Regional Cooperation Neighbourhood South

The seminar - Cairo, 11-12 July - focused on the prevention of disputes between governmental agencies and investors, through the establishment of adequate dispute prevention policies and institutional mechanisms.

The 3rd Policy working Group meeting of the Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment (METI) Programme was held in Tunisia on July 21 to discuss value chain analysis of the aromatic and medicinal plants and essential oils sector.

High-level criminal justice representatives from countries from the Southern Neighbourhood region met in The Hague for a fruitful exhange of experience from peers at the International Criminal Court and EU bodies such as Europol and the project EuroMed Police.

The IMAP-MPA project, which will end in August 2023, held its last steering committee back-to-back with its final visibility event. The SEMPA project will build on the achievements of IMAP-MPA and will kick-off soon.

In Rome, on 5 and 6 July 2023, the 11th Forum of Euro-Mediterranean statisticians took place. A large range of participants, including Eurostat management, heads of statistical offices from the Southern Neighbourhood partner countries, representatives of statistical offices from the EU members states and EFTA statistical office, met to discuss the EU-Mediterranean cooperation in the field of statistics.