Fostering performance in Tunisia
One specific programme funded by the EU in Tunisia has already benefited hundreds of companies, providing them with technical support in order, among other objectives, to align Tunisian standards to those adopted in Europe. An example among many others in this report.

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A new highway in northern Morocco
Around 500 km of brand new highway, plus other bypasses, will help the region around the Rif area in Northern Morocco hope for significant investments in all fields.

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Training reinforcing competitiveness
Launched by the European Union in Tunisia in 1997, and funded by 75 million Euros, MANFORM I and II programmes aim at fostering the link between the industrial sector and professional training.

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Radio as a means of bringing people together
How do people live on the two shores of the Mediterranean? Is there any difference between yesterday’s and today’s life in the Mediterranean region? A radio project entitled “Waves for the Mediterranean” attempts to answer such questions.

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Developing a sense of responsibility among youth
Euromed Youth is the name of the EU project implemented in aid of the Mediterranean youth. Public awareness campaigns, citizenship activities or even financial assistance: the program has several objectives. Here is an example of how the program is being carried out in Morocco.

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Modernization of the Tunisian industrial sector
The Industrial modernization programme in Tunisia (called PCAM), funded by the European Union, aims, among other objectives, at helping industrial goods to be certified up to the European norms, which will ease their access to the European market.

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An alternative to slums
Part of a national initiative for human development, the Moroccan government launched since 2002 a plan entitled “Cities without Slums”, aiming at building 350,000 new housing units to shelter their urban poor who have suffered from misery and marginalization.

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Jordan monitors its environment
Ben Hayyan laboratory was equipped with state-of-the-art technologies thanks to a European project in the Special Economic Zone of Aqaba. Analysis on air and water pollution as well as on food quality became available in an effort to enhance the quality of health of Jordanian citizens.

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In favor of rural development in Tunisia
Sixteen mountain dams were built between 2002 and 2009 in remote Tunisian districts. With a total budget of 14.5 million Euros, the project helped developing irrigated zones, and reinforcing the autonomy of rural women, who constitute 35 % of Tunisian women.

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Breaking taboos
In the framework of Massarat project, four films were directed by Palestinian women, expressing their daily struggles against occupation and discrimination.

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