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EU Policies on Agriculture and Rural Development in the MENA [1]

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Agriculture plays a significant role in the relations of the EU with countries in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEM). The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) process and related programme assistance such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and the European Neighbouring Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD) focus not only on agriculture and trade, but are also inclusive of water issues and rural development. This MEDRESET paper analyses the views of stakeholders in Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt and the EU on such policies and how they conceptualize the Mediterranean political space. Stakeholders encompass supranational, national and regional public bodies, producer associations, lobby organizations along the agricultural value chain and NGOs and research centres. Their views and knowledge of the respective instruments differ considerably. While EU stakeholders are preoccupied with agricultural trade issues and have only limited knowledge of EU agricultural development programmes in the SEM, stakeholders in the SEM often criticize their overly technocratic, depoliticized and securitized approach. Granting more agency to local actors and improving communication with them are important issues in the refinement of such programmes.

Authors: 
Kanj Hamade [2]
Cynthia Saghir [3]
Tala Ismail [4]
Jad Chaaban [5]
Ali Chalak [6]
Eckart Woertz [7]
Irene Martinez [8]
Details: 
Rome, IAI, November 2018, 28 p.
Attachments: 
medreset_pp_4.pdf [9]
In: 
MEDRESET Papers [10]
Issue: 
Policy Paper 4
Publication date: 
16/11/2018
External links: 
Paper in MEDRESET website [11]

Introduction
1. The Conceptualization of the Mediterranean
2. Evaluation of the EU’s Role
2.1 Instruments
2.2 Actors
2.2.1 European Union
2.2.2 SEM countries
2.3 Substance
3. The Gender Dimension
4. Policy Recommendations
4.1 Framework for cooperation
4.2 Priority areas for support
4.3 Inclusive approach to EU projects
4.4 Efficiency in the implementation of EU projects
4.5 Communication and coordination with local stakeholders
4.6 Improving infrastructure
4.7 Capacity-building

Related content: 
(Research) A comprehensive, integrated, and bottom-up approach to reset our understanding of the Mediterranean space, remap the region, and reconstruct inclusive, responsive, and flexible EU policies in it – MEDRESET [12]
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[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/eu-policies-agriculture-and-rural-development-mena
[2] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/kanj-hamade
[3] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/cynthia-saghir
[4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/tala-ismail
[5] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/jad-chaaban
[6] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/ali-chalak
[7] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/eckart-woertz
[8] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/irene-martinez
[9] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/medreset_pp_4.pdf
[10] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/medreset-papers
[11] http://www.medreset.eu/?p=13667
[12] https://www.iai.it/en/ricerche/medreset