Regional Cooperation Neighbourhood South

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

On 1st July 2022, the 10th Executive Committee Meeting of the EU funded project EBSOMED took place in hybrid format in Marseille.

An event organised by ANIMA Investment Network was held in Tunis on 22-24 June.

EBSOMED participated with a booth at the European Development Days 2022 in Brussels, a forum on international partnerships organised by the European Commission on June 21-22.

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 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.

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 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.

In June, the OECD conducted a three-day capacity-building Seminar on Reforming International Investment Agreements.

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 21 June, the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment (METI) programme launched the Policy Working Group in Jordan.

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.