 This year’s EuroMeSCo Annual Conference, entitled "Euro-Mediterranean Relations Between Continuity and Reinforced Cooperation. Quo Vadis Barcelona?", took place in Amman, on 16-17 October. It was organised in collaboration with our network partner and conference host, the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS), and counted on the support of distinguished European and Jordanian personalities and institutions. The choice of topic for this year’s conference fully corresponds to the current concern about Euro-Mediterranean relations that has dominated recent debates, in official, as well as academic and public policy circles. A French initiative designed to re-dynamize the somewhat languishing Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, forcibly introduced into the agenda the re-evaluation of the Process launched in Barcelona back in 1995. EuroMeSCo - through its seminars, workshops, and research papers - has itself been active in promoting this much needed debate on the achievements and short-comings of a project whose ambitions now seem in sharp contrast with the harsh realities existing around the Mediterranean. |
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 In the context of the Arab Week, celebrated at the European Parliament from 3-7 November 2008, the Euro-Med Delegation organised an afternoon seminar in cooperation with EuroMeSCo, which was held in Brussels on Monday, 3 November. Participants explored the future of the Union for the Mediterranean initiative from both a European and a Southern perspective, considering its potentials and added-value. The meeting was also attended by members of the public -including NGO representatives, journalists and students - who contributed useful questions to the debate. To view the workshop programme, please click here.
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 Back after a brief break, EuroMeSCo’s e-News 27 presents an article by Alfred Tovias, Director of the Leonard Davis Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on Israel’s perception of the Union for the Mediterranean project. This newsletter also outlines EuroMeSCo’s most recent publications and activities, highlighting its upcoming Annual Conference - to be held in Amman on 16-17 October, in collaboration with the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS). Finally, readers will be briefed on some events that made the headlines during the summer months. This month’s profile introduces EuroMeSCo’s new Syrian partner institute – the Orient Centre for International Studies (OCIS). |
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 Three new EuroMeSCo papers are now available online. Paper 69 considers the new EU Member states' policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, using Poland as its case-study. Political change in the Mediterranean and its impact on Euro-Mediterranean relations is outlined and evaluated in Paper 70. Finally, Paper 71 analyses the legal and political implications of the securitisation of counter-terrorism measures across the Mediterranean. For the list of publications, from where you can access more detailed overviews of these three papers, please click here. |
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 The EuroMeSCo Secretariat - in close collaboration with the Cairo-based Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS), and with the support of the European Commission - organised the 3rd Preparatory Meeting for the 2008 EuroMeSCo Annual Conference. Having taken place in Sharm El-Sheikh, on 6-7 October 2008, this final Preparatory Meeting explored the theme: "Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean Relations – Emerging Dynamics, Problems and their Potential Implications for the Mashreq". To view the programme, please click here. |
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