The EU's Mediterranean and Middle East Policy European Commission DG External relations. The ICM is based in Barcelona, with the desire to contribute to the study and diffusion of the realities of the Mediterranean area, in which Catalonia and other territories where the same language is spoken have had a primordial role. The EURO-MED Centre was created by the Department of Political Studies in 1997. Malta New official site of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies.
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It started its activities in April 1996. The members of the General Assembly comprise European Members of Parliament, prominent politicians and respected journalists. It was registered in 1973 as a non profit association. In 1979 it became a private foundation with a Board consisting of several institutions and individuals.