Joint Proposal for a Council Decision on the Union position with regard to the adoption of EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities and annexed Compact

The revised European Neighbourhood policy adopted in November 2015 sets a new framework to define bilateral relations with partners. These should be captured in "Partnership Priorities" that are a key point of reference with partner countries in agreeing on a limited set of targeted priorities for the coming years.

The negotiation with Jordan took place in the spirit of the London conference of February 2016 "Supporting Syria and the region", where the Commission and the HRVP proposed the definition of mutual commitments to help hosting countries most affected by the influx of Syrian refugees (Jordan and Lebanon). The concept is in line with the new Global Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy presented in June 2016 by the High Representative whereby the complete EU tool box is used in the most efficient manner to increase impact and visibility of Union support.

It was agreed between the EU and Jordan that the "Partnership Priorities" document will have as an annex a "Compact" defining the respective EU and Jordan commitments in facing the impact of the Syria crisis. These documents will be the basis for the programming of EU assistance.

EUR-Lex: JOIN(2016)041: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=JOIN:2016:041:FIN

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