By Katia Adamo and Paolo Garonna, 2009

 

After an overview of current institutional cooperation in the Mediterranean and relevant macroeconomic indicators, this essay investigates the challenges and prospects of regional cooperation and integration within the key sectors of trade, transport, energy and environment. The experience of UNECE in pan-European and sectoral cooperation, combined with the prospects of interregional cooperation among the regional commissions of the United Nations, represents an opportunity to add momentum to economic cooperation and integration in the Mediterranean.