For the last 25 years, the textile and clothing industry (T&C from here on) has been one of the most important industries for the Mediterranean region as a major source of income and employment.
In all economies, small and medium enterprises contribute very significantly to job creation and sustainable growth, and they will continue to play a vital role in stimulating economic recovery.
Some Arab countries have completed their demographic transition whilst others are experiencing a situation where birth rates are still comparatively high.
The development community has seen a shift in the focus on economic reform. Initially, the goal was to define the appropriate elements of policy reform.
It is a known fact that the Mediterranean today is one of the World regions where, within a very limited geographical space, great differences exist in terms of development.
Since the second half of the 1950s, Europeans from the centre and north of the continent return to the Mediterranean each year to find the eternal elixir of relaxation and entertainment on and around its beaches.
The implementation of the CAP reform has improved the EU's position in negotiations concerning a possible opening up of agricultural markets.
The attractiveness of foreign direct investment (FDI) has become not just a priority for the countries of the Mediterranean basin, but an indispensable factor in their socio-economic development.
We live in a globalising world economy. This is a cliché. It is also true. What does this mean for the countries of North Africa, particularly Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia?
The world economy is increasingly dominated by two phenomena: on the one hand, globalisation, and on the other, regionalisation and integration.
The European Union is by far the major partner for a great number of countries in the southern and eastern Mediterranean, as much from the point of view of trade as passenger traffic.
The Mediterranean is one vector of flow of Euro-Mediterranean and transatlantic exchange. It is an interface between the countries located on its shores, a strategic platform and a significant force to be reckoned with for all the great powers.