Last news ENPI
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Tunisia: EU, more scholarships for tunisian students
Additional 10 million euros funding to Erasmus Mundus and Tempus
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Syria: EU, another 65 mln for humanitarian emergency
Georgieva, point of no return in crisis
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Pna: EU, 20 mln in april to 76,000 salaries and pensions
Gatt-Rutter, most tangible contribution to help public service
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Journalists: Euro-Med Youth Parliament calls under 26
Search of talents for media team at the Stockholm's conference
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Venice: Five Days for Mediterranean communities
Politics and environment with Anna Lindh network
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Lebanon: 5.8 mln euros in EU funds for infrastructure
Part of a 14 mln private sector programme
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Med: UfM's Young Women as Job Creators launched in Barcelona
To help 10,000 students in Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Spain
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Environment: int'l conference on water in Alexandria
Aim is to highlight IT solutions that can reduce leaks
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Journalists: Anna Lindh, forum on challenges in Med region
On the world press freedom day, debate organized in Dublin
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Syria: Eu gives 30 mln extra to Lebanon for refugee crisis
Assistance will focus on institutions and access to education
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UfM: assembly calls for more Euro-Med bank, more visas
To promote true North-South cooperation and exchange
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UfM: 'more women in politics and heads of institutions'
Document approved by Plenary calls for reforms and new laws
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Jordan: EU conference on water resources
Industry experts and bankers gather in Amman
The European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument – known as the ENPI – is the main financial mechanism through which assistance is given to the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Partner Countries, as well as Russia. It is the cooperation instrument, managed by EuropeAid, through which decisions taken on a political level are turned into actions on the ground.
Operational since January 2007, the ENPI has replaced the MEDA instrument that was supporting the Euro-Med Partnership and the TACIS instrument for the Eastern neighbours, as well as other financial mechanisms.
The overarching aim of the ENPI is to create an area of shared values, stability and prosperity, enhanced cooperation and deeper economic and regional integration by covering a wide range of cooperation areas.
It is a more flexible and policy driven mechanism, as the allocation of funds depends on a country’s needs and absorption capacity and its level of implementation of agreed reforms.
The 9 ENPI Partner Countries of the Mediterrean Region are: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia, Libya has an observer status in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and is eligible for funding under the ENPI. Negotiations for an EU-Libya Framework Agreement got underway in November 2008.
Objectives
According to the ENPI regulation, the objective of the ENPI is to provide Community assistance for the development of an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness involving the European Union and the partner countries and territories.
"Community assistance shall promote enhanced cooperation and progressive economic integration between the European Union and the partner countries and, in particular, the implementation of partnership and cooperation agreements, association agreements or other existing and future agreements. It shall also encourage partner countries’ efforts aimed at promoting good governance and equitable social and economic development."
The funding
The overall allocation for the ENPI, which is increased compared to the past, amounts to almost €12 billion for the period 2007-2013.
The largest percentage of ENPI funds will be used for bilateral actions, that is country initiatives. Funds are also allocated to the two ENPI regions and regional and cross-border initiatives and mechanisms.
The amounts allocated for the ENPI South (Mediterranean Region) are about €333 million of funding that has been earmarked for 2007-2010.
