Mediterranean Day

Mediterranean Day (also known as International Day of the Mediterranean and Day of the Mediterranean) is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Barcelona Process on 28 November 1995.[1] It is celebrated in the Mediterranean Basin, as well as in the European Union countries.

Mediterranean Day
Official Logo of the Day of the Mediterranean (in English)
Observed byMember states of the Union for the Mediterranean
TypeInternational; cultural and historical
SignificanceAnniversary of the conference starting the Barcelona Process
Date28 November
Next time28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)
Frequencyannual

Background

The Barcelona Process was launched in the Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona on 28 November 1995 with the aim of strengthening relations between Europe and the Southern Mediterranean countries. On that date, the ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU and 12 southern and eastern Mediterranean countries held the conference and signed an agreement to launch the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Process. The Barcelona Process was born as a new dialogue framework out of a vocation to convert the Mediterranean region into a common space for peace, stability, security and shared socio-economic progress and dialogue between peoples.

The Barcelona Process would lead to the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)[2] in 2008.

The first Day of the Mediterranean was celebrated on 28 of November 2021, with over 75 activities in 18 Euro-Mediterranean countries.

Footnotes

References
  1. Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. "Euro-Mediterranean Partnership". www.ilo.org/. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. "The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: from the Barcelona Process to the Union for the Mediterranean"; http://www.exteriores.gob.es/; accessed Dec 2020

Further reading
  • Joffe, George; Vasconcelos, Alvaro. The Barcelona Process: Building a Euro-Mediterranean Regional Community. Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0714651095
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