Article 65

With a view to consolidating cooperation between the Parties in the social field, projects and programmes shall be carried out in any area of interest to them.

Priority will be given to:

1. (a)

   reducing migratory pressures, notably by improving living conditions, creating jobs, and income generating activities and developing training in areas from which emigrants come;

2. (b)

   promoting the role of women in economic and social development;

3. (c)

   bolstering and developing Egyptian family planning and mother and child protection programmes;

4. (d)

   improving the social protection system;

5. (e)

   improving the health care system;

6. (f)

   improving living conditions in poor areas;

7. (g)

   implementing and financing exchange and leisure programmes for mixed groups of Egyptian and European young people residing in the Member States, with a view to promoting mutual knowledge of their respective cultures and fostering tolerance.