JOINT STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy Statistics Accompanying the document JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2014
Date: 2015-03-25
Institutions: European Commission, High Representative of the Union
Subjects: EU statistics, EU visa policy, European neighbourhood policy, balance of payments assistance, competitiveness, corruption, democratisation, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, employment statistics, higher education, human rights, inflation, macroeconomics, third country, trade relations













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JOINT STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy Statistics Accompanying the document JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2014 /* SWD/2015/0077 final */









Contents
Section I:
Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights. 4
1. State of
ratification/signature of selected human rights conventions. 4
2. Deep Democracy
Indicators. 7
2.1 Transparency
International Corruption Perceptions Index (2013-14). 7
2.2 Freedom House:
Freedom in the World (2013-14)*. 8
2.3 The Economist
Intelligence Unit’s Democracy index (2013)*. 9
2.4 World Press
Freedom Index (2013-14). 10
2.5 Freedom House:
Freedom on the Net 2014. 11
3. Other human
rights indicators. 12
3.1 Death penalty
(as of 30 June 2014). 12
3.2 LGBTI (lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender) rights (2013). 13
3.3 Ratification of
core labour standards (2013). 14
3.4 Gender
Inequality Index (2013). 15
3.5 Global Gender
Gap Index 2010-14 Rankings. 16
4. Other indicators. 17
4.1 UNDP Human
Development Index (2013). 17
4.2 Global Peace
Index Ranking (2013-14). 18
4.3 Ranking of
Happiness (2010-12)*. 19
4.4 World Bank’s
Doing Business 2014 Ranking. 20
4.5 Global
Competitiveness Index (2013-15). 21
Section II:
Macroeconomic indicators. 22
1. Real GDP growth
rate (%). 22
2. GDP per capita
(EUR). 23
3. Demographic
indicators (1). 24
4. Inflation rate,
average (%). 25
5. Unemployment rate
(% of labour force). 26
6. Employment rate
(% of persons aged 15-64). 28
7. Government debt
and deficit / surplus (%). 29
8. Current account
balance and trade balance (%). 30
Section III: The EU
and the Partners. 31
1. Main agreements
in force with partners. 31
2. Trade flows. 33
2.1. EU-28 trade
with European Neighbourhood policy (ENP) partner countries (million EUR). 33
2.2. Share of EU-28
in ENP trade (%). 34
2.3. Share of
mineral fuels and lubricants (SITC 3) in trade, EU-28 (%). 35
2.4. Main trading
partner based on the combined value of imports and exports. 36
2.5. EU-28 trade
with the world, 2014. 37
2.6. EU-28 trade
with eastern ENP partners, 2014. 38
2.7. EU-28 trade
with southern ENP partners, 2014. 39
3. Participation of ENP countries in FP7 (2007-13). 40
4. Schengen visas
issued by the EU Member States in the partner countries in 2013*. 41
5. University
cooperation and mobility of students and researchers. 42
6. European
Integration Index for Eastern Partnership countries, Open Societies Foundations
/ Renaissance Foundation*   48
Section IV: The
European Neighbourhood Instrument 2014-20. 49
1. The European
Neighbourhood Instrument. 49
2. Supporting
cooperation with Mediterranean countries. 50
3. Supporting
cooperation with Eastern Partnership countries. 54
4. Measures open to
all Neighbourhood countries (ENI-wide). 57
5. Cross-border
cooperation in the Neighbourhood region. 59
6. Overview of
commitments and payments. 60

Section I: Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
1. State of
ratification/signature of selected human rights conventions

* OP: Optional
Protocol
* Date of signature
in bold; date of ratification in standard. Also in bold, where an
instrument has been neither signed nor ratified (‘NO’).
* R: text
adopted with reservations
 State of ratification/ signature of major HR conventions * || ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights OP1* OP2 || ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights OP || CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women OP || CAT Convention against Torture OP Right to Individual Complaint (Art.22) || CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child OP AC OP SC 
 ALGERIA || 12/09/1989 || 12/09/1989 || 22/05/1996 — R || 12/09/1989 || 16/04/1993 
 OP1 – 12/09/1989 || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP-AC — 06/05/2009 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 12/09/1989 || OP-SC — 27/12/2006 
 ARMENIA || 23/06/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 23/06/1993 
 OP1 – 23/06/1993 || OP — 29/09/2009 || OP — 14/09/2006 || OP 14/09/2006 || OP-AC — 30/09/2005 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 30/06/2005 
 AZERBAIJAN || 13/08/1992 || 13/08/1992 || 10/07/1995 || 16/08/1996 || 13/08/1992 
 OP1 – 27/11/2001 || OP-25/09/2009 || OP — 01/06/2001 || OP 28/01/2009 || OP-AC — 03/07/2002 
 OP2 – 22/01/1999 ||   ||   || Art. 22 4/02/2002 || OP-SC — 03/07/2002 
 BELARUS || 12/11/1973 || 12/11/1973 || 04/02/1981 || 13/03/1987 || 01/10/1990 
 OP1 – 30/09/1992 || OP — NO || OP — 03/02/2004 || OP — NO || OP-AC — 25/01/2006 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 23/01/2002 
 EGYPT || 14/01/1982 || 14/01/1982 || 18/09/1981 R || 25/06/1986 || 06/07/1990 R 
 OP1 — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP-AC — 06/02/2007 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 12/07/2002 
* OP: Optional
Protocol
* Date of signature
in bold; date of ratification in standard. Also in bold, where an
instrument has been neither signed nor ratified (‘NO’).
* R: text
adopted with reservations
 GEORGIA || 01/05/1994 || 3/05/1994 || 26/10/1994  || 26/10/1994 || 02/06/1994 
 OP1 – 03/05/1994 || OP — NO || OP — 01/08/2002 || OP — 09/08/2005 || OP-AC — 03/08/2010 
 OP2 – 22/03/1999 ||   ||   || Art. 22 30/06/2005 || OP-SC — 28/06/2005 
 ISRAEL || 03/10/1991  || 03/10/1991 ||  03/10/1991 R || 03/10/1991 R || 03/10/1991 
 OP1 — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP-AC — 18/07/2005 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 23/07/2008 
 JORDAN || 28/05/1975 || 28/05/1975 || 01/07/1992 R || 13/11/1991 || 24/05/1991 R 
 OP1 — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP-AC — 23/05/2007 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 04/12/2006 
 LEBANON || 3/11/1972 || 03/11/1972 || 16/04/1997 R || 05/10/2000 || 14/05/1991 
 OP1 — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP — 22/12//2008 || OP-AC — 11/02/2002 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 08/11/2004 
 LIBYA || 15/05/1970 || 15/05/1970 || 16/05/1989 — R || 16/05/1989 || 15/04/1993 
 OP1 – 16/05/1989 || OP — NO || OP — 18/06/2004 || OP — NO || OP-AC — 29/10/2004 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 18/06/2004 
 MOROCCO || 03/05/1979 || 03/05/1979 || 21/06/1993 R || 21/06/1993 R || 21/06/1993 R 
 OP1 — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP — 24/11/2014 || OP-AC — 22/05/2002 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 19/10/2006 || OP-SC — 02/10/2001 
 MOLDOVA || 26/01/1993 || 26/01/1993 || 01/07/1994 || 28/11/1995 || 26/01/1993 
 OP1 – 23/01/2008 || OP — NO || OP — 28/02/2006 || OP — 24/07/2006 || OP-AC — 7/04/2004 
 OP2 – 20/09/2006 ||   ||   || Art. 22 02/09/2011 || OP-SC — 12/04/2007 
* OP: Optional
Protocol
* Date of signature
in bold; date of ratification in standard. Also in bold, where an
instrument has been neither signed nor ratified (‘NO’).
* R: text
adopted with reservations
 SYRIA || 21/04/1969 || 21/04/1969 || 28/03/2003 || 19/08/2004 || 15/07/1993 
 OP1 — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP — NO || OP-AC — 17/10/2003 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 — NO || OP-SC — 15/05/2003 
 TUNISIA || 18/03/1969 || 18/03/1969 || 20/09/1985 R || 23/09/1988 R || 30/01/1992 
 OP1 – 29/06/11 || OP — NO || OP — 23/09/2008 || OP — 29/06/2011 || OP-AC — 02/01/2003 
 OP2 — NO ||   ||   || Art. 22 23/09/1988 || OP-SC — 13/09/2002 
 UKRAINE || 12/11/1973  || 12/11/1973 || 12/03/1981  || 24/02/1987 || 28/08/1991 
 OP1 – 25/07/1991 || OP — 24/09/09 || OP — 26/09/2003 || OP — 19/09/2006 || OP-AC — 11/07/2005 
 OP2 – 25/07/2007 ||   ||   || Art. 22 12/09/2003 || OP-SC — 03/07/2003 
Source:
http://treaties.un.org.
Art. 22 CAT: http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cat/pages/catindex.aspx.

2. Deep
Democracy Indicators
2.1 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index
(2013-14)

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries/territories based
on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country/territory’s
score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0
– 100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100
means that a country is perceived as very clean. A country’s rank indicates its
position relative to the other countries/territories included in the index.
                                                                             2013                                               2014
                                                    Rank
(1-177)          Score              Rank (1-175)          Score
 Algeria || 94 || 36 || 100 || 36 
 Armenia || 94 || 36 || 94 || 37 
 Azerbaijan || 127 || 28 || 126 || 29 
 Belarus || 123 || 29 || 119 || 31 
 Egypt || 114 || 32 || 94 || 37 
 Georgia || 55 || 49 || 52 || 50 
 Israel || 36 || 61 || 37 || 60 
 Jordan || 66 || 45 || 55 || 49 
 Lebanon || 127 || 28 || 136 || 27 
 Libya || 172 || 15 || 166 || 18 
 Moldova || 102 || 35 || 103 || 35 
 Morocco || 91 || 37 || 80 || 39 
 Palestine[1] || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A 
 Syria || 168 || 17 || 159 || 20 
 Tunisia || 77 || 41 || 79 || 40 
 Ukraine || 144 || 25 || 142 || 26 
Source:
2013 report: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/.
2014
report: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results.

2.2 Freedom House: Freedom in the World (2013-14)*

The
Freedom in the World report assesses the real-world human rights and
fundamental freedoms enjoyed by individuals. The 2014 Freedom House assessment
is based on data from 1 January 2013, through 31 December 2013. The freedom
rating is graded using a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 represents the maximum
freedom. The 2014 edition covers developments in 195 countries and 14
territories.
   || 2013 || 2014 
   || Freedom rating || Freedom status || Freedom rating || Freedom status 
 Algeria || 5.5 || Not Free || 5.5 || Not Free 
 Armenia || 4.5 || Partly Free || 4.5 || Partly Free 
 Azerbaijan || 5.5 || Not Free || 6 ▼ || Not Free 
 Belarus || 6.5 || Not Free || 6.5 || Not Free 
 Egypt || 5 || Partly Free || 5.5 ▼ || Not Free 
 Georgia || 3 || Partly Free || 3 || Partly Free 
 Israel || 1.5 || Free || 1.5 || Free 
 Jordan || 5.5 || Not Free || 5.5 || Not Free 
 Lebanon || 4.5 || Partly Free || 4.5 || Partly Free 
 Libya || 4.5 || Partly Free || 4.5 || Partly Free 
 Moldova || 3 || Partly Free || 3 || Partly Free 
 Morocco || 4.5 || Partly Free || 4.5 || Partly Free 
 Palestine || 5.5 West Bank            6 Gaza Strip || Not Free || 5.5 West Bank 6.5 Gaza Strip ▼ || Not Free 
 Syria || 7 || Not Free || 7 || Not Free 
 Tunisia || 3.5 || Partly Free || 3▲ || Partly Free 
 Ukraine || 3.5 || Partly Free || 3.5 || Partly Free 
Source: 
Freedom in the World 2013: http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2013#.UuIySnevmUk.
Freedom in the World 2014: http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2014#.UuIyCXevmUm.
*No
figures available for 2014 at the time of writing.
2.3
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy index (2013)*
The
Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy index provides a snapshot of the state
of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories — this
covers almost the entire population of the world and the vast majority of the
world’s states (microstates are excluded). The Democracy index is based on five
categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning
of government; political participation; and political culture. Countries are
categorised as one of four types of regime: full democracies; flawed
democracies; hybrid regimes; and authoritarian regimes.
   || Rank 2013 || Type of regime 
 Algeria || 118 || Authoritarian 
 Armenia || 116 || Hybrid 
 Azerbaijan || 140 || Authoritarian 
 Belarus || 142 || Authoritarian 
 Egypt || 135 || Authoritarian 
 Georgia || 78 || Hybrid 
 Israel || 39 || Flawed 
 Jordan || 122 || Authoritarian 
 Lebanon || 98 || Hybrid 
 Libya || 101 || Hybrid 
 Moldova || 69 || Flawed 
 Morocco || 115 || Hybrid 
 Palestine || 103 || Hybrid 
 Syria || 158 || Authoritarian 
 Tunisia || 90 || Hybrid 
 Ukraine || 85 || Hybrid 
Source: 
Report 2013: http://www.eiu.com/Handlers/WhitepaperHandler.ashx?fi=Democracy_Index_2013_WEB-2.pdf&mode=wp&campaignid=Democracy0814.
*No
figures available for 2014 at the time of writing.

2.4 World
Press Freedom Index (2013-14)

The World Press
Freedom Index is a reflection of the attitudes and intentions of governments
towards media freedom, ranking from 1-179. Many criteria are considered,
ranging from legislation to violence against journalists.
                                                           
Rank 2013             Rank
2014              Change in rating
 Algeria          || 125 ||                         121 || +4 
 Armenia || 74 || 78 || -4 
 Azerbaijan || 156 || 160 || -4 
 Belarus || 157 || 157 || = 
 Egypt || 158 || 159 || -1 
 Georgia || 100 || 84 || +16 
 Israel || 112 || 96 || +16 
 Jordan || 134 || 141 || -7 
 Lebanon || 101 || 106 || -5 
 Libya || 131 || 137 || -6 
 Moldova || 55 || 56 || -1 
 Morocco || 136 || 136 || = 
 Palestine || 146 || 138 || +8 
 Syria || 176 || 177 || -1 
 Tunisia || 138 || 133 || +5 
 Ukraine || 126 || 127 || -1 
Source:
World Press Freedom Index 2013, http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html.
World Press Freedom Index 2014, https://rsf.org/index2014/data/index2014_en.pdf.

2.5 Freedom House: Freedom on the Net 2014

 Country || Freedom on the Net 2014 Status  || Total   0-100 points || Subtotal: Obstacles to Access 0-25 points || Subtotal: Limits on Content 0-35 points || Subtotal: Violations of User Rights 0-40 points 
 Armenia || Free ||   28 ||   7 ||   9 ||   12 
 Azerbaijan || Partly Free ||   55 ||   14 ||   17 ||   24 
 Belarus || Not Free ||   62 ||   15 ||   20 ||   27 
 Egypt || Partly Free ||   60 ||   15 ||   12 ||   33 
 Georgia || Free ||   26 ||   8 ||   7 ||   11 
 Jordan || Partly Free ||   48 ||   12 ||   15 ||   21 
 Lebanon || Partly Free ||   47 ||   14 ||   12 ||   21 
 Libya || Partly Free ||   48 ||   18 ||   9 ||   21 
 Morocco || Partly Free ||   44 ||   11 ||   10 ||   23 
 Syria || Not Free ||   88 ||   25 ||   26 ||   37 
 Tunisia || Partly Free ||   39 ||   11 ||   8 ||   20 
 Ukraine || Partly Free ||   33 ||   8 ||   8 ||   17 
Source:
Freedom House, 2014 Global Scores, 
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net-2014/freedom-net-2014-graphics.

3. Other human rights indicators
3.1 Death penalty (as of 30 June 2014)

                
Is death penalty applied?
 Death penalty || UN resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (adopted on 20 December 2012) 
 Algeria || De facto moratorium since 1993 || In favour 
 Armenia || Abolished by Constitution || In favour 
 Azerbaijan || Abolished by Constitution || In favour 
 Belarus || Applied || Abstained 
 Egypt || Applied || Against 
 Georgia || Abolished by Constitution || In favour 
 Israel || Abolished for ordinary crimes by Constitution || In favour 
 Jordan || Applied (1) || Abstained 
 Lebanon || Applied || Abstained 
 Libya || De facto moratorium since 2011 || Against 
 Moldova || Abolished by Constitution || In favour 
 Morocco || De facto moratorium since 1993 || Abstained 
 Palestine || De facto moratorium in West Bank since 2005 Applied in Gaza Strip || UN non-member state 
 Syria || Applied || Against 
 Tunisia || De facto moratorium since 1991 || In favour 
 Ukraine || Abolished by Constitution || In favour 
                                                                            
Source: http://www.handsoffcain.info/bancadati/index.php?tipotema=arg&idtema=19000517.
(1)
In December, Jordan executed 11 individuals and hence cancelled its 8-year de
facto moratorium on the death penalty.

3.2 LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights (2013)

                                                      
Is homosexuality legal or illegal?
 Algeria || Illegal 
 Armenia || Legal 
 Azerbaijan || Legal 
 Belarus || Legal 
 Egypt || Illegal for male to male relationships / Unclear for female to female relationships 
 Georgia || Legal 
 Israel || Legal 
 Jordan || Legal 
 Lebanon || Illegal 
 Libya || Illegal 
 Moldova || Legal 
 Morocco || Illegal 
 Palestine || Illegal for male to male relationships / Legal for female to female relationships 
 Syria || Illegal 
 Tunisia || Illegal 
 Ukraine || Legal 
Source: http://ilga.org.

3.3 Ratification of core labour standards (2013)

Core
labour standards are fundamental principles that protect basic human rights in
the workforce. As stated in the International Labour Organisation’s 1998
Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, core labour standards
aim to: eliminate all forms of forced or compulsory labour; effectively abolish
child labour; eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation;
and ensure the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.
     ||   Elimination of forced and compulsory labour ||   Abolition of child labour || Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation || Freedom of association and collective bargaining 
 Convention || C29 || C105 || C138 || C182 || C100 || C111 || C87 || C98 
 Algeria || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Armenia || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Azerbaijan || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Belarus || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Egypt || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Georgia || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Israel || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Jordan || X || X || X || X || X || X || Not ratified || X 
 Lebanon || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Libya || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
   Moldova || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Morocco || X || X || X || X || X || X || Not ratified || X 
 Palestine || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - 
 Syria || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Tunisia || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
 Ukraine || X || X || X || X || X || X || X || X 
Source: ILOLEX, http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newratframeE.htm.

3.4 Gender Inequality Index (2013)

The
Gender Inequality Index (GII) reflects women’s disadvantages in three
dimensions: reproductive health; empowerment; and the labour market. The index
shows the loss in human development due to inequality between female and male
achievements in these dimensions. It ranges from 0, which indicates that women
and men fare equally, to 1, which indicates that women fare as poorly as
possible in all measured dimensions.
                                             Ranking (1-187)                GII         Human
development category
 Algeria || 81 || 0.425 || High 
 Armenia || 60 || 0.325 || High 
 Azerbaijan || 62 || 0.340 || High 
 Belarus || 28 || 0.125 || High 
 Egypt || 130 || 0.580 || Medium 
 Georgia || 81 || 0.438 || High 
 Israel || 17 || 0.101 || Very high 
 Jordan || 101 || 0.488 || High 
 Lebanon || 80 || 0.413 || High 
 Libya || 40 || 0.215 || High 
 Moldova || 51 || 0.302 || Medium 
 Morocco || 92 || 0.460 || Medium 
 Palestine || N/A || N/A || Medium 
 Syria || 125 || 0.556 || Medium 
 Tunisia || 48 || 0.265 || High 
 Ukraine || 61 || 0.326 || High 
Source: UNDP, http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-4-gender-inequality-index.

3.5 Global Gender Gap Index 2010-14 Rankings

The Global Gender Gap Report, first published by
the World Economic Forum in 2006, provides a framework for capturing the
magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities around the world. The index
benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health
criteria and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparison
across regions and income groups and over time. The Global Gender Gap Report
2014 benchmarks national gender gaps of 136 countries.
   || Rank 2010 || Rank 2011 || Rank 2012 || Rank 2013 || Rank 2014 
 Algeria || 119 || 121 || 120 || 124 || 126 
 Armenia || 84 || 84 || 92 || 94 || 103 
 Azerbaijan || 100 || 91 || 99 || 99 || 94 
 Belarus || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || 32 
 Egypt || 125 || 123 || 126 || 125 || 129 
 Georgia || 88 || 86 || 85 || 86 || 85 
 Israel || 52 || 55 || 56 || 53 || 65 
 Jordan || 120 || 117 || 121 || 119 || 134 
 Lebanon || 116 || 118 || 122 || 123 || 135 
 Libya || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A 
 Moldova || 34 || 39 || 45 || 52 || 25 
 Morocco || 127 || 129 || 129 || 129 || 133 
 Palestine || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A 
 Syria || 124 || 124 || 132 || 133 || 139 
 Tunisia || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || 123 
 Ukraine || 63 || 64 || 64 || 64 || 56 
Source:
Gender
Gap Report 2012, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2012.pdf.
Gender Gap Report 2013, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2013.pdf.
Gender Gap Report 2014, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GGGR14/GGGR_CompleteReport_2014.pdf.

4. Other indicators


4.1 UNDP Human Development Index (2013)

The
Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure for assessing long-term
progress in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy
life; access to knowledge; and a decent standard of living. It ranges from 0 to
1, with the higher-scoring countries being ‘developed’ and the lower ones being
‘developing’ or ‘undeveloped’.
                                                   Ranking (1-187)             HDI       Human development
category
 Algeria || 93 || 0.717 || High ||   
 Armenia || 87 || 0.730 || High ||   
 Azerbaijan || 76 || 0.747 || High ||   
 Belarus || 53 || 0.786 || High ||   
 Egypt || 110 || 0.682 || Medium ||   
 Georgia || 72 || 0.745 || High ||   
 Israel || 19 || 0.888 || Very high ||   
 Jordan || 77 || 0.745 || High ||   
 Lebanon || 65 || 0.765 || High ||   
 Libya || 55 || 0.641 || High ||   
 Moldova || 114 || 0.663 || Medium ||   
 Morocco || 129 || 0.399 || Medium ||   
 Palestine || 107 || N/A || Medium ||   
 Syria || 118 || 0.658 || Medium ||   
 Tunisia || 90 || 0.721 || High ||   
 Ukraine || 83 ||   0.734 || High ||   
Source:
UNDP, Human Development Report 2014: http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr14-report-en-1.pdf

4.2 Global Peace Index Ranking (2013-14)

The Global Peace Index comprises more than 20 indicators of the
existence or absence of violence or the fear of violence (focusing on ongoing
domestic and international conflict, safety and security in society,
militarisation). The indicators were originally selected in 2007 with the
assistance of an international panel of independent experts and have been
reviewed by the expert panel on an annual basis.
                                                                      2013                                              2014
                                               Rank
(1-158)            Score            Rank (1-162)          Score
 Algeria || 119 || 2.284 || 114 || 2.239 
 Armenia || 98 || 2.123 || 97 || 2.097 
 Azerbaijan || 126 || 2.350 || 123 || 2.365 
 Belarus || 96 || 2.117 || 92 || 2.078 
 Egypt || 113 || 2.258 || 143 || 2.571 
 Georgia || 139 || 2.511 || 111 || 2.225 
 Israel || 150 || 2.730 || 149 || 2.689 
 Jordan || 52 || 1.858 || 56 || 1.861 
 Lebanon || 142 || 2.575 || 146 || 2.62 
 Libya || 145 || 2.604 || 133 || 2.453 
 Moldova || 74 || 1.984 || 71 || 1.971 
 Morocco || 57 || 1.897 || 63 || 1.915 
 Palestine || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A 
 Syria || 160 || 3.393 || 162 || 3.65 
 Tunisia || 77 || 2.005 || 79 || 2.001 
 Ukraine || 111 || 2.238 || 141 || 2.546 
Source:
2013 report: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/pdf/gpi/2013_Global_Peace_Index_Report.pdf.
2014 report: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/2014%20Global%20Peace%20Index%20REPORT.pdf.

4.3 Ranking of Happiness (2010-12)*

The World
Happiness Report assembles the available international happiness data. The data
indicates how people rate both their emotions and their lives as a whole, and
so aims to measure subjective well-being. The ranking is based on each
country’s average answers to Gallup World Poll question WP16, where respondents
are asked to evaluate the current state of their lives, using the image of a
ladder, with the best possible life for them as a 10 and the worst possible
life as a zero.
                                                                                      2010-12                                                    
   ||   || Rank      (1-156)   ||   
 Algeria ||   || 73        (5.422) ||   
 Armenia ||   || 128        (4.316) ||   
 Azerbaijan ||   || 116        (4.604) ||   
 Belarus ||   || 66        (5.504) ||   
 Egypt ||   || 130        (4.273) ||   
 Georgia ||   || 134        (4.187) ||   
 Israel ||   || 11        (7.301) ||   
 Jordan ||   || 74        (5.414) ||   
 Lebanon ||   || 97        (4.931) ||   
 Libya ||   || 78        (5.340) ||   
 Moldova ||   || 53        (5.791) ||   
 Morocco ||   || 99        (4.885) ||   
 Palestine ||   || 113       (4.700) ||   
 Syria ||   || 148        (3.892) ||   
 Tunisia ||   || 104        (4.826) ||   
 Ukraine ||   || 87        (5.057) ||   
Source:
World Happiness Report 2013: http://unsdsn.org/files/2013/09/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf.
*No
data available for 2014 at the time of writing.

4.4 World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 Ranking

Economies
are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1-189 (2013). A high ranking
on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is more
conducive to the starting up and operation of a local firm. This index averages
the country’s percentile rankings on 10 topics, made up of a variety of
indicators, giving equal weight to each topic. The 2014 rankings for all
economies are benchmarked to June 2013.
                                            Rank 2013 (2014)           Rank 2014 (2015)       Change in
rating         
 Algeria           || 153 || 154 || -1 ||   
 Armenia || 37 || 45 || -8 ||   
 Azerbaijan || 70 || 80 || -10 ||   
 Belarus || 63 || 57 || +6 ||   
 Egypt || 128 || 112 || +16 ||   
 Georgia || 8 || 15 || -7 ||   
 Israel || 35 || 40 || -5 ||   
 Jordan || 119 || 117 || +2 ||   
 Lebanon || 111 || 104 || +7 ||   
 Libya || 187 || 188 || -1 ||   
 Moldova || 78 || 63 || +15 ||   
 Morocco || 87 || 71 || +16 ||   
 Palestine || 138 || 143 || -5 ||   
 Syria || 165 || 175 || -10 ||   
 Tunisia || 51 || 60 || -9 ||   
 Ukraine || 112 || 96 || +16 ||   
Source: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings.

4.5 Global Competitiveness Index (2013-15)

The Global
Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 assesses the competitiveness landscape of 144
economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and
prosperity.
                                                                                                                                              
   || Rank 2013-14 || Rank 2014-15 || Change in rating 
 Algeria           || 100 || 79 || +21 
 Armenia || 79 || 85 || -6 
 Azerbaijan || 39 || 38 || +1 
 Belarus || N/A || N/A || N/A 
 Egypt || 118 || 119 || -1 
 Georgia || 72 || 69 || +3 
 Israel || 27 || 27 || = 
 Jordan || 68 || 84 || -16 
 Lebanon || 103 || 113 || -10 
 Libya || 108 || 126 || -18 
 Moldova || 89 || 82 || +7 
 Morocco || 77 || 72 || +5 
 Palestine || N/A || N/A || N/A 
 Syria || N/A || N/A || N/A 
 Tunisia || 83 || 87 || -4 
 Ukraine || 84 || 76 || +8 
Source:
Global Competitiveness Index 2013-2014, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GCR2013-14/GCR_Rankings_2013-14.pdf.
Global Competitiveness Index 2014-2015, http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-report-2014-2015/wp-content/blogs.dir/54/mp/files/pages/files/wef-gcr1415-rankings.pdf.

Section II: Macroeconomic indicators
1. Real GDP growth rate (%)
 
   || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 
 Algeria || 1.6 || 3.6 || 2.8 || 3.3 || 2.8 || 4.0f 
 Armenia || -14.1 || 2.2 || 4.7 || 7.2 || 3.5 || 2.6f 
 Azerbaijan || 9.3 || 5.0p || 0.1 || 2.2 || 5.8p || 2.8f 
 Belarus || 0.2 || 7.7 || 5.5 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 1.6f 
 Egypt (1) || 4.7 || 5.1 || 1.8 || : || 2.1 || 2.2f 
 Georgia || -3.7 || 6.2 || 7.2 || 6.4 || 3.3 || 4.7f 
 Israel (2) || 1.9 || 5.8 || 4.2 || 3.0 || 3.2 || 2.9f 
 Jordan || 5.2 || 2.3 || 2.6 || 2.7 || 2.8 || 3.2f 
 Lebanon || 10.1 || 8.0 || 0.9 || 2.8 || 3.0 || 1.8f 
 Libya (3) || -2.9 || 3.7 || -67.3 || 134.3 || : || -19.7f 
 Moldova || -6.0 || 7.1 || 6.8 || -0.7 || 9.4 || 2.0f 
 Morocco || 4.9 || 3.6 || 5.0p || 3.1 || 5.5 || 3.0f 
 Palestine (4) || 8.7 || 8.1 || 12.4 || 6.3 || 2.2 || -3.7f 
 Syria || : || : || : || : || : || : 
 Tunisia || 3.1s || 2.8 || -1.9 || 3.8 || 2.5p || 2.4e 
 Ukraine (5) || -15.1 || 4.1 || 5.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || -7.1f 
Source: Eurostat, based on data supplied by the national statistical
authorities of the ENP countries; figures in italics are European
Commission services forecasts.
Notes: (1) 2009-11: based on constant
price data with 2007 as reference year; 2013: based on constant price data with
2012 as reference year. (2) Based on 2008 SNA. (3) Based on constant price data
with 2003 as reference year. (4) Calculated from a time series expressed in US
dollars. Constant prices with 2004 as reference year. (5) Based on ESA 2010.
: = not available / e=estimate /
f=forecast / p=provisional / s = calculated or estimated by Eurostat.
 2. GDP per capita (EUR)     || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 
 Algeria || 2 793 || 3 359 || 3 871 || 4 207 || 4 103 || 4 094f 
 Armenia (1) || 1 909 || 2 142 || 2 415 || 2 562 || 2 599 || 2 744f 
 Azerbaijan || 3 596 || 4 472p || 5 233 || 5 905 || 5 956p || 6 510f 
 Belarus || 3 721 || 4 388 || 4 877 || 5 231 || 5 820 || 6 162f 
 Egypt || 1 803 || 2 085 || 2 060 || 2 459 || 2 283 || 2 503f 
 Georgia || 1 760 || 1 978 || 2 321 || 2 740 || 2 710 || 2 712f 
 Israel (2) || 19 873 || 23 196 || 23 926 || 25 318 || 27 150 || 28 507f 
 Jordan || 1 663 || 1 859 || 1 929 || 2 120 || 2 210 || 4 520f 
 Lebanon || : || : || : || : || : || 7 917f 
 Libya || 6 463 || 9 060 || 3 953 || 10 963 || : || 6 617f 
 Moldova || 1 092 || 1 231 || 1 416 || 1 593 || 1 689 || 1 636f 
 Morocco || 2 066 || 2 151 || 2 217 || 2 294 || 2 381 || 2 550f 
 Palestine || 1 408 || 1 764 || 1 914 || 2 169 || 2 253 || 1 832f 
 Syria || : || : || : || : || : || : 
 Tunisia || 2 983 || 3 152 || 3 088 || 3 250 || 3 198p || 3 277e 
 Ukraine (3) || 1 892 || 2 319 || 2 661 || 3 116 || 3 119 || 2 275f 
Source: Eurostat, based on data
  supplied by the national statistical authorities of the ENP countries;
  figures in italics are European Commission services forecasts.
Notes:
(1) 2010-13: calculated on the basis of 2011 population census
  results. (2) Based on 2008 SNA. (3) Based on ESA 2010.
:
  = not available / f = forecast / p = provisional.

3. Demographic indicators (1)
 
   || Population (thousands) || Population under 15 (% of total population) || Population aged 65 or over (% of total population) || Population, annual average growth rate (%) ||   
   || 2000 || 2014 || 2000 || 2014 || 2000 || 2014 || 2000 to 2014 ||   
 Algeria || 30 183 || 37  894 || 34.1 || 28.0 || 4.6 || 5.6 || 1.8 ||   
 Armenia || 3  227 || 3  017 || 24.7 || 19.1 || 9.0 || 10.6 || -0.5 ||   
 Azerbaijan (2) || 8 033e || 9 356e || 31.7e || 22.3e || 5.2e || 5.8e || 1.2 ||   
 Belarus || 10 003 || 9 468 || 19.0 || 15.7 || 13.3 || 13.9 || -0.4 ||   
 Egypt || 63 860 || 86 814 || 32.7 || 31.3 || 3.7 || 4.3 || 2.2 ||   
 Georgia || 4 435 || 4 490 || 21.3 || 17.1 || 12.4 || 14.0 || 0.1 ||   
 Israel (3) || 6 369 || 8 134 || 28.5 || 28.2 || 9.8 || 10.6 || 1.9 ||   
 Jordan (3) || 4 738 || 6 675e || 41.4 || 37.3e || 2.6 || 3.2e || 2.5 ||   
 Lebanon (4) || 3 755e || 3 780 || 27.2 || 23.0 || 7.5 || 10.4 || 0.1 ||   
 Libya || : || : || : || : || : || : || : ||   
 Moldova || 3 644 || 3 558 || 23.8 || 16.0 || 9.4 || 10.0 || -0.2 ||   
 Morocco (5) || 28 275e || 33 305 || 31.0e || 25.9 || 5.5e || 6.2 || 1.2 ||   
 Palestine (5) || 3 053 || 4 550 || 43.1 || 39.7 || 3.1 || 2.9 || 2.9 ||   
 Syria || : || : || : || : || : || : || : ||   
 Tunisia (5) || 9 619s || 11 015 || 29.3 || 25.3 || 6.4 || 8.1 || 1.0 ||   
 Ukraine || 49 115 || 45 246 || 17.9 || 14.8 || 13.9 || 15.3 || -0.6 ||   
Source: Eurostat, based on data
supplied by the national statistical authorities of the ENP countries.
Notes:
(1) Algeria, Azerbaijan, and Israel: 2013 instead of 2014. Tunisia:
2001 instead of 2000. Lebanon: 2004 instead of 2000 and 2012 instead of 2014.
Proportion of population under 15 or 65 and over: Morocco, 2004 instead of
2000; Palestine, 2007 instead of 2000.
(2) 2000: data were compiled based on population census data for
2009. (3) Population at the end of the year. (4) Population estimate. Excludes
Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Based on survey data rather than
registered on 1 January. (5) Mid-year population.
:
= not available / e = estimate / s = calculated or estimated by Eurostat.

 4.
Inflation rate, average (%)
 
   || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 
 Algeria (1) || 5.7 || 4.0 || 4.5 || 8.9 || 3.3 || 2.9 
 Armenia || 3.4 || 8.2 || 7.7 || 2.6 || 5.8 || 2.2f 
 Azerbaijan || 1.5 || 5.7 || 7.9 || 1.1 || 2.4 || 1.4f 
 Belarus || 13.0 || 7.8 || 53.2 || 59.2 || 18.3 || 18.1f 
 Egypt || 11.8 || 11.1 || 10.1 || 7.1 || 9.5 || 10.1f 
 Georgia || 1.7 || 7.1 || 8.5 || -0.9 || -0.5 || 3.1f 
 Israel (1) || 3.3 || 2.7 || 3.5 || 1.7 || 1.5 || -0.2f 
 Jordan || -0.7 || 5.0 || 4.4 || 4.6 || 5.6 || 3.0f 
 Lebanon || 3.4 || 4.6 || 3.1 || 10.1 || 1.1 || 3.5f 
 Libya || : || : || : || : || : || 4.8f 
 Moldova || 0.0 || 7.4 || 7.6 || 4.6 || 4.6 || 4.6f 
 Morocco || 1.0 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 1.3 || 1.9 || 1.1f 
 Palestine || 2.8 || 3.7 || 2.9 || 2.8 || 1.7 || 2.0f 
 Syria || : || : || : || : || : || : 
 Tunisia || 3.5 || 4.4 || 3.5 || 5.6 || 6.1 || 5.5 
 Ukraine || 15.9 || 9.4 || 8.0 || 0.6 || -0.3 || 12.1f 
Source: Eurostat, based
on data supplied by the national statistical authorities of the ENP countries; figures in italics are European Commission services
forecasts.
Notes:
(1) Index value at the end of the year.
: = not available / f = forecast.

5. Unemployment rate (% of labour force)
 
   || Unemployment rate (persons aged 15-64) || Unemployment rate, 2013 
 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 || Male (15-64 years) || Female (15-64 years) || Youth (15-24 years) 
 Algeria (1) || 10.2 || 10.0 || 10.0 || 11.0 || 9.8 || 9.8 || 8.3 || 16.3 || 24.8 
 Armenia (2) || 19.6 || 19.8 || 16.6 || 17.9 || 16.9 || 17.2f || 14.9 || 18.8 || 36.1 
 Azerbaijan (3) || 5.7 || 5.6 || 5.4 || 5.2 || 5.0 || 6.1f || 4.0 || 5.9 || 13.7 
 Belarus (4) || 0.9 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.5f || 0.6 || 0.4 || : 
 Egypt || 9.5 || 9.1 || 12.1 || 12.9 || 13.4 || 13.4f || 10.0 || 24.4 || 34.2 
 Georgia (5) || 16.9 || 16.3 || 15.1 || 15.0 || 14.6 || 14.1f || 16.5 || 12.3 || 35.6 
 Israel (6) || 7.7 || 6.8 || 5.7 || 7.0b || 6.3 || 5.7f || 6.3 || 6.4 || 10.5 
 Jordan || 12.9 || 12.5 || 12.9 || 12.2 || 12.6 || 12.6f || 10.6 || 22.2 || 34.1 
 Lebanon (7) || 6.4 || : || : || 10.0 || : || : || 7.8 || 14.9 || 18.7 
 Libya || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : 
 Moldova (3) || 6.4 || 7.4 || 6.7 || 5.6 || 5.1 || 6.0f || 6.0 || 4.1 || 12.2 
 Morocco || 9.1 || 9.1 || 8.9 || 9.0 || 9.2 || 9.9f || 9.1 || 9.6 || 19.1 
 Palestine || 24.5 || 23.7 || 20.9 || 23.2 || 23.6 || 30.0f || 20.7 || 35.4 || 41.0 
 Syria || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : 
 Tunisia || 13.3 || 13.0 || 18.3 || 17.6 || 15.9 || 15.3f || 13.3 || 23.0 || 34.7 
 Ukraine (8) || 8.8 || 8.1 || 7.9 || 7.5 || 7.2 || 9.2f || 8.0 || 6.2 || 17.4 
Source:
Eurostat, based on data supplied by the national statistical authorities of the
ENP countries; figures in italics are European Commission services
services forecasts.
Notes:
(1)
An unemployed person is someone of working age (16-59), without employment at
the moment of the statistical survey, looking for work and available to work
within two weeks. Young unemployed persons are aged 16-24. Data for 2014 refer
to April.
(2)
Except for the youth unemployment rate, data are related to persons aged 15-75.
(3)
Except for the youth unemployment rate, data are related to persons aged 15-74.
(4)
Registered unemployment, annual average. Except for the youth unemployment
rate, data are related to persons aged 15-74.
(5)
Except for the youth unemployment rate, data are related to persons aged 15 and
more.
(6)
As of 2012, the data refer to the entire labour force (including those who are
in compulsory or permanent military service); see explanation in the
introduction: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications13/saka0313q/pdf/intro_e_e.pdf.
(7)
Male, female and youth unemployment rates: 2012.
(8)
Except for the youth unemployment rate, data are related to persons aged 15-70.
:
= not available / b = break in series / f = forecast.

6. Employment rate (% of persons aged 15-64)
 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
   || Employment rate || Employment rate, 2013 
 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || male || female 
 Algeria ||   || 39.8 || 37.1 || 38.4 || 40.2 || 41.9 || 68.3 || 15.0 
 Armenia ||   || 49.6 || 51.4 || 53.3 || 53.7 || 55.2 || 63.7 || 48.2 
 Azerbaijan ||   || 66.0 || 65.6 || 65.1 || 65.6 || 66.0 || 69.3 || 62.9 
 Belarus (1) ||   || 79.2 || 80.1 || 80.6 || 80.0 || 80.4 || 75.5 || 85.6 
 Egypt ||   || 45.8 || 44.5 || 45.1 || 44.6 || 44.5 || 69.8 || 18.5 
 Georgia ||   || 56.2 || 57.4 || 59.3 || 60.4 || 60.1 || 67.3 || 53.6 
 Israel (2) ||   || 59.2 || 60.2 || 60.9 || 66.5b || 67.1 || 71.2 || 63.0 
 Jordan ||   || : || : || : || : || 32.4 || 54.0 || 10.3 
 Lebanon (3) ||   || 47.6 || : || : || 49.2 || : || 73.8 || 26.7 
 Libya ||   || : || : || : || : || : || : || : 
 Moldova ||   || 44.6 || 43.0 || 43.8 || 42.7 || 43.6 || 45.1 || 42.2 
 Morocco ||   || 43.7 || 43.4 || 43.2 || 42.5 || 42.3 || 63.9 || 22.0 
 Palestine ||   || 32.6 || 32.6 || 35.2 || 34.8 || 34.7 || 56.7 || 11.7 
 Syria ||   || : || : || : || : || : || : || : 
 Tunisia ||   || 43.4 || 43.8 || 42.3 || 42.3 || 44.0 || 66.8 || 21.8 
 Ukraine ||   || 61.0 || 61.5 || 61.9 || 62.4 || 62.9 || 68.1 || 58.2 
Source:
Eurostat, based on data supplied by the national statistical authorities of the
ENP countries.
Notes:
(1)
Proportion of employed persons of all ages in the total population of working
age (men aged 16-59, women aged 16-54). (2) As of 2012, the data refer to the
entire labour force (including those who are in compulsory or permanent
military service); see explanation in the introduction: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications13/saka0313q/pdf/intro_e_e.pdf.
(3) Male and female employment rates: 2012.  
:
= not available / b = break in series.

7. Government
debt and deficit / surplus (%)

   || General government debt relative to GDP || General government deficit / surplus relative to GDP || 
   || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 ||   
 Algeria (1) || : || : || : || : || -11.6 || -16.3 || -20.8 || -13.4 || 
 Armenia || 40.0 || 42.2 || 44.1 || 43.6 || -5.0 || -2.8 || -1.5 || -1.6 || 
 Azerbaijan || 7.3p || 7.6 || 8.2 || 8.2 || -0.9p || 0.6 || -0.2 || 0.6 || 
 Belarus (2) || 36.9 || 23.3 || 22.9 || 21.8 || -2.6 || 2.1 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 
 Egypt || : || : || : || : || -10.6 || : || : || : || 
 Georgia || 33.6 || 29.7 || 32.5 || 33.9 || -4.5 || -0.9 || -0.6 || -1.1p || 
 Israel (3) || 69.6 || 68.4 || 67.2 || 66.5 || -3.0 || -2.0 || -3.7 || -3.1 || 
 Jordan || 24.6 || 21.9 || 22.5 || : || -5.6 || -6.8 || -8.3 || : || 
 Lebanon || 121.3 || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || 
 Libya || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || 
 Moldova || 26.8 || 25.6 || 23.8 || 22.1p || -2.5 || -2.4p || -2.1 || -1.8 || 
 Morocco || 12.1 || 12.3 || 11.5 || 11.1 || 0.2p || -2.5 || : || : || 
 Palestine || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || 
 Syria || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || 
 Tunisia || 40.2 || 44.3 || 44.5 || 45.7p || -0.5 || -3.2 || -3.7 || -4.8p || 
 Ukraine (4) || 39.9 || 36.3 || 36.5 || 40.2 || -6.9 || : || : || : || 
Source:
Eurostat, based on data supplied by the national statistical authorities of the
ENP countries.
Notes:
(1) Central administration. (2) General government deficit/surplus calculated
as a percentage ratio of deficit/surplus of the consolidated budget of the
Republic of Belarus to GDP. (3) Based on 2008 SNA. (4)
General government debt: public and publicly guaranteed debt relative to GDP
(%).
:
= not available / p = provisional.

8. Current account balance and
trade balance (%)
 
   || Current account balance relative to GDP || Trade balance relative to GDP || 
   || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 ||   
 Algeria || : || : || : || : || : || -0.6 || 7.0 || 10.3 || 8.5 || 2.9 || 
 Armenia || -17.5 || -14.0 || -11.2 || -12.1 || -8.0 || -27.5 || -24.5 || -23.6 || -24.8 || -21.1 || 
 Azerbaijan (1) || 23.0 || 28.4 || 26.0 || 21.4 || 16.7p || 28.5 || 33.6 || 32.4 || 27.7 || 21.8 || 
 Belarus (2) || -12.5 || -15.0 || -7.9 || -2.9 || -9.9 || -11.3 || -13.7 || -1.1 || 4.6 || -3.3 || 
 Egypt || -2.3 || -2.0 || -2.4 || -3.7 || -1.9 || -6.6 || -5.2 || -4.2 || -8.4 || -6.7 || 
 Georgia || -10.5 || -10.2 || -12.7 || -11.7 || -5.9 || -19.2 || -17.8 || -18.5 || -19.6 || -13.0 || 
 Israel (3) || 3.9 || 3.4 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 2.4 || 2.8 || 2.1 || -0.5 || 0.2 || 1.4 || 
 Jordan || -5.2 || -7.1 || -12.0 || -17.3 || : || -23.2 || -20.8 || -26.2 || -28.0 || -28.8 || 
 Lebanon || -19.8 || -18.1 || -10.9 || -8.0 || : || -23.0 || -24.0 || -27.0 || -29.0 || -28.0 || 
 Libya || : || : || : || : || : || 31.0 || 45.0 || 27.0 || 58.0 || : || 
 Moldova || -8.2 || -7.5 || -11.0 || -7.4 || -5.0 || -36.6 || -39.3 || -40.9 || -40.5 || -37.3 || 
 Morocco || -5.4 || -4.5 || : || : || : || -11.0 || -9.9 || -13.1 || -14.4 || -13.2 || 
 Palestine || -9.8 || -7.7 || -21.0 || -20.3 || -11.7 || -52.4 || -43.7 || -37.5 || -39.3 || -37.9 || 
 Syria || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || : || 
 Tunisia || -2.8 || -4.8 || -7.4 || -8.3 || -8.4p || -2.9 || -5.2 || -7.5 || -9.4 || -9.5p || 
 Ukraine (4) || -1.4 || -2.1 || -6.0 || -7.8 || -8.7 || -1.6 || -2.8 || -6.0 || -7.8 || -8.2 || 
Source:
Eurostat, based on data supplied by the national statistical authorities of the
ENP countries.
Notes:
(1) Current account balance, 2013: compiled according to the IMF’s Balance of
Payments manual 6th edition. (2) Current account balance: compiled
according to the IMF’s Balance of Payments manual 6th edition. (3)
Based on 2008 SNA. (4) Based on ESA 2010.
:
= not available / p = provisional.

Section III: The EU and the Partners
1.
Main agreements in force with partners
 
 Main Agreements || Association Agreements || Partnership and Cooperation Agreements || Action Plans or Association Agendas 
 Algeria || 2005 || - || Under negotiation 
 Armenia || Scoping exercise for a new legally binding agreement started in November 2014 (to replace the PCA and after the non- signature of the Association Agreement). || 1999 || Adoption date: 2006 
 Azerbaijan || Negotiations began in 2010 and remain stalled. || 1999 || Adoption date: 2006 
 Expiry date: no date 
 Egypt || 2004 || - || Adoption date: 2007 
 Expiry date: 06.03.2012 (extended until 06.03.2015) 
 Georgia || 2014: Pending the ratification by all EU Member States, relevant provisions of the Agreement are provisionally applied as of 1 September 2014. || 1999 || Adoption date: 2014 
 Expiry date: 2017 
 Israel || 2000 || - || Adoption date: 2005 
 Expiry date: 2008 (extended informally until 31.12.2015) 
 Jordan || 2002 || - || Adoption date: 2011 
 Expiry date: 5 years 
 Lebanon || 2006 || - || Adoption date: 2014 
 Expiry date: 31.12.2015 
 Libya || Negotiations of the EU-Libya Framework Agreement (equivalent to an Association Agreement) were suspended in February 2011. || - || - 
 Moldova || 2014: Pending the ratification by all EU Member States, relevant provisions of the Agreement are provisionally applied as of 1 September 2014. || 1998 || Adoption date: 2014 
 Expiry date: 2017 
 Morocco || 2000 || - || Adoption date: 2013 
 Expiry date: 2017 
 Palestine || 1997: Interim Association Agreement (IAA) on trade and cooperation (negotiations for a new full Association Agreement are foreseen by the 2013 Action Plan); 2005: Agreement on reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the IAA; 2012: Agreement providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products and amending the IAA on trade and cooperation. || - || Adoption date: 2013 
 Expiry date: in 3 – 5 years 
 Syria || - || - || - 
 Tunisia || 1998 || - || Action Plans adopted in 2005 and (expected) 2015 for the ‘Privileged partnership’. 
 Expiry date: 5 years 
 Ukraine || 2014: Pending the ratification by all EU Member States, relevant provisions of the Agreement are provisionally applied as of 1 November 2014 and the DCFTA as of 1 January 2016. || 1998 || Adoption date: 2009 Latest update: 2013 New version under update.   
 Expiry date: n/a 
Source:
European External Action Service
For a detailed list of the agreements between the EU
and its partners on sectoral policies, consult the agreements database of the
European Council:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/policies/agreements/search-the-agreements-database?command=party&letter=U&doclang=EN&lang=en.

2.
Trade flows
2.1. EU-28 trade with European
Neighbourhood policy (ENP) partner countries (million EUR)
 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
   || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 
   || EU imports || EU exports || EU imports || EU exports || EU imports || EU exports || EU imports || EU exports || Trade balance 
 Algeria || 27 850 || 17 312 || 32 764 || 21 125 || 31970 || 22392 || 29357 || 23414 || -5943 
 Armenia || 322 || 645 || 275 || 683 || 261 || 717 || 276 || 716 || 440 
 Azerbaijan || 15 462 || 2 883 || 14 287 || 2 994 || 14370 || 3729 || 13159 || 3495 || -9664 
 Belarus || 4 337 || 7 229 || 4 619 || 7 846 || 3412 || 8600 || 3430 || 7473 || 4043 
 Egypt || 9 608 || 14 127 || 8 516 || 15 537 || 7970 || 14944 || 8566 || 16966 || 8400 
 Georgia || 614 || 1 609 || 583 || 2 069 || 667 || 2031 || 657 || 1915 || 1259 
 Israel || 12 769 || 16 892 || 12 709 || 17 058 || 12481 || 16930 || 13060 || 17024 || 3964 
 Jordan || 314 || 3 266 || 335 || 3 448 || 353 || 3714 || 330 || 3695 || 3365 
 Lebanon || 412 || 5 294 || 376 || 6 738 || 342 || 6690 || 328 || 6563 || 6235 
 Libya || 10 447 || 2 119 || 32 830 || 6 372 || 23211 || 7845 || 12478 || 5330 || -7148 
 Moldova || 847 || 1 862 || 944 || 2 038 || 963 || 2280 || 1160 || 2357 || 1197 
 Morocco || 8 876 || 15 407 || 9 326 || 16 943 || 10046 || 17289 || 11004 || 18250 || 7246 
 Palestine || 12 || 88 || 16 || 103 || 14 || 116 || 14 || 141 || 127 
 Syria || 3 216 || 3 039 || 274 || 1 184 || 128 || 760 || 89 || 688 || 600 
 Tunisia || 9 913 || 11 041 || 9 530 || 11 208 || 9348 || 11172 || 9343 || 11020 || 1677 
 Ukraine || 15 152 || 21 283 || 14 643 || 23 865 || 13882 || 23900 || 13758 || 17169 || 3411 
 EU trade with ENP countries || 120 152 || 124 095 || 142 026 || 139 209 || 129418 || 143109 || 117009 || 136218 || 19209 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Source: European Commission Services (DG TRADE) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Based on data reported by EU-28 Member States. EU Trade balance = EU-28 exports minus EU-28 imports.   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
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2.2. Share of EU-28 in ENP trade
(%)
 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 
   || EU-28 share of ENP partner country’s total imports || EU-28 share of ENP partner country’s total exports 
   || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014  Jan-July || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 Jan-July 
 Algeria || 52.2 || 52.4 || 52.2 || 53.4 || 50.8 || 55.3 || 65.0 || 62.2 
 Armenia || 28.3 || 26.5 || 26.0 || 27.2 || 45.6 || 39.4 || 33.5 || 32.5 
 Azerbaijan || 32.4 || 27.7 || 35.1 || 29.5 || 60.7 || 48.2 || 48.0 || 54.8 
 Belarus || 19.0 || 20.1 || 24.4 || 24.1 || 38.0 || 38.1 || 28.2 || 30.5 
 Egypt || 29.3 || 29.8 || 32.0 || 32.1 || 30.7 || 26.8 || 27.9 || 32.5 
 Georgia || 29.1 || 31.0 || 28.8 || 28.0 || 19.4 || 14.9 || 20.8 || 20.3 
 Israel || 34.6 || 34.4 || 33.9 || 32.9 || 27.7 || 27.2 || 27.6 || 28.7 
 Jordan (1) || 20.4 || 17.5 || 21.7 || 18.2 || 4.7 || 4.5 || 3.6 || 3.6 
 Lebanon || 36.6 || 39.2 || 42.8 || 12.6 || 12.0 || 9.9 || 10.9 || 12.0 
 Libya || 34.6 || 34.9 || 40.1 || 38.0 || 72.2 || 69.1 || 69.6 || 73.7 
 Moldova || 43.6 || 44.6 || 45.2 || 36.8 || 49.0 || 47.1 || 46.9 || 58.1 
 Morocco || 47.2 || 47.5 || 50.2 || 50.3 || 56.1 || 55.7 || 60.6 || 63.8 
 Palestine (2) || 10.2 || 10.0 || 8.8 || : || 1.9 || 1.8 || 1.5 || : 
 Syria || 15.7 || 8.1 || 5.9 || 4.8 || 24.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 0.7 
 Tunisia (1) || 58.8 || 55.0 || 57.2 || 63.9 || 79.3 || 74.5 || 74.4 || 71.6 
 Ukraine || 31.2 || 31.0 || 35.1 || 36.2 || 26.3 || 24.9 || 26.5 || 32.6 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 
  
  Source: European Commission Services (DG TRADE)
Notes:
(1) Comtrade        : = not available

2.3.
Share of mineral fuels and lubricants (SITC 3) in trade, EU-28 (%)

  
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 
   || Exports || Imports 
   || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 
 Algeria || 5.3 || 11.4 || 10.0 || 5.3 || 97.6 || 97.7 || 98.2 || 96.7 
 Armenia || 0.7 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 
 Azerbaijan || 0.6 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 1.6 || 99.5 || 99.1 || 98.9 || 98.8 
 Belarus || 0.9 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 50.0 || 53.7 || 36.2 || 33.3 
 Egypt || 11.0 || 15.3 || 12.0 || 10.0 || 51.3 || 50.7 || 45.7 || 48.9 
 Georgia || 28.9 || 30.2 || 32.0 || 25.4 || 32.7 || 37.7 || 36.0 || 32.6 
 Israel || 4.4 || 6.0 || 4.8 || 2.4 || 8.2 || 7.1 || 8.3 || 7.4 
 Jordan || 10.7 || 4.9 || 4.9 || 9.3 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 
 Lebanon || 25.7 || 32.9 || 32.3 || 31.0 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.4 
 Libya || 27.2 || 34.3 || 27.1 || 29.3 || 98.3 || 99.7 || 98.8 || 98.4 
 Moldova || 14.5 || 15.7 || 16.4 || 19.7 || 3.0 || 3.5 || 1.8 || 0.7 
 Morocco || 9.4 || 13.7 || 14.8 || 12.3 || 1.5 || 1.8 || 4.1 || 1.5 
 Palestine || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 
 Syria || 8.1 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 84.8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 
 Tunisia || 10.5 || 12.3 || 12.7 || 14.0 || 14.4 || 16.2 || 14.2 || 13.5 
 Ukraine || 6.8 || 7.5 || 10.4 || 11.7 || 12.3 || 10.2 || 8.1 || 7.6 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 
Source: European Commission Services (DG TRADE)

2.4.
Main trading partner based on the combined value of imports and exports 
 
   || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014  Jan-Jul 
 Algeria || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Armenia || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Azerbaijan || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Belarus (*) || Russia (2) || Russia (2) || Russia (2) || Russia (2) 
 Egypt || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Georgia || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Israel || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Jordan (*) || Saudi Arabia (2) || Saudi Arabia (2) || EU-28 || Saudi Arabia (2) 
 Lebanon (*) || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || Brazil (2) 
 Libya || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Moldova || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Morocco || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Palestine (*) || Israel (2) || Israel (2) || Israel (2) || Israel (2) 
 Syria (*) || EU-28 || Iraq (4) || Iraq (7) || Iraq (8) 
 Tunisia || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 || EU-28 
 Ukraine (*) || Russia (2) || Russia (2) || EU-28 || EU-28 
Source: European Commission Services (DG TRADE)
Note:
(*) EU28 ranking in main trading partners

2.5.
EU-28 trade with the world, 2014 
 
 2014 || Eastern ENP countries || Southern ENP countries || China || US || Russia || Rest of the world 
 Trade weight (EUR million) (1) || 65 566 || 187 661 || 467 404 || 515 996 || 285 505 || 1 864 373 
 % of total EU trade || 1.94 || 5.54 || 13.80 || 15.24 || 8.43 || 55.05 
       ||   
Source: European Commission Services (DG TRADE)
 Note: (1) Trade weight is the sum of imports and
exports. 

2.6. EU-28 trade with eastern ENP partners, 2014 
 
 2014 || Armenia || Azerbaijan || Belarus || Georgia || Moldova || Ukraine 
 Trade weight ( million EUR) (1) || 991 || 16 655 || 10 904 || 2 572 || 3 517 || 30 927 
 Share of EU-28 trade with eastern ENP countries (%)      || 0.03 || 0.49 || 0.32 || 0.08 || 0.10 || 0.91 
Source:
European Commission Services
(DG TRADE). Note: (1) Trade weight is the sum of
imports and exports.

2.7. EU-28
trade with southern ENP partners, 2014 

 2014 || Algeria || Egypt || Israel || Jordan || Lebanon || Libya || Morocco || Palestine || Syria || Tunisia 
 Trade weight (million EUR) (1) || 52 771 || 25 532 || 30 084 || 4 025 || 6 890 || 17 808 || 29 255  || 155 || 777 || 20 363 
 Share of EU-28 trade with southern ENP countries (%)      || 1.56 || 0.75 || 0.89 || 0.12 || 0.20 || 0.53 || 0.86 || 0.00 || 0.02 || 0.60 
 Source: Eurostat (COMEXT database)   

Source: European Commission Services (DG TRADE)
Note:
(1) Trade weight is the sum of imports and exports

3. Participation of ENP countries in FP7 (2007-13)
 
 FP7 Specific Programme || COOPERATION || CAPACITIES || Signed agreements* 
   || Proposals || Main listed || Proposals || Main listed 
 Algeria || 156 || 26 || 63 || 19 || 32 
 Armenia || 117 || 14 || 61 || 21 || 34 
 Azerbaijan || 75 || 10 || 51 || 12 || 21 
 Belarus || 171 || 23 || 93 || 19 || 39 
 Egypt || 591 || 80 || 156 || 40 || 95 
 Georgia || 151 || 23 || 110 || 30 || 48 
 Israel (1) || 5179 || 895 || 562 || 136 || 823 
 Jordan || 168 || 16 || 92 || 36 || 37 
 Lebanon || 150 || 13 || 53 || 14 || 21 
 Libya || 30 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 2 
 Moldova (1) || 135 || 16 || 68 || 22 || 35 
 Morocco || 468 || 92 || 128 || 34 || 93 
 Palestine || 64 || 7 || 32 || 11 || 21 
 Syria || 56 || 12 || 26 || 5 || 15 
 Tunisia || 410 || 65 || 129 || 37 || 87 
 Ukraine || 777 || 121 || 249 || 48 || 132 
 TOTAL || 8 698 || 1 416 || 1 881 || 486 || 1 503 
FP7 is the EU’s Seventh Framework
Programme for Research and Technological Development. This was the EU’s main
instrument for funding research in Europe for the period from 2007 to 2013. It
has been succeeded by Horizon 2020, which runs from 2014 to 2020. FP7 was also
designed to respond to Europe’s employment needs and competitiveness, and
supported research in selected priority areas — the aim being to make, or keep,
the EU as a world leader in those sectors. FP7 comprised four main blocks of
activities forming four specific programmes, plus a fifth specific programme on
nuclear research: cooperation (collaborative research); ideas
(European Research Council); people (human potential, Marie Curie
actions); capacities (research capacities); nuclear research and
training. Some of these programmes count significant cooperation with
Neighbourhood partners. The table below provides a summary of the participation
of Neighbourhood countries throughout the duration of FP7.
*Number
of signed grant agreements in FP7 with participants from Neighbourhood
countries by partner country
(1) Israel and the Republic of Moldova were associated to the 7th
Reseach Framework Programme as from 2007 and 2013 respectively.
Source: European
Commission

4. Schengen visas issued by the EU
Member States in the partner countries in 2013*

   || Short-stay visas (C) issued || Of which multiple entry visas (MEV C) 
 Algeria || 318 146 || 118 463 
 Armenia || 40 097 || 7 361 
 Azerbaijan || 60 240 || 13 346 
 Belarus || 768 323 || 350 782 
 Egypt || 126 178 || 39 279 
 Georgia || 72 702 || 26 002 
 Israel || 11 017 || 2 877 
 Jordan || 33 808 || 11 467 
 Lebanon || 97 528 || 47 924 
 Libya || 68 074 || 39 788 
 Moldova || 49 913 || 17 291 
 Morocco || 341 153 || 150 381 
 Palestine || 3 135 || 615 
 Syria || 205 || 141 
 Tunisia || 130 411 || 49 480 
 Ukraine || 1 587 223 || 598 364 
NB: Citizens of all the ENP
partners (except Israel) are required to hold a visa to enter the Schengen
area. The data for Israel may include visas issued to Palestinians, as most
Schengen consulates dealing with Palestinian applications are located in Israel.
*No
figures available for 2014 at the time of writing.
Source:
European Commission

5. University cooperation and mobility of
students and researchers

Participation of ENP partners in
Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions 2014-20
Under Horizon 2020, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
actions (MSCA) continue to support the career development and training of
researchers through international and cross-sector mobility. A total of 242
eligible applications involving organisations located in ENP countries have been
submitted to the first 2014 MSCA call for proposals (i.e. Innovative Training
Networks for doctoral programmes, and Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
fostering international and intersectoral transfer of knowledge).[2] In addition, 26 individual researchers who
are nationals of ENP countries submitted proposals for funding under the MSCA
Individual Fellowships for post-doctoral researchers.
Erasmus+: Youth in Mobility and
Cooperation figures in 2014
Statistics
refer to the number of participants dealt with at decentralised level by
Erasmus+ Youth in Action national agencies.
 Youth exchanges and youth workers' training and  networking || European Voluntary Service || Meetings between young people and decision makers in the field of youth 
 Algeria || 74 || 8 || 0 
 Armenia || 1358 || 85 || 123 
 Azerbaijan || 860 || 17 || 27 
 Belarus || 830 || 48 || 42 
 Egypt || 323 || 23 || 41 
 Georgia || 2007 || 104 || 145 
 Israel || 273 || 10 || 5 
 Jordan || 332 || 32 || 36 
 Lebanon || 116 || 2 || 6 
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya || 0 || 0 || 4 
 Moldova (Republic of) || 838 || 30 || 96 
 Morocco || 223 || 10 || 6 
 Palestine || 515 || 17 || 0 
 Syrian Arab Republic || 5 || 1 || 4 
 Tunisia || 389 || 10 || 33 
 Ukraine || 2149 || 200 || 264 
 Grand Total || 10292 || 597 || 832 
Source:
European Commission 
Student and staff Mobility under
Erasmus+/ Erasmus Mundus[3]
Action 1: Participation of students
and staff in joint master and doctoral programmes 
 ENP Country   || Action1 Joint DegreesNumber ofscholarship awarded in 2014* 
 EM masters || EM joint doc. 
 Algeria || 1 || 1 
 Armenia || 5 || 0 
 Azerbaijan || 1 || 1 
 Belarus || 1 || 0 
 Egypt || 8 || 5 
 Georgia || 3 || 0 
 Israel || 4 || 1 
 Jordan || 2 || 0 
 Lebanon || 5 || 1 
 Libya ||   || 0 
 Republic of Moldova || 5 || 0 
 Morocco || 3 || 0 
 Palestine || 2 || 0 
 Syria || 45 || 0 
 Tunisia || 1 || 4 
 Ukraine || 27 || 6 
 TOTAL || 113 || 19 
Action
2: Student and staff mobility in the frame of university consortia*
 Country || Under-graduates || Master Students || Doctoral Candidates || Post-Doctorate || Staff || Total 
 Algeria || 82 || 67 || 68 || 16 || 7 || 240 
 Armenia || 90 || 76 || 36 || 16 || 28 || 246 
 Azerbaijan || 107 || 52 || 34 || 10 || 23 || 226 
 Belarus || 129 || 61 || 35 || 13 || 30 || 268 
 Egypt || 109 || 140 || 126 || 53 || 25 || 453 
 Georgia || 193 || 133 || 88 || 30 || 47 || 491 
 Israel || 151 || 54 || 22 || 14 || 29 || 270 
 Jordan || 111 || 73 || 57 || 13 || 30 || 284 
 Lebanon || 59 || 84 || 37 || 5 || 16 || 201 
 Libya || 3 || 14 || 4 |||||| 21 
 Moldova || 101 || 93 || 55 || 40 || 25 || 314 
 Moroco || 59 || 66 || 65 || 18 || 19 || 227 
 Palestine || 50 || 63 || 63 || 11 || 18 || 205 
 Russia || 148 || 180 || 161 || 43 || 50 || 582 
 Syria || 138 || 95 || 60 || 48 || 18 || 359 
 Tunisia || 97 || 81 || 85 || 28 || 24 || 315 
 Ukraine || 196 || 253 || 156 || 116 || 65 || 786 
  Total || 1823 || 1585 || 1152 || 474 || 454 || 5488 
*planned mobility under Erasmus Mundus
Action 2 partnerships in 2014. Note that, except Syria, the last Erasmus Munuds
Action 2 Call organised in 2013 did not include the ENP countries.
 Source: European Commission
Tempus
IV: projects still running in 2014
 Country || Number of Tempus on-going projects involving universities from this country || Number of projects coordinated by a higher education institution from this country 
 Armenia || 29 || 8 
 Azerbaijan || 22 || 5 
 Egypt || 37 || 7 
 Georgia || 35 || 5 
 Israel || 13 || 6 
 Jordan || 23 || 8 
 Lebanon || 23 || 3 
 Moldova || 18 || 0 
 Morocco || 40 || 4 
 Palestine || 14 || 5 
 Tunisia || 33 || 0 
 Ukraine || 60 || 0 
*These figures
can not  be added as several countries can be part in one project
Source:
European Commission
Erasmus+/ Jean Monnet Activities
supporting teaching and research on the European Union
Jean
Monnet Activities: projects per applicant selected in 2014 (Grant Holder)
 Country || Jean Monnet Activities 
 Algeria || 0 
 Armenia || 0 
 Azerbaijan || 1 
 Belarus || 4 
 Egypt || 0 
 Georgia || 0 
 Israel || 0 
 Jordan || 0 
 Lebanon || 0 
 Libya || 0 
 Republic of Moldova || 4 
 Morocco || 0 
 Palestine || 0 
 Syria || 0 
 Tunisia || 0 
 Ukraine || 10 
 Total || 19 

6. European Integration Index for
Eastern Partnership countries, Open Societies Foundations / Renaissance
Foundation*

European integration is assessed
through three dimensions:
Ø  Linkage: growing political,
economic and social ties between each of the six Eastern Partnership (EaP)
countries and the EU;
Ø  Approximation: structures and
institutions in EaP countries converging towards EU standards and in line with
EU requirements;
Ø  Management: evolving management
structures for European integration in EaP countries.
Benchmarks
were defined by assigning 1 to the best and 0 to the worst possible
performance.
   || Linkage || Approximation || Management 
   || 2012 || 2013 || 2012 || 2013 || 2012 || 2013 
 Armenia || 0.48 || 0.49 || 0.56 || 0.59 || 0.43 || 0.51 
 Azerbaijan || 0.38 || 0.41 || 0.42 || 0.42 || 0.34 || 0.33▼ 
 Belarus || 0.31 || 0.31 || 0.31 || 0.33 || 0.19 || 0.24 
 Georgia || 0.54 || 0.57 || 0.58 || 0.63 || 0.58 || 0.58 
 Moldova || 0.70 || 0.70 || 0.65 || 0.67 || 0.57 || 0.59 
 Ukraine || 0.67 || 0.65▼ || 0.55 || 0.58 || 0.52 || 0.52 
*
The index does not cover the situation in the breakaway territories of
Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Southern Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Source: http://www.eap-index.eu/.
*No
figures available for 2014 at the time of writing.
Section IV: The European
Neighbourhood Instrument 2014-20[4]

1. The European Neighbourhood
Instrument

The European Neighbourhood
Instrument (ENI) is the key financial instrument of the European
Neighbourhood Policy. With a planned budget of € 15.4 billion for
the period 2014-20, it provides the bulk of funding for cooperation with
the ten Mediterranean countries and the six Eastern Partnership countries
covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy.[5]
The functioning and general
objectives of the ENI are laid down in the 2014 ENI
Regulation. It includes, for example, differentiation and the
incentive-based approach, dedicated funding for cross-border cooperation
programmes and for Erasmus+, and engagement with civil society and local
authorities. Key priorities and indicative financial allocations for country,
regional and other multi-country cooperation programmes are set out in greater
detail in multiannual
programming documents (Single Support
Frameworks and Multiannual Indicative Programmes). A first set of
these documents was adopted in the course of 2014 to cover the first part of
the ENI period.
Decisions on the concrete
allocation of funds to specific actions (programmes and projects) are taken
annually, in line with the programming framework and within the ceilings set by
the budgetary authority. In 2014, € 2.3 billion were committed under
the ENI.
The ENI has replaced the
predecessor European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) 2007-13. Many programmes
funded in the last years of the ENPI (2011-13) are currently ongoing and will
continue to be implemented over the next 3-4 years. In 2014, € 1.6
billion were disbursed under the ENI; this figure includes both ongoing and
new programmes.
Other external assistance
instruments with a worldwide coverage or a thematic focus — such as the
Development Cooperation Instrument, the European Instrument for Democracy and
Human Rights, and the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace — may also
fund activities taking place in the 16 partner countries of the European
Neighbourhood Policy.[6]

2. Supporting cooperation with
Mediterranean countries[7]

1.      Algeria — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-17 for Algeria ranges from a
minimum of € 121 million to a maximum of € 148 million.[8] Algeria also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 26.3 million were committed for bilateral
assistance to Algeria.[9]
2.      Egypt — The financial allocation
of the Single Support Framework 2014-15 for Egypt ranges from a minimum of € 210
million to a maximum of € 257 million.[10] Egypt also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 115 million were committed for bilateral assistance
to Egypt.[11]
3.      Israel — There is no
programming document covering bilateral cooperation with Israel under the ENI.
The indicative financial allocation 2014-17 for Israel ranges from a minimum of
€ 7 million to a maximum of € 9 million. Israel also participates in
regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the ENI. In 2014,
there were no commitments for bilateral cooperation with Israel.
4.      Jordan — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-17 for Jordan ranges from a
minimum of € 312 million to a maximum of € 382 million;[12] this does not include
possible from ENI or other instruments to respond to the consequences in Jordan
of the Syrian crisis. Syria also participates in regional and other
multi-country programmes funded under the ENI. In 2014, € 174.5 million
were committed for bilateral assistance to Jordan.[13]
5.      
Lebanon — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-16 for Lebanon ranges from a
minimum of € 130 million to a maximum of € 159 million;[14] this does not include
possible additional allocations from ENI or other instruments to respond to the
consequences in Lebanon of the Syrian crisis. Lebanon also participates
in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the ENI. In 2014, € 146.3
million were committed for bilateral assistance to Lebanon.[15]
6.      Libya — The financial
allocation of the Multiannual Indicative Programme 2014-15 for Libya ranges
from a minimum of € 36 million to a maximum of € 44 million.[16] Libya also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 8 million were committed for bilateral assistance
to Libya;[17] some programmes were
postponed due to the current unstable situation in the country.
7.      Morocco — The financial allocation
of the Single Support Framework 2014-17 for Morocco ranges from a minimum of € 728
million to a maximum of € 890 million[18]. Morocco also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 218 million were committed for bilateral
assistance to Morocco.[19]
8.      Palestine[20] — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-15 for Palestine ranges from a
minimum of € 508 million to a maximum of € 621 million.[21] Palestine also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 309.5 million were committed for bilateral
assistance to Palestine.[22]
9.      Syria — Due to the ongoing
crisis, bilateral cooperation with Syria was suspended in May 2011.
Consequently, there is no programming document for this country. Commitments
take the form of annual ‘special measures’ in favour of the Syrian population;
they are complemented with additional support to Jordan and Lebanon to help
these countries cope with the influx of Syrian refugees. The 2014 special
measure budgeted € 41.25 million[23] for actions to
support the Syrian population still inside Syria.
In addition, the EU has
established a Regional Trust Fund in response to the Syrian crisis.[24] The overall objective
of the Trust Fund is to provide on a regional scale a coherent and reinforced
aid response to the Syrian crisis, responding mainly in the first instance to
the needs of refugees from Syria in neighbouring countries, and to the needs of
communities hosting the refugees and their administrations, in particular as regards
resilience and early recovery. The Trust Fund should therefore focus on current
priority needs and may also be adapted to reconstruction needs in a future
post-conflict scenario. Assistance inside Syria should be considered taking
into account, — but avoiding overlap with — the action of other existing
international funding instruments. In 2014, € 20 million were
committed as a first contribution to this Trust Fund.[25]
10.  Tunisia — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-15 for Tunisia ranges from a
minimum of € 202 million to a maximum of € 246 million[26]. Tunisia also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 169 million were committed for bilateral assistance
to Tunisia.[27]
11.  Regional South programme — The financial
allocation of the Multiannual Indicative Programme 2014-17 for regional
cooperation in the Southern Neighbourhood ranges from a minimum of € 371
million to a maximum of € 453 million.[28] In 2014, € 117.3
million were committed for the Regional South programme.[29]

3. Supporting cooperation with
Eastern Partnership countries[30]

1.      Armenia — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-17 for Armenia ranges from a
minimum of € 140 million to a maximum of € 170 million[31]. Armenia also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 34 million were committed for bilateral
assistance to Armenia.[32]
2.      Azerbaijan — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-17 for Azerbaijan ranges from a
minimum of € 77 million to a maximum of € 94 million.[33] Azerbaijan also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 21 million were committed for bilateral
assistance to Azerbaijan.[34]
3.      Belarus — The financial
allocation of the Multi-annual Indicative Programme 2014-17 for Belarus ranges
from a minimum of € 71 million to a maximum of € 89 million.[35] Belarus also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 19 million were committed for bilateral
assistance to Belarus.[36]
4.      Georgia — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-17 for Georgia ranges from a
minimum of € 335 million to a maximum of € 410 million[37] Georgia also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 131 million were committed for bilateral assistance
to Georgia.[38]
5.      Moldova — The financial
allocation of the Single Support Framework 2014-17 for Moldova ranges from a
minimum of € 335 million to a maximum of € 410 million.[39] Moldova also
participates in regional and other multi-country programmes funded under the
ENI. In 2014, € 131 million were committed for bilateral
assistance to Moldova.[40]
6.      Ukraine — Due to the current
exceptional circumstances, it remains difficult to identify priorities for EU
bilateral assistance to Ukraine on a multiannual basis. This is why at this
time there is no Single Support Framework and commitments take the form of
annual ‘special measures’. The Special Measure Ukraine 2014 budgeted € 365
million to support the country’s transition. This budget combines funds from
the 2014 ENI budget (€ 242 million, including € 40 million from the
‘umbrella programme’) and the partial re-orientation of commitments from the
2013 ENPI budget (€ 123 million).[41] The special measure
comprises a major ‘State Building Contract’ (€ 355 million) and a separate
project for direct support to civil society (€ 10 million).
7.      Regional East
programme
— The financial allocation of the Multiannual Indicative Programme 2014-17 for
regional programmes in the Eastern Partnership ranges from a minimum of € 418
million to a maximum of € 511 million.[42] In 2014, € 90.2
million were committed for the Regional East programme.[43]

4. Measures open to all
Neighbourhood countries (ENI-wide)

The financial allocation of the
Multiannual Indicative Programme 2014-17 for other multi-country programmes
open to all Neighbourhood countries ranges from a minimum of € 1.7
billion to a maximum of € 1.9 billion — of which € 777 million are
earmarked for bilateral assistance under the ‘umbrella programme’.[44] In 2014, € 161
million were committed as a minimum allocation (baseline) of the Neighbourhood
Investment Facility (NIF), € 13 million for the targeted capacity
building initiatives TAIEX (Technical
Assistance and Information Exchange) and Sigma
(Support for Improvement in Governance and Management); and € 102.9
million as a contribution to the external dimension of Erasmus+.[45] In addition, € 200
million were committed for additional country allocations under the umbrella
programme.
1.      The Neighbourhood
Investment Facility
(NIF)
By providing grants either to
reduce the cost or to mitigate the risks that investors would incur, the
Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF) aims at mobilising finance that would
otherwise not be affordable or available. According to its strategic
orientations, the NIF pursues three objectives:
                               
i.           
establish
better, more sustainable energy and transport interconnections and promote
energy efficiency, security and renewability;
                             
ii.           
address
climate change and other threats to the environment;
                           
iii.           
promote
smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in particular by support to small and
medium-sized enterprises.
The baseline allocation
(or minimum indicative budget) of the NIF is programmed as an ENI-wide measure.
However, country and regional programmes can also use the blending capacity
through the NIF governance mechanism. Consequently, in 2014, a total of € 369.4
million were committed under the ENI as contribution for operations under
the NIF (€ 104 million for Eastern Partnership countries and € 265
million for Southern Mediterranean countries). The NIF Board has approved 16
new projects (10 in Eastern Partnership countries and 6 in Southern
Mediterranean countries) funded from the 2014 NIF budget;[46] more projects are in
the pipeline.
2.      In 2014, the ENI
budget contributed € 102.9 million to international actions under Erasmus+
to support student exchanges and capacity building in higher education. This
contributes to the development of education systems in partner countries and to
contacts between people.
3.      TAIEX and Sigma
In 2014, 299 TAIEX
events took place (164 in the east, 135 in the south), providing short-term
specialised technical assistance in the form of assessment missions, workshops
and study visits. At the same time, 40 Sigma actions were launched (22 in the
east, 18 in the south) to advise partner countries on key issues of public
administration and civil service reform, public finance and audit, and public
procurement. In addition, 45 new twinning projects were launched in the course
of 2014 (16 in the east, 29 in the south), where the public administrations of
Member States will work directly with ‘twin’ institutions in partner countries;
this form of targeted institution-building is funded from the country
(bilateral)  programmes.
4.      Incentive-based
approach: umbrella programme
As detailed in the
country tables above, in 2014, the umbrella programme channelled € 200
million of additional allocations to: Ukraine (€ 40 million), Georgia
(€ 30 million) and Moldova (€ 30 million) in the East; and to Tunisia
(€ 50 million), Morocco (€ 20 million), Jordan (€ 15 million)
and Lebanon (€ 15 million) in the South. Additional funding was used to
launch new programmes or expand the scope and duration of existing programmes,
in line with the key priorities for bilateral assistance.

5. Cross-border cooperation in the
Neighbourhood region

The ENI is accompanied by a
renewed legal and programming framework for cross-border cooperation in the
Neighbourhood region for the period 2014-20.[47] In total, 17
cross-border cooperation programmes are planned for co-funding from the ENI
and the European Regional Development Fund: 12 land-border programmes
(Kolarctic/Russia; Karelia/Russia; South-east Finland/Russia; Estonia/Russia;
Latvia/Russia; Lithuania/Russia; Poland/Russia; Latvia/Lithuania/Belarus;
Poland/Belarus/Ukraine; Hungary/Slovakia/Romania/Ukraine; Romania/Ukraine;
Romania/Moldova); one sea-crossing programme (Italy/Tunisia); and four
sea‑basin programmes (Baltic Sea region; Black Sea; Mediterranean;
Mid-Atlantic).
The cross-border cooperation
programmes will be designed around three overarching strategic objectives: to
promote economic and social development; to address common challenges in
environment, public health, safety and security; and to promote the mobility of
persons, goods and capital. Promoting contacts between people will be an
integral part of all programmes. In 2014, € 6.9 million were
committed from the ENI budget for technical assistance to support the
preparation of the new cross-border cooperation programmes.[48]

6. Overview of commitments and
payments

Decisions on the concrete
allocation of funds to specific actions (programmes and projects) are taken
annually, in line with the programming framework and within the ceilings set by
the budgetary authority. In 2014, € 2.3 billion were committed under
the ENI.
The ENI has replaced the
predecessor European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) 2007-13.
Many programmes funded in the last years of the ENPI (2011-13) are currently
ongoing and will continue to be implemented over the next 3-4 years. In
2014, € 1.6 billion were disbursed under the ENI; this figure includes
both ongoing and new programmes.
[1] This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State
of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the EU
Member States on this issue.
[2] ENP countries are eligible to receive
funding through Horizon 2020. Israel and the Republic of Moldova have been
associated to Horizon 2020 and can participate on an equal footing with EU
Member States. Armenia and Ukraine are negotiating their association to the
Horizon 2020 framework programme. 
[3] Figures are relating
to Erasmus Mundus. Joint Master Programmes selected under Erasmus+ in 2014 will
lead to mobility of students ans staff from 2015 onwards. 
The Erasmus+ "Credit
mobility" action will begin in 2015 (following the October 2014 call for
proposals).
[4] This section is
compiled for information and communication purposes; it does not represent nor
replace the official financial reporting of the European Commission.
[5] Under the ENI, Russia
no longer benefits from bilateral assistance programmes; however, it may still
participate in some multi-country programmes when political conditions so
allow.
[6] A global overview is
provided every year in the ‘Annual Report on the European Union’s development
and external assistance policies and their implementation’.
[7] The country
allocations below exclude possible additional allocations from the ENI
‘umbrella programme’.
[8] C(2014)5093 of
23.7.2014.
[9] C(2014)7138 of
8.10.2014.
[10] C(2014)7170 of
8.10.2014.
[11] C(2014)5750 of
20.8.2014; C(2014)7615 of 23.10.2014.
[12] C(2014)5130 of
24.7.2014.
[13] C(2014)5983 of
26.8.2014; C(2014)6316 of 11.9.2014; C(2014)7180 of 9.10.2014; C(2014)9136 of
4.12.2014.
[14] C(2014)5132 of
24.7.2014.
[15] C(2014)3750 of
12.6.2014; C(2014)5981 of 26.8.2014; C(2014)7235 of 10.10.2014; C(2014)9115 of
4.12.2014.
[16] C(2014)5699 of
12.8.2014.
[17] C(2014)7274 of
13.10.2014.
[18] C(2014)5092 of
23.7.2014.
[19] C(2014)5750 of
20.8.2014; C(2014)7204 of 10.10.2014.
[20] This designation
shall not be construed as recognition of a state of Palestine and is without
prejudice to the individual positions of Member States on this issue.
[21] C(2014)5128 of
25.7.2014.
[22] C(2014)2692 of
16.4.2014; C(2014)5986 of 26.8.2014; C(2014)8215 of 30.10.2014.
[23] C(2014)9146 of
4.12.2014.
[24] C(2014)9615 of
10.12.2014.
[25] C(2014)9614 of
10.12.2014.
[26] C(2014)5160 of
25.7.2014.
[27] C(2014)7273 of
13.10.2014.
[28] C(2014)5242 of
30.7.2014.
[29] C(2014)5206 of
29.7.2014; C(2014)5750 of 20.8.2014; C(2014)5984 of 25.8.2014; C(2014)7109 of
7.10.2014; C(2014)7224 of 13.10.2014.
[30] The country
allocations below exclude possible additional allocations from the ENI
‘umbrella programme’.
[31] C(2014)5101 of
23.7.2014.
[32] C(2014)5750 of
20.8.2014; C(2014)7807 of 29.10.2014.
[33] C(2014)5129 of
25.7.2014.
[34] C(2014)6280 of 3.9.2014.
[35] C(2014)5097 of
23.7.2014.
[36] C(2014)6937 of
2.10.2014.
[37] C(2014)3994 of
11.6.2014.
[38] C(2014)2988 of
2.5.2014; C(2014)5020 of 14.7.2014.
[39] C(2014) 3995 of
11.6.2014.
[40] C(2014)2988 of
2.5.2014; C(2014)5140 of 16.7.2014.
[41] C(2014)2906 and
C(2014)2907 of 29.4.2014.
[42] C(2014)5200
of 28.7.2014.
[43] C(2014)5750 of
20.8.2014; C(2014)5792 of 18.8.2014; C(2014)7109 of 7.10.2014; C(2014)9197 of
4.12.2014.
[44] C(2014)5196 of
28.7.2014.
[45] C(2014)5455 of
5.8.2014; C(2014)5750 of 20.8.2014.
[46] C(2014)9862 of
18.12.2014.
[47] Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 897/2014 of 18.8.2014; C(2014)7172 of
8.10.2014.
[48] C(2014)8706 of
24.11.2014.