ANNEX 1: TIMELINE FOR KEY INITIATIVES[62]
2005 — The Euro-Med partners should launch regional negotiations, on a voluntary basis, on the liberalisation of services and establishment. The Commission will submit negotiating guidelines for approval by the Council to this effect.
— Euro-Mediterranean partners should agree a road map for agricultural liberalisation, including processed agricultural products and fisheries. The Commission will submit negotiating guidelines for approval by the Council to start negotiations with partner countries.
— The Pan-Euro-Med Protocol of Origin will be progressively implemented throughout the Euromed, from 2005.
— Organise a workshop on Weapons of Mass Destruction 2005.
— A Euro-Mediterranean Transport Ministerial should take place before the end of the year with the participation of the EIB, to endorse a regional transport infrastructure network interconnected to the Trans-European Transport Network, and agree on the priorities of the Euro-Mediterranean Transport cooperation for the next few years.
— A Ministerial Conference on economic and financial affairs will take place in Rabat.
2006 — A Euro-Mediterranean Conference will be held, prepared at sub-regional level, on human rights and democratisation.
— Approximation work in the field of technical legislation, standards and certification procedures should have intensified so as to pave the way for negotiations on conformity assessment agreements (ACAAs).
— A Euro-Mediterranean Conference on gender equality with the participation of government representatives and civil society and social partners should take place. The Conference should concentrate on the comparison of best practices within the region to raise the role of women in society and their contribution to human development.
— Adoption of a timetable with concrete measures with the objective of a thorough de-pollution of the Mediterranean by 2020.
— In the light of the FEMIP experience, and following consultations with partner countries, the Commission will assess before the end of the year the possibility of establishing a Euro-Mediterranean Development Bank.
— The Commission will launch a Scholarship scheme for university students either within the existing Erasmus Mundus programme or by reinforcing mobility activities inside the Tempus scheme.
— A Euro-Mediterranean Energy Ministerial should take place in view of progressing sub-regional energy integration markets and infrastructures.
2007 — Euro-Mediterranean Partners should reach agreement before the end of the year on a code of conduct on measures to fight terrorism.
— A Euro-Mediterranean conference of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, with the participation of local authorities, should be held to discuss management of migratory flows and social integration.
— A regional programme on rural development and optimisation of quality production should be identified for implementation.
— After consultation with partner countries, the percentage devoted to bilateral cooperation in the education sector should be increased by 50% of the national and regional indicative programmes.
— The Democracy Facility will enter into force.
2010 — All South-South free trade agreements should be concluded and implemented by the end of the year, including for services and establishment as well as agriculture.
— Completion of Euro-Mediterranean electricity and gas markets and infrastructure interconnections.
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