EU Human Rights Mechanisms
Frameworks in which EU relations with Mediterranean countries are taking place
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The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) |
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The Union for the Mediterranean, officially known by the full name of Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (BP:UfM) and previously known as the "Mediterranean Union" , is an international organisation created on 13 July 2008 by the so-called Paris Declaration. It constitutes a second phase of the Barcelona Process, as it replaces the existing (since 1995) Euromediterranean Partnership. The Union for the Mediterranean unites all EU members with several non-EU countries that border the Mediterranean Sea, for a total of 44 members. |
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The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) |
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The Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held in Barcelona on 27-28 November 1995, marked the starting point of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, a wide framework of political, economic and social relations between the Member States of the European Union and Partners of the Southern Mediterranean. |
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The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) |
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Launched in 2003, the //European Neighbourhood Policy// (ENP) aims at creating a ring of countries, sharing EU's democratic ideals and joining them in further integration without necessarily becoming full member states of the EU. |
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The EU Strategic Partnership with the Mediterranean & the Middle East |
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Adopted in June 2004, it provides a policy framework for these two regions with a view to promoting political, economic and social reform, generated from within the affected societies, as well as contributing to their socio-economic development. |
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