In 1995, the Barcelona Euro-Mediterranean Foreign Affairs Conference launched an ambitious programme of cooperation between the countries of the European Union and those on the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean, in order to create an area of stability and peace, shared progress and dialogue between peoples and cultures.
25 years after that initiative, we at Tres Culturas want to evaluate the issue to assess where more persevering action is required and where good progress is being made and examples of good practice can be drawn from.
Based on the debate at five round tables on issues affecting migration, women's empowerment, the labour market and youth, education and research, and sustainable development, the aim is to contribute to making the Mediterranean an area of stability, progress and fruitful dialogue.
This activity, subsidised by the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, forms part of the various activities it carries out for the study, analysis and implementation of Spanish foreign policy priorities.
The first of these tables, entitled Discussions on the Mediterranean. Session on migration issueswill be held on 12 December at 7 p.m. at the foundation's headquarters. Xavier Aragall, migration technician in the Euro-Mediterranean Policies Area of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), will participate in the round table, in conversation with María Iglesias, journalist for eldiario.es and Público and a specialist in migration and refugees.
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