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Relations between the EU and its southern neighbours constitute one of our priorities. Our work covers a wide variety of areas, such as the participation of civil society in political and civil dialogue, democratic transition, youth employment, sustainable development, mobility and immigration, trade, renewable energy and business development.

The EESC has been working on these issues since 1995. Following changes in the region in 2010, we have adjusted our objectives accordingly, aiming to:

  • Support civil society organisations in countries undergoing transition. Such support is targeted, in particular, at trade unions and employers’ organisations, as well as women’s, youth and farmers’ associations.
  • Maintain bilateral relations with national economic and social councils in the region, and work towards creating conditions for the inclusion of civil society in political dialogue in the southern partner countries.
  • Issue opinions and joint reports on the key policy challenges facing the region.
  • Hold regular meetings with European institutions and international organisations to discuss the policies concerning civil society across the region.
  • Organise an annual summit for economic and social councils and similar institutions, at which key policy recommendations on the region’s main challenges are put to policy-makers from national governments and the EU.

Euromed Follow-Up Committee

EU-Morocco Joint Advisory Group

 

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  • Economic, social and cultural rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region (own-initiative opinion)

    Adopted on 18/10/2017 - Bureau decision date: 30/03/2017
    Reference
    REX/490-EESC-2017-EESC-2017-02357-00-02-AC-TRA
    Rapporteur
    Helena DE FELIPE LEHTONEN
    Employers - GR I
    Spain

    The situation concerning economic, social and cultural rights is quite patchy in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Although some countries, in the wake of what has been called the Arab spring, drew up new constitutions enshrining some of these rights in legislation for the very first time, the rights have not always been respected. In certain other countries, these rights have been weakened since 2011.The aim of this information report would be to give an overview of the current situation as regards economic, social and cultural rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region, as well as pinpointing new avenues for work in the future. This report would be submitted at the Euromed Summit of Economic and Social Councils and would enable us to work together with our counterparts from the Mediterranean countries.

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  • Participation of the Union in "PRIMA".

    Adopted on 25/01/2017 - Bureau decision date: 10/11/2016
    Reference
    REX/481-EESC-2017-EESC-2017-00045-00-00-AC-TRA
    Referral
    COM(2016) 662 final 2016/0325 COD
    Rapporteur
    Emilio FATOVIC
    (Italy
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  • Euromed Summit 2019 economic and social councils and similar institutions

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    Location

    Barcelona
    Spain

    The Euro-Mediterranean Summit of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions aims at promoting greater understanding of the main issues affecting organised civil society in the Euromed region and at discussing the common challenges they face

  • Digitalisation and SMEs in the Mediterranean region (information report)

    Adopted on 11/12/2019 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2019
    Reference
    REX/519-EESC-2019
    Rapporteur
    Helena DE FELIPE LEHTONEN
    Employers - GR I
    Spain

    At the 2018 Euromed Summit, it was agreed that the next Information Report to be presented to the 2019 Summit of ESCs and Similar institutions will deal with the topic of the impact of digitalisation on SMEs in the Mediterranean area.

    The integration of millions of young graduates into the job market each year constitutes a major challenge for the countries of the Southern Mediterranean. Small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) play a decisive role in the fight against youth unemployment as they are important drivers of job creation and provide 80% of employment in the region.

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  • The 2018 Euromed Summit of Economic and Social Councils and similar Institutions

    Euromed Summit 2018
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    Location

    NH Torino Centro | Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 104 | 10121 Turin
    Turin
    Italy

    The Euro-Mediterranean Summit of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions aims at promoting greater understanding of the main issues affecting organised civil society in the Euromed region and at discussing the common challenges they face. The Summit brings together aound 120 participants from economic and social councils, or similar institutions, representatives of employers, trade unions, other economic and social interests groups and NGOs from countries which are members of the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM). This year, the exchange will focus on the following topics:

    • Education and Training in the Euro-Mediterranean region
    • Social Economy and entrepreneurship in the Euro Mediterranean region

    The meeting will conclude with the adoption of recommendations that will be sent to the political authorities of the countries involved in the UFM Ministerial Summits and disseminated widely amongst civil society organisations in the region.

    This year's event is co-organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the European Training Foundation  (ETF). The event is co-financed by the European Commission.

  • The EESC and the Mediterranean

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    In November 1995, at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona, foreign affairs ministers of the EU and Mediterranean partner countries concluded a regional partnership, the aim of which was to establish a common area of peace and stability, create an area of shared prosperity, develop human resources, promote understanding between cultures and foster exchanges between civil societies.

  • Education and vocational training in the Euromed region (Information report)

    Adopted on 20/03/2019 - Bureau decision date: 17/04/2018
    Reference
    REX/506-EESC-2018
    Rapporteur
    Cinzia DEL RIO
    Workers - GR II
    Italy

    The EESC regularly produces information reports to be presented at the yearly Euromed Summit of Economic and Social Councils and Similar institutions. In 2018, based on feedback from the previous summit, the Euromed Follow-Up Committee decided to focus on the topic of education and vocational training (VET) in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

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  • Euromed Summit 2017 of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions

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    Conference

    Location

    Madrid
    Spain

  • The post-2015 objectives in the Euro-Mediterranean region

    Adopted on 21/01/2015
    Reference
    REX/438-EESC
    Rapporteur
    Ms An Le Nouail Marlière
    Workers - GR II
    France
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  • Towards a new European neighbourhood policy

    Adopted on 23/06/2015
    Reference
    REX/447-EESC-2015
    Referral
    JOIN(2015) 6 final
    Rapporteur
    Mr Gintaras Morkis
    Employers - GR I
    Lithuania
    Co-rapporteur
    Mr Cristian Pîrvulescu
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Romania
    Plenary session number
    509
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    The Neighbourhood policy is high on the agenda of the EESC's external relations priorities. This opinion will provide the contribution of the Committee to this consultation process as a first step, to be followed by a reaction to the Commission document that will be issued in the 2nd semester of 2015.

     

    Download — EESC opinion: Towards a new European neighbourhood policy
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