The following institutes are observers from EU Mediterranean partner countries:

Egypt 

ECFA - Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs

 Israel 

Mitvim - The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies

 Morocco

IMRI - Institut Marocain des Relations Internationales

CERAM - Centre de Recherche sur l’Afrique et la Méditerranée

Institut Amadeus

Turkey

TESEV - Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation

The following institutes are observers from EU countries:

Belgium

CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies

MEDEA - European Institute for Research on Euro-Arab Cooperation

Europees Institut  

 France

EU ISS - European Union Institute for Security Studies

FRS - Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

ARI - Arab Reform Initiative

CMCI - Institut de la Méditerranée

Euromed - IHEDN 

Germany

GIGA - German Institute of Global and Area Studies

MIB - Mediterranean Institute Berlin

ZEI - Center for European Integration Studies

 Italy

EUI - European University Institute

Fondazione Mediterraneo

Portugal

COE - North-South Centre of the Council of Europe

 Slovenia

EMUNI - Euro-Mediterranean University

Spain

Casa Árabe - International Institute of Arab and Muslim World Studies

UNISCI - Unidad de Investigación sobre Seguridad y Cooperación Internacional 

Sweden

SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 

United Kingdom

CIS - Centre of International Studies