Region-Wide Support to the EU Southern Neighbourhood to Improve Anti-Corruption Policy and Operational Outcomes Contract related to: Region-Wide Support to the EU Southern Neighbourhood to Improve Anti-Corruption Policy and Operational Outcomes - Component 1: Region-Wide Support to the EU Southern Neighbourhood to Improve Anti-Corruption Policy and Operational OutcomesThe overall objective of this component is to improve anti-corruption policies and operational outcomes throughout the EU Southern Neighbourhood through intra-regional coordination on the issue of corruption, as well as similar coordination between the region and EU Member States through: Increased capacity of officials to exercise simplified and clarified roles throughout the chain of justice in the tracing, seizure and confiscation of assets linked to acts of corruption (this will include, where needed, entities in charge of monitoring annual financial declarations of public officials, police, prosecutors, judges and those involved in cross-border cooperation / mutual legal assistance). This would also include strengthening frameworks for non-penal confiscation of assets linked to corruption. &nbsp;Increased capacity of officials throughout the EU Southern Neighbourhood to conduct informal and formal cross-border cooperation, particularly in cases involving serious income-generating corruption (such as those involving the transfer of assets abroad), in line with the UNCAC, UNTOC, FATF Recommendations and key EU AML DirectivesStrengthened policies among Southern Neighbourhood countries to allow for streamlined region-based information sharing in the tracing and recovery of assets linked to corruptionBolstered mechanisms for increased and long-term sustainable messaging (to Southern Neighbourhood citizens and public officials) from civil society actors and journalists on the issue of reporting and uncovering acts of corruption (¿bottom-up empowerment)&nbsp;Component 2: Euromed Justice&nbsp;:The overall objective of the sixth phase of Euromed Justice is to strengthen the strategic and operational cooperation in judicial criminal matters in order to contribute to the protection of the EU neighbouring countries¿ citizens against criminal activities, while respecting the rule of law and human rights. The aim of this project is to enhance cooperation amongst national judicial authorities in the South, between the South and EU MSs and with EU judicial cooperation instances. Building on the previous phases of the programme, this sixth phase of Euromed Justice will focus further on&nbsp;Component 3: EU4MonitoringDrugs:The overall objective of the second phase of EU4MonitoringDrugs is to contribute to a more secure and healthier Europe and its neighbourhood through the enhancement of the capabilities of the ENP partners to contribute to strategic analyses of contemporary drug markets. The project also aims to further enhance response preparedness for emerging drug-related health and security threats in the ENP region and towards the EU. Following the capacity building stream of the first phase, this second phase will work towards more integrated virtual communities of practitioners, thus paving ground for more horizontal exchange and capacity building. Another novelty will be targeted support to national drug observatories (established, or in process to be set-up) in the ENP region.&nbsp;