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Set out below are the three great milestones of the Barcelona Process

Paris, 2008- Summit for the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean

More than forty heads of government and state took part in this summit, held in Paris on 13 July 2008 to launch the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean.

Barcelona, 2005- The first Euromed “Barcelona+10” summit

The Summit of the Tenth Anniversary of the Barcelona Process, known as “Barcelona+10”, brought together European and Mediterranean heads of state and government and foreign ministers to evaluate the 10 years of the Barcelona Process and to approve a work programme to give it a new boost.

Barcelona, 1995- The First Euro-Med Conference

The Foreign Ministers of the countries of the EU and of Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and the Palestinian National Authority approved the launch of the Barcelona Process and its three core themes: political and security partnership, economic and financial partnership and social, cultural and human partnership.

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  • Federico Mayor Zaragoza

    Federico Mayor Zaragoza

    Presidente de la Fundación Cultura de Paz, ex Director General de la UNESCO y co Presidente del Grupo de Alto Nivel de Naciones Unidas para la Alianza de Civilizaciones

    Apoyo la candidatura de Barcelona al Secretariado Permanente del Proceso d...more

  • Hélène Mandroux

    Hélène Mandroux

    Mayor of Montpellier

    J'exprime mon soutien aux objectifs du "Processus de Barcelone: Union pour...more

  • Karen Koning AbuZayd

    Karen Koning AbuZayd

    Commissioner-General, Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, United Nations

    I am pleased to write in support of the candidacy of the City of Barcelona...more