Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - Implementation programme
On 28 November 1995 in Barcelona, the European Union and 12 Mediterranean countries signed a declaration concerning the new Euro-Mediterranean Partnership which creates a framework for political, economic, cultural and social ties between the partners (EU and Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus and the Palestinian Territories). The declaration covers three major topics: - A political and security partnership aimed at creating a common area of peace and stability; - An economic and financial partnership designed to establish a common zone of prosperity, notably by gradually introducing free trade; - A social, cultural and human partnership designed to increase exchanges between the civil societies of the countries taking part. Follow-up activities, known as the Barcelona Process, are a key aspect of implementing the declaration. Forthcoming activities under the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership include: - Second Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs: 15-16 April 1997; - Committee for the Barcelona Process: . Meetings of "Euro-Mediterranean Committee for the Barcelona Process": 20 November 1996 (Brussels); 29 January 1997 (Brussels); 13 March 1997 (Brussels); 14 April 1997 (to be determined); - Political and Security Partnership: . Meeting of Senior Officials on Political and Security questions: 19 November 1996 (Brussels); 28 January 1997 (Brussels); 12 March 1997 (Brussels); 14 April 1997 (to be confirmed) . Meeting of Institutes of Defence Studies: 16-22 February 1997 (Paris); . Seminar of high level persons with politico-military responsibilities (Italy - to be confirmed); - Economic and Financial Partnership: . Information Meeting on the European Energy Charter: 21-22 November 1996 (Brussels); . Conference on local water management: 25-26 November 1996 (Marseilles); . Second Diplomatic Conference on the Management of fish stocks in the Mediterranean: 27-29 November 1996 (Venice); . Third Meeting of the Monitoring Committee - Science and Technology: 12-13 December 1996 (Cyprus); . Experts Meeting on Economic Transition: February 1997 (Brussels); . Conference on inter-regional cooperation between local authorities: First semester 1997 (to be confirmed); . Conference on Private Investments: 6-7 March 1997 (London); . Workshop on Space Applications - the Euro-Mediterranean Region: March 1997 (to be confirmed); . Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology: second semester of 1997 (to be confirmed); . Ministerial Conference on Environment: second semester of 1997, (Finland - to be confirmed); . Second Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Industrial Cooperation: October 1997 (Marrakech - to be confirmed); - Partnership in Social, Cultural and Human Affairs: . Conference on "Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean Region": 17-19 March 1997 (The Hague - to be confirmed); . High level Meeting on TV and Audio-visual Cooperation: March 1997 (Thessaloniki - to be confirmed); - Institutional Contacts: . Second Euro-Mediterranean Summit of Economic and Social Committees: 21-22 November 1996 (Paris); - Other Events: . Meeting of working groups on "Political cooperation and security" and "Confidence-building, conflict prevention and disarmament": 28-30 November 1996 (Rabat); February 1997 (Cairo); . Euro-Mediterranean Summit of Industrial Federations: 5-6 December 1996 (Marrakech); . Euro-Mediterranean Bankers Forum: 12-13 December 1996 (Tunis); . Information session for Senior Diplomats: March 1997 (Malta).
Paesi
Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Malta, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye