EuroMeSCo :Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission

National Network
Portugal
Address

Largo de São Sebastião, 8 – Paço do Lumiar
1600-762 Lisbon
Portugal

Telephone
+351-210 306 700
Fax
+351-217 593 983
E-Mail
av@ieei.pt
E-Mail (2)
ts@ieei.pt
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1996
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Human rights
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Others
  5. Research
General Information
EuroMeSCo (Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission) is a network of institutes of independant research and of central universities focussing on analysing foreign political themes and the research in security matters . The members of the network come from the 35 members countries in Euro-Mediterranean Partnership , intiative policy of the European Union aiming to enhance its relations with the countries of the southern mediterranean river. Financed by the European Commission , the network counts currently 45 institutes members and 27 observators institues and two international associated members.
Mission and Objectives

EuroMeSCo,fonctionning as a brand of confidence , dedicated to build professional relations of sustainable cooperation with non-governmental and independent organisations .
The network seeks to establish relations between Europe , the Maghreb and the middle-east on a North-Southern basis and south-south , in order to widen the platform of the dialogue on subject of common interest .
This platform allows the discussion of essentiel themes related to the euro mediterranean region which the approach is a delicate subject at the intergovernmental scale of the PEM countries .
The network seeks to establish a common vocablury in political and security matters in the region and contributes to the definition of measurements , while proposing a mecanism by which the opinion of the civil society who could be presented to the decision makers .

Main Projects / Activities

EuroMeSCo undertakes a formal research , publishes regulary its results , its program of research is defined in an independent way or on specific requests of analyzes aspects of the mediterranean policy and security of the partnership or of the ministry counsil .
The principal activity of the network , is its research program .
The network , through its secretariat in Lisbon , constructed a network site who offers informations on the EuroMeSCo activities , acts as a point of contact between the institutions members for the
interested public .
The site represents the publications , the meeting , also a discussion forum and a section designate for questionnaires .

Contact (1) Full Name
Tobias Schumacher [recherche et information] (ts@ieei.pt)
Head of the organisation
Álvaro de Vasconcelos (av@ieei.pt)
Contact (2) Full Name
Marie-Laure Cordara [gestion et activités] (mlc@ieei.pt)