The euromediterranean cooperation' Synergies of instruments

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The euromediterranean cooperation. Synergies of
instruments

• Rafael Rodríguez Clemente
• Professor of Research, CSIC
• Estación Biológica de Doñana. Sevilla. SPAIN

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Policy frame

• The Barcelona process revamped by the Union for
  the Mediterranean initiative of the French
  Presidency aims
• Create an area of peace and stability based on
  fundamental principles, including respect for
  human rights and democracy
• Create an area of shared prosperity through
  sustainable and balanced socioeconomic
  development and the progressive establishment of
  free trade between the EU and its partners and
  among the partners
• Improve mutual understanding among the peoples of
  the region and the development of an active civil
  society.

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Policy frame

• The Euro-Mediterranean Neighborhood Policy
  (ENP-M)
• a common Euro-Mediterranean area of justice,
  security and migration cooperation
• a common sustainable economic area, with a focus
  on trade liberalisation, regional trade
  integration, infrastructure networks and
  environmental protection
• a common sphere for socio-cultural exchanges,
  with a focus on cultural and people-to-people
  exchanges, and raising awareness of the
  Partnership through the media.

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Coordination of policies

• European Neighbourhood Policy
• Structural Funds Territorial Cooperation (Former
  INTERREG Initiative)
• VII Framework Programme

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Better coordination between the Structural Funds
(SF) and the Framework Programme (FP)(CREST
Working Group on Coordination SF and FP, April
2007)

• Develop a specific strategy for coordinated use
  of FP and SF as part of a RTDA strategy.
• ..
• Use FP and SF to improve networking between
  research organisations, enterprises,
  administration, etc. to develop clusters and
  poles.
• .
• 9. Use the potential of FP and SF in terms of
  transnational and international networking and
  RD cooperation to connect the regional or
  national research system to international
  networks and trends in Europe and beyond.
• ..
• 13. Make sue that actors involved in delivering
  FP and SF know about the opportunities offered by
  the other instruments.

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EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD AND PARTNERSHIP INSTRUMENT
(ENPI)

• REGIONAL STRATEGY PAPER (2007-2013) AND REGIONAL
  INDICATIVE PROGRAMME (2007-2010) FOR THE
  EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP
• (The Barcelona Process)

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OBJECTIVES FOR THE ENPI-MED MARKED BY THE EU
HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT IN 2005

• ? strengthen democracy, promote gender equality,
  enhance respect for human rights and freedom of
  expression, and guarantee the independence of the
  judiciary
• ? enhance the security of all citizens,
  particularly through counter-terrorism policies
• ? intensify cooperation on all aspects of illegal
  and legal immigration
• ? develop the Mediterranean Strategy for
  Sustainable Development and endorse a timetable
  to de-pollute the Mediterranean Sea by 2020
• ? meet the Millennium Development Goals,
  particularly in the areas of education
• ? act jointly against racism, xenophobia and
  intolerance, rejecting extremist views
• ? strengthen dialogue between governmental and
  non-governmental players
• ? promote South-South regional integration

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Type of programmes

• (a) country or multicountry programmes, covering
  assistance to one partner country or addressing
  regional and subregional cooperation between two
  or more partner countries, in which Member States
  may participate
• (b) thematic programmes, addressing one or more
  specific challenges which are common to several
  partner countries and which may be relevant to
  one or more Member States
• (c) crossborder cooperation programmes, covering
  cooperation between one or more Member States and
  one or more partner countries, taking place in
  regions adjacent to their shared part of the
  external border of the European Community.

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ENVIRONMENT PRIORITIES

• De-pollution of the Mediterranean
• Collaboration with the European Environment
  Agency and the secretariat of the Barcelona
  Convention
• Regional water initiative
• Capacity building and support to civil society
  actors

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PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF THE ENPI-MED
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME

• Environmental data availability across the region
  in formats compatible with EU standards
• Number of environmental pollution indicators that
  are monitored on a regular basis
• Measured improvements in these environmental
  quality indicators, including reduction of
  prevalence of water-borne diseases and reduction
  of air pollution in major urban centres
• Completion of a number of steps in the
  de-pollution roadmap, including the number of
  projects for which financing has been identified.

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HORIZON 2020http//ec.europa.eu/environment/enlar
g/med/horizon_2020_en.htm

• Euro-Mediterranean governments aim to tackle the
  top sources of Mediterranean pollution by the
  year 2020 through the Horizon 2020 initiative
  that is built around 4 elements
• Projects to reduce the most significant pollution
  sources focussing on industrial emissions,
  municipal waste and urban waste water,
  responsible for up to 80 of pollution in the
  Mediterranean Sea
• Capacity-building measures to help neighbouring
  countries create national environmental
  administrations that are able to develop and
  police environmental laws.
• Using the Commission's Research budget to develop
  and share knowledge of environmental issues
  relevant to the Mediterranean.
• Developing indicators to monitor the success of
  Horizon 2020.
• PARTICIPATION OPEN TO MS AND MPC

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Coopération Transfrontalière dans le cadre de
lInstrument Européen de Voisinage et de
Partenariat (ENPI-IEVP)Programme de Bassin
Maritime Méditerranenne
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Priorites specifiques Du Programme Bassin
Mediterranee

• 1. Promotion du développement socio-économique et
  renforcement des territoires,
• 2. Promotion de la durabilité environnementale au
  niveau du Bassin, recherchée à travers la
  préservation du patrimoine naturel commun, la
  réduction des facteurs de risque pour
  lenvironnement, l'amélioration de l'efficacité
  énergétique et la promotion de lutilisation des
  sources dénergie renouvelables.
• 3. Promotion de meilleures conditions et
  modalités de circulation des personnes, des
  marchandises et des capitaux
• 4. Promotion du dialogue culturel et de la
  gouvernance locale

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• Actions de coopération institutionnelledans le
  cadre de lIEVP (ENPI)
• Jumelages
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/neighbourhood/
  overview/twinning_en.htm

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(Example) JUMELAGES au MarocEnergie, transports
environnement

• Renforcement de la sécurité sûreté maritimes
• France 900 000 (clôturé)
• Appui pour une gestion intégrée de
  lenvironnement, une harmonisation de la
  législation environnementale nationale et un
  rapprochement progressif avec celle de lUE.
• Italie/Autriche 700 000 (clôturé)
• Mise en place dune Data Base HazMat (Sécurité
  maritime) 200 000 (JL, clôturé)
• Amélioration de la Sécurité routière (en
  préparation)

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Opportunities of the 7th FP

• All thematic priorities are open to international
  cooperation
• Collaborative project for specific international
  cooperation actions dedicated to international
  cooperation partner countries (SICA)
• INCO-Net Platforms activities (1 Platform per
  region) to support the development of capacities
  of the partners countries from different
  regions West Balkan Countries, MPC, Eastern
  Europe and Central Asia, Asia, ACP and Latin
  America. (MIRA)
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/iscp/index_en.h
  tml

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International Cooperation in COOPERATION
Specific International Cooperation Actions (SICA)
INCO
FP 6
INCO (Capacities)
?
FP 7
Themes (Cooperation)
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SICAS for Mediterranean Region (2008)

• Programme ENVIRONMENT
• ENV.2008.3.1.1.2 Nanotechnologies for water
  treatment
• Programme HEALTH
• HEALTH-2007-3.5-1 Epidemiological investigations
  into longterm trends of population health as
  consequence of socio-economic transitions,
  including life-style induced health problems
  (STREP). MPC, Russia and EECA
• HEALTH-2007-3.5-2 Universal and equitable access
  to health care MPC, ACP24,
• HEALTH-2007-3.5-4 Health care intervention
  research improving pre-natal and maternal care
  (STREP). ACP and MPC

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SICAS for Mediterranean Region (2008)

• Programme FOOD
• KBBE-2008-2-2-03 Obesity prevention in the
  Mediterranean area SICA, STREP
• Programme MATERIALS
• NMP-2008-2.6-1 Novel materials for energy
  applications (Joint call with Energy)
• Programme ENERGY
• ENERGY.2008.2.1.1 Enhancing strategic
  international cooperation initiatives in the
  field of concentration photovoltaics (MPC)

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PROGRAM RESEARCH POTENTIAL (CALL 2009,
REGPOT-2009-2, draft)Area 4.2. International
Co-operation (8 M)

• This activity will provide the opportunity for
  the MPC to develop partnerships through twinning
  actions with existing or emerging centres of
  excellence established in the EUs convergence
  and outermost regions and the Member States
  and/or the Associated Countries. This will be
  realised by improving scientific relationships,
  networking and development of the ST Human
  Potential, exchanging of know-how and experience
  between the countries concerned as well as by
  upgrading the ST research capacities of highest
  quality and/or promising research entities in the
  MPC. Improvements should be aimed at developing
  links between their scientific communities and
  those of Member States.
• This Activity does not finance research and
  technological development activities.
• Topics Any research topic covered by the EC FP7.
• Participants Proposals should include at least 3
  research entities one established in a
  convergence or outermost region in the EU, one in
  another Member State or Associated country and
  one in a MPC. These research entities must not be
  a subsidiary or branch of another legal entity
  established in a different country.

REGPOT-2009-2
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MIRA Mediterranean Innovation and Research
Coordination Action
INCO-Net-MPC. Contract FP7-211359
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AIM (1)

• The present CA aims at developing the objectives
  of the INCO-Net MPC action, as described in the
  Call for proposal, by, among others
• 1) creating a dialogue platform using the state
  of the art of the ICT technologies, which will
  enable the discussion between relevant
  stakeholders from both sides of the Mediterranean
  to improve the ST cooperation by, among other
  means, connecting and facilitating the
  interaction between the dispersed ST cooperation
  initiatives already existing supported by the
  Member States, the European Commission and other
  political bodies
• 2) addressing training activities to improve the
  quality of the participation and management of
  the partners of FP7 from the MPC

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AIM (2)

• 3) creating discussion platforms and organizing
  meetings to monitor and discuss the content of
  the Thematic priorities of FP7 in term of the
  common interest of the EU and MPC
• 4) creating an Observatory of the EU-MPC ST
  cooperation, which will agree indicators for the
  monitoring of RTD cooperation activities
• 5) creating networks of research institutions
  and technological transfer services from both
  sides of the Mediterranean, to support strategic
  collaboration and provide a reference element for
  the development of the Euro-Mediterranean
  Innovation Space.
• All these activities are aimed at providing a
  strong institutional basis for the EU-MPC ST
  cooperation.

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (1-15)
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (16-30)
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M E L I A
Mediterranean Dialogue for Integrated Water
Management
Creating and nurturing the MELIA Community of
Practice (CoP) A strategic Coordination Action
for the establishment of an Information and
Knowledge Management, Sharing and Dissemination
Platform for the IWRM in the Mediterranean Area
http//www.meliaproject.eu
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Water Management

• Research on water management is and has been a
  priority in national and Euro-Mediterranean
  projects, especially in the INCO-Med programme.

• It has been observed that the outcomes of
  these research programs and projects rarely
  succeeds in improving the efficiency of water use
  and its management due to the lack of dialog
  between the different protagonists.

• Research in this topic is of common interest
  of the EU and its Mediterranean Partner Countries
  (MPC) in view of the economic integration of both
  sides of the Mediterranean area, the risks
  associated to the climatic change and the
  increase in frequency of water risks events, such
  as droughts or floods, in the area.

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The Partners

• The partnership of MELIA has been structured
  in a way to include, on the one hand, players
  with experience in the scientific, technical and
  socio-economic sectors, experienced in past or
  on-going European, national or regional projects
  and committed to a dialogue without prejudices.

• Other actors, such as basin management
  organisations, water suppliers to cities,
  industrial groups, agriculture water users, NGO
  with well known experience in daily management of
  water related issues, bring their deep knowledge
  about the current management systems, the
  expected demand and the possible baseline of the
  future conflicts.

• The presence of groups and administrations
  from different sectors and countries will allow
  MELIA to create a wide dialogue to prevent and
  avoid conflicts related to water availability.

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Main targets

• Building a knowledge base for integrated water
  resources management (IWRM) planning, based on
  integrating contributions from different
  perspectives, involving the wide spectrum of
  stakeholders and based on the general frame
  defined by EU Water Framework Directive.

• Develop a Mediterranean-wide awareness of the
  social (cultural and participatory), economic and
  technological issues related to water management.

• Propose participatory mechanisms and
  prevention tools to avoid competition in
  resources allocation between regions states and
  different waters users.

• Provide legislative and administrative bodies
  with criteria and arguments agreed in a
  consensual way by a wide representation of
  social, economic, scientific and political actors
  from different countries, to support sustainable
  water policies and economy.

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