On 23 June, EuroMeSCo and DG NEAR held the bi-annual Steering Committee meeting to present the latest achievements and results of the project as well as to set the objectives and main priorities for the third cycle.
A two-day hybrid seminar was held in Barcelona on 23 and 24 June with 40 participants, at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) premises on technical subjects articulated around two pillars: MSME Access to Finance and SME Internationalization.
In June, the OECD conducted a three-day capacity-building Seminar on Reforming International Investment Agreements.
Within the Framework of the EuroMeSCo: connecting the Dots project co-financed by the European Union, EuroMeSCo has held the Connect and Kick Off Meetings of four - Digital Transition in EU’s Southern Neighbourhood; Renewed Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation on Agriculture; Climate-induced Internal Displacement; Reassessing EU’s Approach on Returns and Readmission, - out of the five Joint Study Groups
On 28 June, EuroMeSCo held the second country event of the Annual Conference, in Jordan. Labelled as "Interlinkages between social justice and sustainable development in Jordan", it aimed to be a platform for further discussion on the implementation of the New Agenda for the Mediterranean, focusing on the theme of Social Justice and Inclusiveness.
On 8 June, EuroMeSCo kicked off the cycle of five events of the EuroMeSCo Annual Conference with the first country event in Rabat, co-organised with the Policy Center for the New South.
The launch of the FDI Qualities Review of Jordan by the OECD, the Ministry of Investment, the EU and the Jordan Strategy Forum took place at a timely moment. The government is revising its investment law to revive falling Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows and King Abdallah II just launched the Economic Modernisation Vision that will require significant financing from the private sector, including external financing.
On 16 June 2022, the first meeting of the Policy Working Group (PWG) of the "Mainstreaming of Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Neighbourhood (METI)" programme was held in Egypt.
The Clima-Med project has finalised 7 Climate Action Strategy Reports, one for every country where the project is active (Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and Tunisia).
On Wednesday 29th June 2022 the Med Dialogue programme has carried out a debate on the topic of legal pathways for migration with partners from the Southern Mediterranean.
The exhibition was organised under the auspices of the Ministries of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development and Industry and Trade, in partnership with the Regional Investment Centre of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region (CRI-TTA), and the Town Hall of Tangie and UCLG Africa.
On 21 June, the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment (METI) programme launched the Policy Working Group in Jordan.
THE NEXT SOCIETY Community has met in Tunis on June 22-24, 2022 to share THE NEXT SOCIETY legacy after 5 years of intense collaboration for the innovation in the Euro Mediterranean region.
A conference on environmental law was organised by the EMJ Programme in close coordination with Algeria, the French and Tunisian Ministries of Justice, under the French Presidency to the EU Council. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia, on 22 and 23 June. The main aim of the event was to explore the development of a network of magistrates specialised in environmental law on both sides of the Mediterranean Sea.
A conference on environmental law was organised by the EMJ Programme in close coordination with Algeria, the French and Tunisian Ministries of Justice, under the French Presidency to the EU Council. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia, on 22 and 23 June. The main aim of the event was to explore the development of a network of magistrates specialised in environmental law on both sides of the Mediterranean Sea.
To support regional dynamics around the prevention and fight against radicalisation, violent extremism and terrorism, a regional conference “Countering terrorism and violent extremism: towards a human-rights coordinated approach”, was held on 22-23 June 2022 in Tunis.
Cet atelier, qui s’est tenu les 17 et 18 mai derniers à Alger, s’est déroulé en collaboration avec le Centre de Formation Internationale de l’OIT à Turin (CIF-Turin) et avec l’intervention des spécialistes technique de l’OIT.
On 16 and 17 June 2022, the European Commission and the Cybercrime Programme Office of the Council of Europe together with representatives from Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan met for the 8th Steering Committee meeting of the CyberSouth project, in Bucharest, Romania.
On 7-8 June in the context of the implementation of the EU-OECD programme on support to investment in the Southern Neighbourhood the OECD carried a hybrid workshop on Greenfield investment statistics in Egypt.
The objective pf the workshop was to raise awareness and promote exchanges between the relevant institutions in the Southern Mediterranean responsible for the fight against economic crime.
