project

(phase II)Contributes to the realisation of a Euro-Mediterranean Free rade Area and promoteseconomic integration in the region, through consolidating the institutional frameworkset up under the Agadir Agreement


Participating Countries: unisia, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt

Website:http://www.agadiragreement.org/

Actions in brief

Provides technical, administrative and nancial assistance to the development o the Agadir echnical Unit. Disseminates inormation on the Agadir integration process. Assists implementation o sector specic action plans or textiles, auto parts and other sectors oering

possibilities or economic integration. Produces economic and sector studies assessing the opportunities or increased integration between

the Agadir partners and the EU. Designs business networking and investment promotion activities. Supports technical working groups and conducts training activities. Analyses technical barriers to trade, and develops recommendations on measures permitting mutual

recognition o conormity certicates.

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Objectives"Support to FEMIP" is a und-

ing envelope o 32 million peryear rom the CommunityBudget, which contributes tothe FEMIP (Facility or Euro-Mediterranean Investment andPartnership). FEMIP was setup in 2002 by the European In-vestment Bank (EIB) and has various sources o unding,such as the EIB's own re-sources, as well as the FEMIP

rust Fund to which the Euro-pean Commission contributes.FEMIP places greater empha-sis on helping to oster privatesector activity in the region as a

way to underpin growth andgenerate employment opportu-

nities. Financial support isdirected towards private sectorprojects and also to publicprojects that help to create anenabling environment or theprivate sector to ourish.

What does it do?"Support to FEMIP" providescapital to the private sector onterms that are not available local-

ly. Tis is done mainly throughrisk capital operations (e.g. par-ticipations via equity orquasi-equity), and acilitatedthrough technical assistance. Risk

capital is invested directly or indi-rectly in order to support the

private sector or to strengthen therole o the local nancial sector.

Between 2004 and 2007,more than 60 technical assis-tance contracts have beensigned by the EIB through abudget o 105 million whichwas allocated or this pur-pose. Risk capital operationshave been inanced since the1970s. Under MEDA II

(2000-2006), the EIB com-mitted a total o 182 millionto risk capital operations.

FEMIP Facility for InvestementSupports FEMIPs efforts to promote sustainable economic growth in the MediterraneanPartner Countries through investments in infrastructure and especially in private sec-tor development

Budget 32 million per year imeframe 2007-2013


Website:http://www.eib.org/projects/regions/med/index.htm

Actions in brief

Allocated 105 million or technical assistance between 2003-2006. Gave 212 million to risk capital between 2000-2006. argets the private sector to achieve growth and support employment, as well as public projects helping the

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ObjectivesIt aims to contribute to the re-

inorcement o dialogue oneconomic and nancial issuesin the Euro-Mediterraneanpartnership, within the rame-work o the EuropeanNeighbourhood Policy and theUnion or the Mediterranean.More specically, it seeks toimprove understanding o thepriority stakes in the economicand social spheres, and their

repercussions on the Mediter-ranean partners in theramework o their implemen-

tation o EU Association A-greements and Action Plans.

What does it do?Te project consolidates theFEMISE network o researchinstitutes capable o North-South and South-Southinteractions, while within thenetwork, it sets into motion atranser o know-how andknowledge between members.Te project also conducts stud-

ies, which examine theprogress achieved by theMediterranean Partner Coun-

tries in opening up and re-orming their economies and

preparing or potential chal-lenges that lie ahead; it alsoproduces specic tools to develop policies aimed at theeconomic transition process inthe Euro-Mediterranean re-gion. Te results o the workconducted by the FEMISE net-work are disseminated to allconcerned parties.

For more inormation, con-

sult EuropeAids ENPI Southaction che.

FEMISE Socio-Economic ResearchPromotes dialogue and research on socio-economic issues through the funding of a net-work of research institutes and advises Mediterranean Partner Countries on reform

Budget 4.9 million (2005-2009 MEDA)4 million (end 2009-end 2012 ENPI) imeframe 2005-2012

Participating Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, OccupiedPalestinian erritory, Syria, unisia, urkey (until October 2009)

Website: http://www.emise.org/en

Actions in brief

Supports a network o 76 economic researchinstitutes.

Organises exchanges between academics omember institutes, and seminars and work-shops on priority issues.

Conducts research on priority issues o Euro-Mediterranean economic cooperation, as de-ned by a work plan agreed with the EC.

Conducts research on request rom various

stakeholders. Develops a user-riendly website where re-

search publications will be available, with aninteractive orum where stakeholders canexchange ideas; organises annual coner-ences and other public events or memberso the network and others working in thesame eld.
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ObjectivesIt aims to increase the abilities

and efciency o Mediter-ranean Investment PromotionAgencies (IPAs), thus enablingmore oreign direct investmentin the Mediterranean PartnerCountries. Tis multi-countryplatorm supports the econom-ic development o theMediterranean and reinorces

cooperation between Europeanand Mediterranean IPAs.

What does it do?Its activities cover three areas: In-stitutional support, the creationo a network, and promotion oregional investment. Some 40governmental agencies and inter-national networks participate inthis programme. o achieve the

objectives, it works on the globalimage o the Mediterranean, the

investor reception conditions inPartner Countries and practices.From road shows and seminars,training and conerences, theprogramme moved on to techni-cal assistance missions.

Invest in MedA Euro-Mediterranean Network of organisations committed to investment promotionand trade facilitation, strengthening SME collaboration and exchange of best-practices



Website:http://www.invest-in-med.eu

Actions in brief

Organises sector-based business-to-business meetings or SMEs. Facilitates institutional match-making between EU and Mediterranean business support organisations. Holds thematic regional and sub-regional investment workshops (best practices) and conerences. Carries out technical assistance missions and training o Mediterranean Partners Countries. Promotes marketing, inormation and results dissemination. Produces strategies, studies and guidelines.
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ObjectivesIt aims to provide the Mediter-

ranean Partner Countries withnew and improved instrumentsthat will stimulate innovationand networking across the re-gion, between the countries othe region and with the EUMember States. It also encour-ages good practice intechnology and knowledgetranser by administrations, en-terprises, industry ederations,

chambers o commerce etc.

What does it do?It helps administrations, Small

and Medium Sized Enterprises(SMEs), industrial ederations,

Chambers o Commerce andothers to develop an innovationculture in business and helpthem achieve the necessary re-orms. It supports the creationo intermediary organisations incharge o implementing supportpolicies or SMEs, such as Inno-vation and echnology Centres,echnoParks and Incubators.

Te programme helps develop

innovative management, romnational innovation strategies toidentiying services, and pro-vides support to specic sectors

acing common challenges inthe Mediterranean region. It is

also developing national and re-gional networks supportinginnovation stakeholders andconnecting key players. Aware-ness events, meetings, trainingsessions and workshops are held,while reports, studies and guide-books are produced.

Medibtikar Innovation and TechnologyOffers the Mediterranean Partner Countries new and improved instruments to stim-ulate innovation in private and public enterprises and encourages networking



Website:http://www.medibtikar.net

Actions in brief

Helps develop an innovation culture in business. Supports the creation o intermediary organisations in charge o implementing support policies or

SMEs (Innovation and echnology Centres, echnoParks, Incubators). Organises training sessions and regional conerences gathering 60 dierent organisations: govern-

mental, ministries, universities, agencies, technologies centres and SMEs management. Carries out studies at regional level: SWO Analysis and Adaptation o European Innovation Score-

board. Creates a database o Mediterranean Partner Country business associations.
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ObjectivesTe project seeks to promote

evidence-based policy-makingand oster democratic devel-opment by using statisticaldata. MEDSA III will pro-vide more and better data insix priority thematic sectors -agriculture, energy, migration,social statistics, transport,trade and balance o payments- and will promote the in-creased use o this data.

Environment statistics, whichare also a priority, will be cov-ered by a parallel EuropeanEnvironment Agency (EEA)project that will coordinateand cooperate with the activi-ties on agriculture, energy andtransport statistics

MEDSA III builds on theachievements o MEDSA I

(1996-2003) and MEDSA II(2006-2009), and aims at con-

solidating and urtherstrengthening these results.

What does it do?Te project aims at improvingthe statistical capacity and en-suring the institutionalstrengthening o the nationalstatistics institutes and nation-al statistical systems in theMediterranean Partner Coun-

tries in order to collectupdated, timely, relevant andhigh-quality data, necessaryor political decision-makingand good governance. Fur-thermore, it promotes theurther harmonisation o sta-tistical data in line withEuropean and internationalstandards, as well as consoli-

dating the data exchangeprocess between Eurostat and

the national statistical systems.MEDSA III experts work

closely with their counterpartsin the Partner Countries tocarry out the projects activitiesand to transer know-how andpractices through targetedtechnical assistance, exchangeo experiences, workshops andseminars, training courses andstudy visits. Other activities

include a more user-riendlydissemination o statistics anda better understanding o theimportance o statistics by thenal users (politicians, govern-ments, administration, privatesector, journalists, universities,civil society, EU bodies, andinternational institutions).

MEDSTAT III - Statistical CooperationStrengthens the capacity of the relevant authorities in the Mediterranean PartnerCountries to collect updated, timely and relevant statistics, which ensure reliability andcoherence



Website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/medstat

Actions in brief

Improves the capacity o the national statistics institutes and national statistical system in the Mediter-ranean Partner Countries to collect updated, timely, relevant and high-quality data.

Focuses on six priority thematic sectors agriculture, energy, migration, social statistics, transport,trade and balance o payments.

Carries out general training, dissemination and data collection activities in the priority sectors. Oers technical assistance as well as the exchange o experiences, workshops, seminars, training

courses and study visits.
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Economic and Financial Partnership

Energy Energy issues have become more important to theEuro-Med Partnership, with priorities ocusing on

security o supply, through better interconnections

and increased regional integration, energy indus-

try competitiveness and environmental protection

and sustainable development. Other priorities ad-

dress the need to integrate energy markets, the

promotion o energy projects o common interest,

and sustainable energy development.

Te projects funded are: EAMGM II Euro-Arab Mashreq Gas Market

Electricity Market Integration

MED-EMIP - Energy cooperation

MED-ENEC II - Energy efciency in construction

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ObjectivesTe project aims at improvingregional integration o the ener-gy market, in general, and o thegas market in particular, in thePartner Countries, in order toachieve legislative and regulatoryharmonization amongst them-selves and with the EU. Duringthe rst phase (EAMGM I), Iraqand urkey participated as ob-

servers. In EAMGM II, Iraq is aull partner.

What does it do?Its main activities comprise as-

sistance or preparatory legisla-tive work and regulatoryreorms, as well as studies, in-cluding network developmentsurveys and updates o the GasMaster Plan. It also undertakesdetailed economic and nancialanalysis or key investments,inter alia providing expert advice to determine whicheasibility studies by Interna-

tional Financial Institutions(e.g. European InvestmentBank) would be necessary;training activities and studytours, including advanced train-

ing on regulation, legislationand management issues. Capac-ity and institutional buildingwith the relevant energy stake-holders is also part o itsactivities. Te project under-takes studies to expand the ArabGas Pipeline, including connec-tion to additional nationalnetworks, and contributes todeveloping gas ows among the

Mashreq countries concerned,as well as to the EU.

EAMGM II Euro-Arab Mashreq

Gas Market ProjectSupports the development of an integrated gas market in order to create a regional gasmarket and as a step towards integrating with the EU gas market


Participating Countries: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, urkey

Website:http://www.eamgcc.org

Actions in brief

Supports legislative and regulatory harmonisation inthe energy sector amongst Partner Countries andwith the EU.

Undertakes studies to expand the Arab Gas Pipelineand contributes to developing gas ows.

Promotes harmonisation o technical standards andspecications among Partner Countries gas net-works and with those o the EU.

Establishes efcient and sustainable management othe gas sector.

Cooperates with other energy-related initiatives/projects supported by the the EU, EU MemberStates and other donors.
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ObjectivesIt aims at harmonising the leg-

islative and regulatoryramework, as well as the in-dustrial sector, o the threebeneciary countries (Algeria,Morocco, unisia), in order tocreate an integrated electricitymarket.

It supports the alignment otheir legislative and regulatoryramework with Europeanstandards in order gradually to

integrate these electricity mar-kets with that o the EU.

What does it do?Te project ocuses on the de-

velopment o an integratedelectricity market among thesethree Maghreb countries,through the adoption o a strat-egy, together with a plan oaction that will help them adapttheir legislative and regulatoryramework. It also enhancesthe technical knowledge o thedierent actors, including reg-ulators and ministries, with a

view to creating a market thatis compatible with the legisla-

tive ramework o the EU elec-tricity market.

raining o the actors o theelectricity sector in beneciarycountries on technologies usedin the EU and the best indus-trial and regulatory practices isalso undertaken, along withthe strengthening o the tech-nical and managerialqualications o the operatorso their electricity markets.

Electricity Market IntegrationSupports the development of an integrated electricity market between Algeria, Moroccoand unisia and between these three Maghreb countries and the EU, through the har-monization of their legislative and regulatory framework


Participating Countries: Algeria, Morocco, unisia

Actions in brief

Organises 5 meetings to discuss issues, strategy and actions, as well as to exchange views and or networking. Holds workshops to discuss the harmonisation o the regulatory ramework in the beneciary countries. Carries out studies o existing legislation. Facilitates aligning the regulatory ramework with European standards in order gradually to integrate

these electricity markets with that o the EU. rains all key actors in the electricity market o the three beneciary countries.


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ObjectivesIt aims at enhancing the inte-

gration o the energy marketsin the Euro-Med region andpromoting improved securityand sustainability. It supportsthe transer o knowledge onrenewable energy related is-sues, encouraging its use inthe Mediterranean PartnerCountries.

he project MED-EMIP(Support or the Enhanced In-

tegration and the ImprovedSecurity o the Euro-Mediter-ranean Energy Market) ishosted in the same premises asthe Cairo-based RegionalCentre or Renewable Energyand Energy Eiciency (R-

CREEE) and has established aclose collaboration with it.

he Centre also receives directsupport rom Denmark andGermany.

What does it do?he project is establishing aregional platorm or energypolicy dialogue and exchangeso experiences, secure energysupplies, diversiied energysources, and to reduce the en-

vironmental impact oenergy-related activities.It promotes energy sector re-

orm in the MediterraneanCountries, with a shit towardssustainable and clean energy,acilitates dialogue in and

among these countries to helpthem in achieving consistency,

harmonization and conver-gence o their national energypolicies and institutional andlegislative rameworks, andstimulates technology transerand market development.

It provides an internet-basedinormation system includingtechnical and managementtools. Support to each PartnerCountry is based on the needs

established during visits ormeetings with the national au-thorities, in ields such asenergy strategy ormulationand legislative advice.

MED-EMIP - Energy CooperationA platform for energy policy dialogue and exchange of experiences, leading to enhancedEuro-Med cooperation, integration of the energy markets and improved security andsustainability



Actions in brief

Organises country visits to get updated inormationon the energy situation and related needs.

Oers demand-driven support to Partner Coun-tries, based on their needs.

Assists in policy ormulation, policy advice, coun-selling and other types o technical assistance.

Holds round tables, seminars and brain stormingsessions.

Disseminates inormation on best practices and

technologies, or example on the need to slow downgrowth o electricity consumption, particularlyrom air-conditioning installations, and encourag-ing insulation, natural ventilation, bio-climatic de-sign and solar thermal energy.

Creates a website with inormation, such as energytechnology developments.

Website:http://www.medemip.eu/
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Objectiveshe project encourages ener-

gy eiciency and the use osolar energy in the construc-tion sector, playing a majorrole in the design and imple-mentation o cooperationeorts between the EU andits Mediterranean Partnersand among the Partnersthemselves.

he Energy Eiciency in theConstruction Sector II (MED-

ENEC) project, which ollowson rom MED-ENEC I carriedout between 2005-2009, alsoendeavours to raise public

awareness and involve civil so-ciety in climate-oriented

building techniques, energyeiciency and renewable ener-gy use in buildings.

What does it do?It ocuses on strengtheningbusiness services and sup-porting markets, improvinginstitutional capacities andestablishing avourable insti-tutional structures as well as

iscal and economic instru-ments. Pilot projects arecarried out to demonstratebest practices and or training

purposes. Established dis-semination structures are

used to ensure knowledgetranser.

o build capacity, it organisesnational and regional work-shops and consulting events,while encouraging the creationo inormation, communica-tion and cooperation networks.he project also oers instru-ments, standards and incentivemeasures to policy makers,

supports communities, real es-tate developers and buildingowners with comprehensiveand cost eective services.

MED-ENEC II - Energy efficiency

in constructionEncourages energy efficiency and the use of solar energy in the construction sector,through capacity building, fiscal and economic instruments and pilot projects



Website:http://www.med-enec.com/en/

Actions in brief

Raises awareness o the potential, the benets andthe easibility o EE measures.

Disseminates inormation on best practices, whilehighlighting the need to adopt an integrated per-spective covering aspects like tari-setting, stan-dards and regulations, economic incentives and dis-incentives, adequate nancing schemes etc.

Negotiates agreements with public bodies (includ-ing Ministries), business associations, consumers

associations, local banks and municipalities, withthe aim o developing EE schemes.

Builds the auditing, accreditation or installation ca-pacities to support these undertakings.
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ing cooperation between the EUenergy regulators and those othe Mediterranean PartnerCountries helping them to develop a modern and efcientregulatory ramework. Tis isimportant or the setting up oan integrated Euro-Mediter-ranean energy market.

Te project "Support to Coop-eration between the

Euro-Mediterranean EnergyRegulators (MEDREG II)" en-deavours to acilitate inormationexchanges and concerted ap-proaches between EU andPartner Countries regulators, as-sist the Mediterranean countriesin establishing independent en-

ergy regulators, empoweringthose which already exist, and

developing the technical capaci-ties o their sta. Tis secondphase ollows up rom workstarted under MED-REG I in2008-2009.

What does it do?Te project ocuses on the cre-ation o a network orinormation exchange and assis-tance between EU and

Mediterranean Partner Coun-tries regulators. It supports thetranser o knowledge, as well asthe signature o Memoranda oUnderstanding and/or Recom-mendations on the minimumcompetencies and requirementsthat Euro-Mediterranean Regula-

tory Authorities would need inorder to reach a consistent, har-

monized and investment-riendlyregulatory ramework.

Its main activities are carriedout through the General As-sembly and ad-hoc groups,comprising ofcials workingwithin the national regulatoryauthorities. It will organise thetraining o Mediterranean Reg-ulatory Authorities' sta by theFlorence School o Regulation.

MEDREG action will result inconsolidation o the network oEuroMed energy regulators andimplementation o minimumcompetences and organisationalstructure o Euro-Mediter-ranean Regulatory Authorities.

MED-REG II Energy regulatorsSupports the development of a modern and efficient energy regulatory framework inthe Mediterranean Partner Countries and strengthens their cooperation with EU en-ergy regulators

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Actions in brief

Facilitates inormation exchanges and concerted approaches between EU and Partner Country regulators. Assists the Mediterranean Partner Countries in establishing independent energy regulators and devel-

ops their capacity. Supports the transer o knowledge, mainly through the General Assembly and ad-hoc groups. Consolidates a network o EuroMed energy regulators.
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Environment Recognising that the environment is ragile and is de-teriorating, its protection and improvement have be-

come a key sector o Euro-Med cooperation. Tis

cooperation includes tackling water scarcity and

quality, as well as natural or man-made disasters, the

reorm o environmental standards and inrastruc-

ture, and environmental sustainability. Te Euro-

Mediteranean Ministers o the environment decided

in 2006 to launch in Cairo the Horizon 2020 Initia-

tive or the De-Pollution o the Mediterranean Sea.


Avian Inuenza and Global Inuenza Pandemic

Preparedness

Civil Protection (PPRD South)

Sustainable Water Management and De-Pollution

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ObjectivesIt aims at minimising the socio-economic impact o the avianinuenza crisis in Mediter-ranean Partner Countries withlimited resources, and reducethe risk and potential conse-quences o human inuenzapandemic.

Te project wants to ensurethat avian inuenza and otherzoonoses are either preventedor progressively brought undercontrol and eradicated in tar-geted countries, and that thereis increased human inuenzapandemic preparedness.

What does it do?Te project provides nancialsupport and expertise or the de-velopment and implementationo strategic, multi-sectoral ac-tions and plans with respect toavian inuenza and otherzoonoses, as well as human in-uenza pandemic preparedness.In the short to medium term,this involves strengthening na-tional institutional capacity withthe aim o controlling avian in-uenza and ensuring a rapidresponse to and the containmento human cases o the disease.For the longer term, sector re-

orms and changes in human in-teraction with livestock are toreduce the risk o urtherzoonoses and o animal tohuman transmission o diseases.

Te objectives are pursued inthe context o global strategiesrecommended by WHO, FAOand OIE, and in the context othe integrated action plans(being) developed by the bene-ciary countries. Te ECresources are channelledthrough the special MultiDonor rust Fund or Avianand Human Pandemic Inuen-za managed by the World Bank.

Avian Influenza And Global Influenza

Pandemic PreparednessWorks to minimise the impact of the avain influenza crisis in the Mediterranean Part-ner Countries and reduce the risk and potential consequences of a human flu pandemic



Actions in brief

Promotes the rehabilitation and upgrading o vet-erinary health laboratories.

Supports the equipping o laboratories and per-sonal protection equipment or health sta andhealth centres.

Backs the development o a surveillance database.

Facilitates the selection o consultants or the de-velopment o guidelines or culling.

Promotes vaccination and disposal; training plansor both animal and human health.


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ObjectivesTe Programme or Prevention,Preparedness and Response toNatural and Man-made Disas-ters (PPRD South) contributes tothe improvement o the civil pro-tection capacities oMediterranean Partner Countriesat international, national andlocal levels. Building on theachievements o two previousprogrammes, it contributes to the

development o a cvil protectionculture based on preventionrather than response. It workswith the Civil Protection Author-ities o the participating countriesand is managed by a consortium

consisting o the Civil ProtectionAuthorities o Italy, France, Egyptand Algeria as well as the UN In-ternational Strategy or DisasterReduction (UN/ISDR).

What does it do?Its activities ocus on our areas:Risk assessment through develop-ing national and regional toolssuch as a risk review, a Risk Atlas,and a Civil Protection Operational

Manual; Prevention and pre-paredness by means o training,workshops, study visits and tech-nical assistance that acilitate thecreation o national platorms andsupport regional cooperation; Re-

sponse via improving the coverageand coordination o existingwarning systems o the opera-tional centres and implementingone ull-scale simulation exercise;Inormation and awareness raisingo aected populations regardingrisk exposure, prevention and re-sponse through grass-rootactivities and events, or examplein schools, in high risk areas.It ollows on rom a 5-year Pilot

Programme improving civil pro-tection cooperation between theEU states and the MediterraneanPartners (1998-2004) and theBridge Programme (2004-2008).

Civil Protection (PPRD South)Programme for Prevention, Preparedness and Responseto Natural and Man-made Disasters


Participating Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, OccupiedPalestinian erritory, Syria, unisia; Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montene-gro and urkey. Libya and Mauritania are observer countries

Website: http://www.euromedcp.eu

Actions in brief

Establishes a network o permanent National Correspondents. Organises 1 ull scale exercise, 3 table-top exercises, 18 training workshops and 30 study visits, pro-

motes the exchange o experts and simulation exercises and provides technical assistance. Prepares the participation o partners in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and increases their civil

protection capacities. Works towards raising awareness o aected populations through grass roots activities.
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ObjectivesTe programme promotes the

enorcement o sustainablewater management policies andthe dissemination o good prac-tices in the region. Tis, in acontext o increasing waterscarcity and pressure on waterresources rom a wide range ousers and deserticationprocesses, directly linked to cli-mate change.

It draws attention to threats to

water resources and solutionsthat exist, as well as the need toadopt a more appropriatemodel o consumption, sup-porting Partner Countries inimplementing sustainable watermanagement policies.

It carries orward the resultsachieved by two earlier regional

programmes, SMAP I, II andIII, and MEDA Water.

What does it do?Te programme contributes toraising awareness o water valueand o the continuous depletiono water resources through pol-icy dialogue and the dissemina-tion o inormation and goodpractices, while assisting PartnerCountries in updating and im-plementing their strategies at the

national and local levels, in co-operation with other interna-tional initiatives. It alsocontributes to institutional rein-orcement and the developmento planning and managementskills, in line with the objectiveso the Horizon 2020 (H2020)initiative or the de-pollution o

the Mediterranean Sea.It supports activities aligned

with the our priorities o theMediterranean Water Strategy(MWS), namely water gover-nance, water and climate change,water nancing and water de-mand management. A ewdemonstration projects will pro-mote integrated and ecosystemsapproaches in the elds o inte-grated water management, orcoastal zone management, and in

sectors covered by the Horizon2020 initiative, and to put theminto practice at local level. A teamo experts will deliver the techni-cal assistance needed to capitalisethe results o the demonstrationprojects and to support the im-plementation o both initiatives,the MWS and Horizon 2020.

Sustainable Water Management

and De-pollution of the MediterraneanAims at enforcing sustainable water management policies, disseminating good practicesin the region and supporting the initiative for the de-pollution of the Mediterranean



Website: Coming soon

Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enlarg/med/horizon_2020_en.htm

Actions in brief

Conducts capacity building activities. Supports the implementation o demonstration

projects in integrated water management,coastal zone management and H2020.

Identies good practices and success stories inthe region and elsewhere.

Organises events aiming to mobilise PartnerCountries and donors, discuss thematic issues,

harmonise policies, acilitate dialogue. Mobilises nance to support inrastructure de-

velopment. Develops a communication and awareness-rais-

ing strategy targeting decision makers and stake-holders.
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Information

Society

Cooperation in the eld o inormation society is

essential to the sustainable economic and social

development o the Euro-Med region. European

and Mediterranean research networks have been

cooperating in sectors such as healthcare, e-com-

merce, tourism and cultural heritage, research,

business and innovation, and education, while the

dialogue is on-going.

Te project funded is:

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support the development othe Inormation Society in theMediterranean Region (EU-MEDRegNet) aims to supportand urther improve coopera-tion between Europe and theMediterranean Partner Coun-tries on Inormation Societyissues, building on theachievements o the EU-MEDIS and NAP II projects

and other regional initiatives.It is expected to back the re-orm o this sector, thuscontributing to economic andsocial development.

Te project aims to ensuresustainability o the researchnetworking inrastructure in

order to maximise synergies be-tween bilateral and regional

Inormation Society projects. Italso seeks to acilitate the cre-ation o a harmonised andinvestment-riendly environ-ment in the electroniccommunications sector in orderto enable the development o theEuro-Med Inormation Society.

What does it do?It wants to ensure long-term

sustainability and eective im-pact o the networkinginrastructure on Research &Development and the creationo a local, sustainable supportnetwork that would enablegreater collaboration in researchactivities. Te technical assis-

tance it oers includes thepreparation o case studies on

network usage to convince deci-sion makers to increase theirsupport and to secure addition-al unding by preparing andsubmitting project proposals tonational budgets, bilateral coop-eration unds and other donors.

Te project also oershands-on support on Inor-mation Society regulationissues, as well as multilateral

workshops and networkingamong National RegulatoryAuthorities in the region andin EU Member States. Inter-vention is ocused on osteringregional policy harmonisationand promoting best practicesand bilateral activities.

EUMEDRegNet Information

society cooperationSupports the development and reform of Information Society in the ENPI South coun-tries and fosters cooperation with the EU



Website: coming soon

Actions in brief

Promotes network applications and collaborationopportunities to stakeholders on both sides o theMediterranean.

Oers technical assistance to the Euro-Mediter-ranean Regulators Network.

Coordinates cooperation with complementaryprojects and unding sources such as WINNINGand AIEX, and bilateral cooperation budgets.

Facilitates actions aimed at convincing decisionmakers to increase their support and to secure ad-ditional unding.

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ransportEfcient transport links between the EU and the MPC, as well as between the Partner Countries them-

selves, is vital or the development o commercial exchanges, socio-economic reorm and the good unc-

tioning o the Euro-Med Partnership. An integrated, sae and efcient transport system in the

Mediterranean is considered key or the development o stability in the region and an increase in inter-

regional trade. A common EU-MPC road map towards the establishment o such a transport system,the Regional ransport Action Plan (RAP) or the Mediterranean 2007-2013, was adopted during the

EuroMed ransport Forum in 2007.

Te RAP comprises a set o actions in dierent transport sectors (maritime, road, railways and civil avi-

ation) and targets mainly regulatory (institutional) reorm, the opening up o transport markets, the

development o inrastructure and especially interconnections, saety and security o transport systems

and the smooth unctioning o the multimodal reight transport chain. Te implementation o these ac-

tions is overseen by the EuroMed ransport Forum and its dierent working groups (WG on Inra-

structure and Regulatory Issues, WG on aviation, WG on GNSS, WG on Maritime Aairs, Ports and

Short Sea Shipping).

Te work of these working groups is suppported by the following projects:

EuroMed ransport Project

EuroMed Aviation Project

GNSS II - Cooperation on Satellite Navigation

Mediterranean Motorways o the Sea Maritime ransport Connections

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plementation o the Regionalransport Action Plan (RAP)or the Mediterranean (2007-2013), contributing to the es-tablishment o an integrated,efcient, sae and secure trans-port system in the region, recog-nised as a key actor or the de-velopment and stability and theincrease o intra-regional trade.

Specically, it seeks to pursue

the modernisation and strength-ening o administrative capaci-ties, improve inrastructure net-works, ensuring technical andadministrative interoperability,to mobilise national, regionaland international sources ounding, and to enhance saetyand security, especially in roadand maritime sectors.

What does it do?Te RAP comprises a set o ac-

tions in dierent transport sec-tors - maritime, road, railwaysand civil aviation - and targetsmainly regulatory (institutional)reorm and inrastructure net-work planning and implemen-tation. Te actions proposedare to be implemented in theshort-term (by 2009) or in themedium-term (by 2013). Teproject coordinates the overall

implementation o these actionsor which additional technicalsupport is provided by otherEuroMed Regional projects (e.g.SAFEMED, EuroMed Aviation,GNSS and Motorways o theSeas). In addition, the projectsupports the work o the Eu-roMed ransport Forum andits working groups dealing with

Inrastructure and Regulatory Is-sues, Aviation, GNSS, Maritime

Aairs, Ports and Short SeaShipping and the sub-groupson Road and Rail Regulatory Is-sues, Motorways o the Seasand Maritime Saety.

In this way, the contract o-ers technical assistance onregulatory reorm, inrastruc-ture planning and inancingneeds, establishing transportorecasts or regional axes,

analysing existing and uturebottlenecks, and identiyingpriority investment projectsin line with EU policies andRAP strategy. he projectmonitors implementation othe RAP, drating a progressreport and advance recom-mendations about the paceand content o reorms.

Euromed Transport ProjectAims to assist the implementation of the Regional ransport Action Plan (RAP) forthe Mediterranean 2007-2013, contributing to the establishment of an integrated, effi-cient, safe and secure transport system in the Mediterranean



Website: http://www.euromedtransport.org/

Actions in brief

Updates inrastructure maps, assembles and analyses transport data and orecasting scenarios or theMediterranean.

Monitors implementation o the RAP in each beneciary country. Conducts pre-easibility studies. Oers technical and logistical support to the ransport Forum, acilitating meetings, conerences and

workshops with stakeholders and International Financial Institutions. Organises training and inormation seminars.
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ObjectivesIts aim is to promote the emer-

gence o a Euro-MediterraneanCommon Aviation Area and a-cilitate any uture negotiations ocomprehensive Euro-Mediter-ranean Aviation Agreements. Italso seeks to reinorce air trans-port cooperation and improveaviation saety and security inthe beneciary countries.

What does it do?

It ocuses on supporting an open,

healthy and competitive aviationmarket, promoting improved avi-

ation saety and security, securingthe environmental riendliness oair transport and backing region-al air trafc managementcooperation and harmonisation.

Te project also supports the e-ort undertaken or localregulations to conorm with in-ternational standards andconventions. Its work plan pro-vides that actions in 2007 ocus on

the study and assessment o the

situation in the region, generallyand in each country more speci-

cally, while 2008 is dedicated tothe provision o technical assis-tance and training. It shallproduce a Road Map or the im-plementation o the CommonAviation Area, as well as an im-pact assessment.

EuroMed Aviation ProjectPromotes the emergence of a Euro-Med Common Aviation Area, and supports anopen and secure aviation market in the Mediterranean Partner Countries



Website:http://www.euromedtransport.org/

Actions in brief

Organises training, workshops and technicalassistance activities related to aviation market,AM cooperation, aviation saety and security.

Carries out survey missions assessing the im-plementation o the Common Aviation Area.Each survey mission, consisting o 5 experts,lasts 5 days.

Dras a Road Map based on the ndings o thesurvey missions and the impact assessment o

the Common Aviation Area. Maximises knowledge about the project among

stakeholders through inormation communica-tion and dissemination o activities and results,including a newsletter.
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ObjectivesIt aims to undertake actions to-

wards the operationalintroduction o sustainableGlobal Navigational SatelliteSystem (GNSS) services in theEuro-Mediterranean region asa ollow-up to the preparatorywork carried out during theGNSS I project.

Specically, the project seeksto develop a suitable institu-tional, regulatory and service

ramework or the applicationo GNSS services in the avia-tion and maritime transportdomain, achieving intercon-nection with the European

inrastructure at an equivalentlevel o saety standards.

What does it do?Te project denes and imple-ments urther demonstrationand application developmentprojects stemming rom resultso the initial Euromed GNSSproject, and prepares or theconcrete use o GNSS in saetycritical application domains,such as the aviation and mar-

itime sectors. In that way theproject supports the implemen-tation o the relevant Regionalransport Action Plan (RAP)actions on cooperation in the

eld o GNSS. Te project alsosupports the work o the Eu-

roMed ransport ForumWorking Group on GNSS.

It also proposes a detailed planconcerning the institutional andregulatory ramework, whichmay be needed in order to sup-port the operation o GNNS inthe Euro-Mediterranean area,and procures, installs and vali-dates the components necessaryor upgrading the GNSS signal

to enable interconnection withEuropean systems.

GNSS II Euromed Satellite NavigationWorks towards the operational introduction of GNSS services in the MediterraneanPartner Countries



Website: http://metis.dc.r/overview.html

Actions in brief

Conducts customised training to achieve in-creased regional awareness and demonstration onew GNSS applications or the specic needs oPartner Countries.

Develops service enablers or the introduction osaety critical applications, including guidancematerial to be applied by national authorities andservice providers.

Elaborates initiatives towards the harmonization

o GNSS saety regulations. Achieves improved regional cooperation on

GNSS issues, including enhanced links with Eu-ropean GNSS operators and service providers.

Extends the rans-European navigation and posi-tioning network to the region and achieves GNSSinterconnection at European saety standards.
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ObjectivesIt aims at improving transportconnections between the EUand its Mediterranean neigh-bours and to promote theMotorways o the Sea (MoS)concept, and assisting the Part-ner Countries in urtherimplementing the maritimetransport and port operationsactions as adopted in the Re-

gional ransport Action Plan(RAP), a road map or trans-port cooperation adopted in2007 (covering 2007-2013).

Acting as a catalyst or eco-nomic and social development,the MoS project seeks to makemartime transport connectionsconnecting the north and thesouth o the Mediterraneanmore efcient and more reli-

able by improving and inte-grating intermodal andintegrated port and transportservices.

What does it do?It promotes the MoS concept,osters the development otransport intermodality in theregion, and supports pilot ini-tiatives with a higher maturity,

quality, relevance and potentialimpact. It ocuses on the selec-tion and design o a number oMaritime Motorways to linkthe (non-EU) East and South-ern Mediterranean ransportSystems and the EuropeanEN- and develops innova-tive partnerships betweenpublic and private stakeholders.

Te MoS project acilitates

partners in understanding themarkets, current ows, trendsand orecasts, it helps themadapt inrastructures, equip-ment and technologies andpromotes cooperation and serv-ices integration. It also supportsthe designing o an MoS organ-isation ramework, themarketing o innovative servic-es and improvement o

regulations and acilitating proe-cedures, while simultaneouslystimulating market trades on thenew axes. It promotes progresso port transit acilitation, in thedouble unction o ports as mar-itime and land transer pointsand border crossing.

Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea

Maritime Transport ConnectionsPromotes the Motorways of the Sea concept and the creation of better maritime trans-port connections in the Mediterranean through support to Ministries, port authori-ties, customs and relevant private sector stakeholders



Website: http://www.euromedtransport.org/14.0.html

Actions in brief

Promotes the MoS concept and osters the devel-opment o transport intermodality.

Implements pilot projects, West-Med and East-Med, to improve the efciency, regularity and re-liability o maritime transport axes and schemes,and increase the use o maritime routes.

Follows up the implementation o the RAP

Road Map and carries out impact assessment.

Sets up stakeholders groups committed to theconcept and projects and increases the visibilityo MoS and model building.

Facilitates awareness-raising, the exchange obest practices and training.
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ObjectivesIt seeks to mitigate the existing

imbalance between the partici-pating partners that are EUMediterranean member statesand the non EU members romthe region in the application omaritime legislation. It alsoaims at assisting the urther im-plementation o actions relatedto maritime saety and securityas outlined in the Regionalransport Action Plan (RAP),

a road map or transport coop-eration adopted in 2007 andcovering 2007-2013.

It ollows on rom SAFEMED

- Maritime Saety and PollutionPrevention that was imple-

mented between 2006-2008. Itis connected to the Euromedransport Programme and alsonanced by EuropeAid.

What does it do?It promotes a coherent, eectiveand uniorm implementation othe relevant international conventions and rules preventingpollution rom ships in order to

protect the marine environ-ment, and supports thesustainable improvement o theprotection o the Mediterranean

against the risks o accidents atsea and marine pollution.

It ocuses on ve activities:Flag State implementationthrough assessing the currentsituation and providing shortand long-term training; Saetyo navigation ocusing on thedevelopment o trafc moni-toring systems; Strengtheningthe human element primarilyrelating to the ISM code andhuman inuence i

our neighbours: panorama of regional programmes and projects in the mediterranean countries

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