Origin of project

The aim of the Project is to synthesize the work and relations started in the past 20 years among partner Regions. These relations are not limited only to Regional authorities but also involving different levels of Local Governments such as Provinces, Departments and Deputaciones regrouped in Arco Latino Association in the Western Mediterranean area.

The Research Institutes of the involved Regions have also recently started a new form of cooperation. This has led to the building up of a “Network of the Mediterranean Institutes” (RIM). The Network drafted a first document (in November 2007) entitled “Action Plan of Mediterranean Regions (PARM)”; this was an important input for the following document “A new Euro-Mediterranean alliance for peace, employment and development” approved by the Inter-Mediterranean Commission of CPMR on January 28th in Barcelona. The document was also a contribution to the Summit of Heads of State and Government held on the 13th and 14th July 2008 where the Union for the Mediterranean was created.