Regional Cooperation Neighbourhood South

The fifth Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial on Employment and Labour, held on 17 and 18 May in Marrakech, Morocco, focused on “Employment and employability of the most vulnerable, especially among youth and women”.

At the Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Employment and Labour, which took place on 17-18 May in Marrakech/Morocco, the EU, in cooperation with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the EIB and the EBRD launched the regional Team Europe Initiative on jobs through trade and investment in the Southern Neighbourhood.

On May 11, 2022, the MED MSMEs Program organized, in Tunis, a workshop to present the project of "Digital platform of export support instruments for Tunisian SMEs".

Judicial practitioners from EU Member States and the South Partner Countries (SPCs), have for the first time exchanged operational experiences and best practices on preventing, investigating and prosecuting migrant smuggling offences, during a dedicated conference. The conference was organised in Athens by the Greek Ministry of Justice, within the framework of the EuroMed Justice (EMJ) programme.

The 15th CrimEx meeting of the EuroMed Justice (EMJ) programme debated the development of practical tools for judicial cooperation with the South Partner Countries (SPCs), during a conference in Athens on 10 and 11 May. Updates were also given on the training component of the programme.

Anticipating and Mitigating Side-Effects: The Road to a Successful Green Transition in the Euro-Mediterranean Region is the first one of the new Policy Study from the five Joint Study Groups 2021.

Social Protection Reforms in the Mena Region: Possibilities and Challenges is the second Policy Study of the series of the five Joint Study Groups.

A decade of hosting Syrian refugees in Jordan - lessons learnt for Poland by Katarzyna Sidlo (CASE) and Marah Jamous (WANA) and Feeds Filled with Frustration: Southern Mediterranean reactions to EU Responses towards Ukraine by Abdullatif Sleibi (Leiden University) examine how the war in Ukraine have shaped a new scenario in Europe.