Division Guidelines for the regional indicative programme

United Kingdom

1. 18Division 18
2. 19In the political field, as in the case of bilateral programmes, through measures falling within the scope of the MEDA Regulation, support may be given to:
3. 20In the economic and financial fields assistance will be given to prepare for the free trade area by promoting competitiveness and facilitating the economic transition in particular in the fields of customs regulations, rules of origin, statistics, norms and veterinary and phyto-sanitary regulations, as well as banking and stock markets.
4. 21In the social and cultural spheres, decentralized programmes of exchanges between the civil societies of the European Union and the Mediterranean partners will be implemented in the fields of academia, media, local government, technology and other fields of mutual interest.