ARLEM

The Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) is a consultative assembly which aims at bringing a regional and local dimension to the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. It gathers 84 membersfrom the EU and its 16 Mediterranean partners who are representatives of regions and local bodies holding a regional or local authority mandate.

The inaugural ARLEM meeting took place on 21 January 2010 at the Pedralbes Palace in Barcelona, Spain.

The aim of ARLEM is :

• to give the Union for the Mediterranean a territorial dimension
• to involve local and regional authorities in its further development
• to demonstrate cooperation between local and regional authorities despite major political or institutional barriers
• to set up projects that contribute to make Euro-Mediterranean relations concrete and tangible for the citizens.

Contact:

ARLEM Secretariat 
Committee of the Regions
Rue Belliard/ Belliardstraat 99-101
B – 1040 Bruxelles/ Brussel 
Phone: +32 (0)2 282 2172
arlem-secretariat@cor.europa.eu