Mediterranean Research Institutes
Several important regions (PACA, Lazio, Piemonte, Andalusia , Catalunya and Tuscany) share the goal of creating a common vision of the Mediterranean area and have been involved in numerous projects for territorial cooperation.The RIM, or Network of Mediterranean Institutes (Réseau des Instituts Méditerranéens), was created in 2006 with the purpose of establishing methodological and research foundations for the regional policies in the Mediterranean area.
Founders were L’Institut de la Méditerranée from Marseilles, the CeSPi from Rome, the Paralleli Institute from Turin, the lemed centre from Barcelona, the Tres Culturas foundation from Seville and the MAEM MEMA from Florence.The Plan of action for the Mediterranean, published in November 2006, was the first important contribution made towards establishing priorities and perspectives for shared regional governance. In 2008 the Region of Tuscany, along with the RIM’s institutional and research organisations, promoted the MEDGOVERNANCE Project that, approved within the MED 2007 2013 programme, is a new milestone in the journey for common governance of Mediterranean policies.
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