# The Pact for the Mediterranean Canonical URL: https://digital-acquis.eu/initiative/the-pact-for-the-mediterranean Entry type: initiative Source edition current through: 17 July 2026 (2026-07-17). This is not a page modification date. Status: delivered. A delivered initiative is not necessarily legislation in force. Instrument: Communication Date as recorded: 16 Oct 2025 Date kind: date Status note: full date links only to published artifact types Promised timeline: Announced for November 2025. Record content updated: 2026-08-14 ## Summary The EU will forge a new pact with Southern Neighbourhood partners, building on the 2021 Agenda, with a strong digital pillar to deepen political engagement and cooperation. Priorities include secure connectivity under Global Gateway (most visibly the MEDUSA submarine cable linking the northern and southern shores and boosting regional capacity) alongside resilient cable and satellite links. Cooperation will use Trade & Technology-style dialogues, Cyber Dialogues, and association to Horizon Europe and Digital Europe, embedded in tailor-made Comprehensive and Strategic Partnerships (e.g. Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan). Work will advance trusted 5G/cable security, skills and innovation, and gradual policy harmonisation supporting integration with EU digital rules where relevant. ## Sources - [Official source]() ## Action items (65; complete published list) ### 1. Action item 460001 Higher Education, Skills and Research Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 1. Digital dimension: no. ### 2. Action item 460002 Mediterranean University: New multi-campus higher education institution across the Common Mediterranean Space offering humanities, natural sciences, and technical science programmes, building on existing European University Alliances and Erasmus+ capacity-building actions, with joint curricula, joint degrees, student and staff exchanges, summer schools, and micro-credentials. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 2. Digital dimension: no. ### 3. Action item 460003 Mediterranean Innovation and Research Centres: Establishment and development of university-industry knowledge and technology transfer centres across the Mediterranean, bringing together universities, the private sector, innovators, startups, and investors. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 3. Digital dimension: no. ### 4. Action item 460004 Mediterranean Science Diplomacy Centre: New centre bridging science and policy, training diplomatic and technical staff in cross-border negotiation, joint project design, and evidence-based policy advice. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 4. Digital dimension: no. ### 5. Action item 460005 TVET Ecosystem Scale-Up: Mediterranean — Scaling up Technical and Vocational Education and Training ecosystems in southern Mediterranean partners by aligning vocational training with labour market needs in sectors of mutual interest, including agriculture, food processing, the digital sector, cultural industries, and tourism. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 5. Digital dimension: no. ### 6. Action item 460006 Youth Guarantee Adaptation: Mediterranean — Support for the development of Youth Guarantee schemes tailored to regional and local contexts in southern Mediterranean partner countries to secure employment pathways for young people. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 6. Digital dimension: no. ### 7. Action item 460007 MED Skill Tracker: New digital tool to document skills acquired by beneficiaries of EU and partner country projects, facilitating recognition and transferability of qualifications and supporting circular mobility and Talent Partnerships. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 7. Digital dimension: no. ### 8. Action item 460009 Culture, Sport and Tourism Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 9. Digital dimension: no. ### 9. Action item 460010 Mediterranean Cultural Heritage Protection Mechanism: Dedicated pooling mechanism for public and private resources to protect and promote Mediterranean cultural heritage. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 10. Digital dimension: no. ### 10. Action item 460011 Mediterranean Cultural Pathways: New initiative reinforcing the shared cultural Mediterranean space through a network of heritage and cultural routes. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 11. Digital dimension: no. ### 11. Action item 460012 European Data Space for Cultural Heritage: Mediterranean Extension — Extension of the common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage to southern Mediterranean partners to advance digitisation and preservation of regional cultural assets. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 12. Digital dimension: no. ### 12. Action item 460013 CulturIT Digital Platform: New collaborative digital platform facilitating matchmaking of cultural activities across the Euro-Mediterranean region. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 13. Digital dimension: no. ### 13. Action item 460014 Youth Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean: New representative body gathering youth voices and inputs across the Common Mediterranean Space. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 14. Digital dimension: no. ### 14. Action item 460015 Mediterranean Civic Service Platform: New digital platform connecting young people across the Mediterranean with volunteering opportunities in their own countries and throughout the region, building on existing volunteering initiatives. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 15. Digital dimension: no. ### 15. Action item 460017 Trade, Investment and SMEs Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 17. Digital dimension: no. ### 16. Action item 460018 Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreements: Mediterranean — Exploratory engagement with interested southern Mediterranean partners on new agreements to attract and facilitate foreign direct investment, including for digital and innovative economies and supply chain integration. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 18. Digital dimension: no. ### 17. Action item 460019 StartUp4Med: Regional startup and MSME support mechanism providing access to finance and investment mobilisation — combining European financial institutions, honour loans, crowdfunding, and blended finance — alongside an Open for Business programme for legal and regulatory simplification and a Policy Toolkit supporting MSME formalisation. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 19. Digital dimension: no. ### 18. Action item 460021 Digital and Data Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 21. Digital dimension: no. ### 19. Action item 460022 Mediterranean Secure Digital Infrastructure Roll-Out: Support for the deployment of secure and trusted digital infrastructure in southern Mediterranean partners, including submarine cable connections (MEDUSA and Blue-Raman extensions with links to Gulf partners, IMEC, and T-MED), secure 5G networks, rural broadband, and data centres, financed through IFIs and EU and national financial institutions in line with the 5G Toolbox. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 22. Digital dimension: no. ### 20. Action item 460023 Mediterranean Telecom Capacity Building Programme: Regional programme for telecommunications capacity building, including exploration of appropriate telecom frameworks and cooperation on roaming among interested southern Mediterranean partners. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 23. Digital dimension: no. ### 21. Action item 460024 Mediterranean AI Ecosystem Acceleration: Initiative building on EU Digital Innovation Hubs and AI Factories to accelerate AI and data infrastructure deployment in southern Mediterranean partners and support universities, SMEs, industry, and startups in developing and applying AI across manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and climate sectors. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 24. Digital dimension: no. ### 22. Action item 460025 Mediterranean e-Governance and DPI Export: Sharing of EU expertise and open-source trust services, digital identity, and data-protection-compliant Digital Public Infrastructure solutions with southern Mediterranean partners to simplify cross-border government and business exchanges and facilitate citizens' mobility. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 25. Digital dimension: no. ### 23. Action item 460027 Energy and Clean Tech Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 27. Digital dimension: no. ### 24. Action item 460028 Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy and Clean Tech Initiative (T-MED): Flagship initiative supporting trans-Mediterranean energy transition and clean-tech development through: a T-MED Investment Platform coordinating project pipelines in renewable energy generation, grid infrastructure, and clean-tech manufacturing; a dedicated regulatory reform mechanism linked to investment readiness; energy system modelling; a Technical Support Instrument one-stop portal; a certification and renewable energy trade support programme for cross-border Guarantees of Origin; boosting of industrial clean-tech partnerships across solar, wind, electrolysers, clean hydrogen, heating and cooling, grid, and storage; country-specific European energy and clean-tech business organisations; and a T-MED Skills Agenda addressing workforce and gender gaps in the energy transition. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 28. Digital dimension: no. ### 25. Action item 460030 Environment and Climate Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 30. Digital dimension: no. ### 26. Action item 460031 Mediterranean Climate Adaptation Investment Pipelines: Support for national and local capacities to develop and implement climate adaptation investment projects, leveraging IFIs, climate funds, and private stakeholders. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 31. Digital dimension: no. ### 27. Action item 460032 Mediterranean Wastewater and Waste Management Plan: Regional plan facilitating investments in modern wastewater treatment and solid waste management infrastructure. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 32. Digital dimension: no. ### 28. Action item 460033 Mediterranean Water Resilience Partnerships: New partnerships strengthening cooperation on integrated water resource management, including water reuse, among EU and southern Mediterranean partners. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 33. Digital dimension: no. ### 29. Action item 460034 Green Forward Initiative Reinforcement: Strengthened initiative empowering SMEs to promote circular economy and resource efficiency, eliminate single-use plastics, support bioeconomy, and advance regulatory dialogue on circularity including for textiles. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 34. Digital dimension: no. ### 30. Action item 460035 Mediterranean Biodiversity Framework Implementation: Joint implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework, including National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and the creation and management of marine protected areas. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 35. Digital dimension: no. ### 31. Action item 460037 Blue Economy Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 37. Digital dimension: no. ### 32. Action item 460038 Mediterranean Blue Economy Community of Practice — New structured community of practice offering guidance based on data collection, data standards development, methodology, analysis, and research for the EU blue economy across the Mediterranean. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 38. Digital dimension: no. ### 33. Action item 460039 Mediterranean Fisheries Governance and IUU Capacity Building — New project to increase control and inspection capabilities of coastal states, enhancing regional fisheries governance and combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing through capacity building in monitoring, control, and surveillance. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 39. Digital dimension: no. ### 34. Action item 460040 'From Water to Market' Initiative — New initiative supporting producers, cooperatives, and associations in the aquatic sector in expanding production value, improving processing, and accessing new markets, including through access to finance. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 40. Digital dimension: no. ### 35. Action item 460041 Blue Mediterranean Mission Scale-Up — Scaled-up research and innovation programme providing solutions to restore Mediterranean Sea and water ecosystems and biodiversity, halt pollution, reduce ocean noise, and increase climate and water resilience and preparedness of coastal communities to extreme events. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 41. Digital dimension: no. ### 36. Action item 460043 Sustainable Transport Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 43. Digital dimension: no. ### 37. Action item 460044 Mediterranean TEN-T Extension and Multimodal Connectivity: Expansion of multimodal transport links across the Mediterranean through improved interoperability, regulatory alignment, and technical assistance, progressing towards extension of the Trans-European Transport Network to southern Mediterranean countries, with links to IMEC, T-MED, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 44. Digital dimension: no. ### 38. Action item 460045 Mediterranean Air Transport Agreements: Continued work on EU-level air transport agreements with southern Mediterranean partners and support for the single African aviation transport market, in line with environmental standards. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 45. Digital dimension: no. ### 39. Action item 460046 Mediterranean Urban and Rural Mobility Projects: Support for urban and rural mobility projects applying EU expertise and technology, implementing the TEN-T urban node concept, and promoting climate adaptation, sustainability, and liveability in rapidly expanding Mediterranean cities. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 46. Digital dimension: no. ### 40. Action item 460048 Statistics and Knowledge Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 48. Digital dimension: no. ### 41. Action item 460049 Mediterranean Statistics Cooperation Mechanism: Strengthened cooperation with National Statistical Institutes of southern Mediterranean countries to develop relevant and comparable official statistics and data across all three pillars of the Pact, using new data sources, modern technologies, and AI for new statistical insights. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 49. Digital dimension: no. ### 42. Action item 460050 Cross-Border Legislative Impact Assessment Mechanism: Ad hoc mechanism to exchange information and assess the cross-border impacts of respective legislation between the EU and southern Mediterranean partners. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 50. Digital dimension: no. ### 43. Action item 460052 Peace and Security Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 52. Digital dimension: no. ### 44. Action item 460053 EU-Med Peace and Security Forum — New regional forum providing an informal setting for joint situational awareness, coordination of peace and security approaches, peace mediation, and identification of capability support for southern Mediterranean partners. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 53. Digital dimension: no. ### 45. Action item 460054 CSDP Framework Participation Agreements — Mediterranean — Exploration of potential contributions by southern Mediterranean partners to CSDP missions and operations through new framework participation agreements. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 54. Digital dimension: no. ### 46. Action item 460055 Mediterranean FIMI Attribution and Open-Source Intelligence — Expansion of the Open-Source Intelligence Toolkit to detect and analyse identity-based disinformation-focused FIMI in the Mediterranean region, increasing situational awareness. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 55. Digital dimension: no. ### 47. Action item 460056 Mediterranean Submarine Cable Security Dialogue — Dedicated dialogue with southern Mediterranean partners on the security of submarine cables, in line with the EU Action Plan on Cable Security. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 56. Digital dimension: no. ### 48. Action item 460057 Mediterranean Violent Extremism Prevention — Enhanced exchanges and cooperation on prevention of violent extremism under the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation framework. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 57. Digital dimension: no. ### 49. Action item 460059 Disaster Preparedness Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 59. Digital dimension: no. ### 50. Action item 460060 Mediterranean All-Hazards Early Warning System: Support for a regional all-hazards early warning system building on the Copernicus Emergency Management Service, the 'Early Warnings for All' initiative, and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism's disaster resilience goals. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 60. Digital dimension: no. ### 51. Action item 460061 Mediterranean Food Security Preparedness: Support for food security crisis preparedness based on the model of the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 61. Digital dimension: no. ### 52. Action item 460062 Mediterranean CBRN Synergies: Strengthened collaboration between the EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative and southern Mediterranean partners, through training, simulations, and best practice exchange. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 62. Digital dimension: no. ### 53. Action item 460063 Mediterranean Firefighting Hub: Cyprus — New European Firefighting Hub based in Cyprus to support regional civil protection cooperation and capacity building. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 63. Digital dimension: no. ### 54. Action item 460064 Mediterranean AI for Disaster Management: Integration of AI algorithms into existing crisis management services and development of multi-hazard Decision Support Systems under the AI for Public Good umbrella to advance emergency response capabilities. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 64. Digital dimension: no. ### 55. Action item 460066 Migration Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 66. Digital dimension: no. ### 56. Action item 460067 Whole-of-Route Mediterranean Migration Management Initiative: Comprehensive initiative strengthening joint migration management across Mediterranean routes through early warning systems, risk monitoring tools, contingency plans, voluntary return and reintegration programmes, readmission cooperation, anti-smuggling and anti-trafficking operational partnerships, and awareness campaigns on short-stay visa procedures. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 67. Digital dimension: no. ### 57. Action item 460068 Mediterranean Regional Protection Project: New regional protection project for vulnerable migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in the southern Mediterranean, promoting exchange of good practices on specific protection issues in line with international obligations. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 68. Digital dimension: no. ### 58. Action item 460069 EU Talent Pool: Mediterranean Launch — Launch of the EU Talent Pool facilitating links between EU employers and job seekers from southern Mediterranean partner countries, including through visa facilitation for students, skilled workers, researchers, and academics. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 69. Digital dimension: no. ### 59. Action item 460071 Border Management Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 71. Digital dimension: no. ### 60. Action item 460072 Mediterranean Integrated Border Management Initiative: Targeted technical assistance and capacity building for institutional and operational border management in southern Mediterranean partners, including standard operating procedures, small- and medium-scale pilots, customs digitalisation, and cooperation through the EU Common Information Sharing Environment for the maritime domain. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 72. Digital dimension: no. ### 61. Action item 460073 Frontex Working Arrangements: Mediterranean — Support for the negotiation and implementation of working arrangements between Frontex and southern Mediterranean border management authorities. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 73. Digital dimension: no. ### 62. Action item 460074 Mediterranean Coast Guard Cooperation: Enhanced capacity building and skills development for border and coast guards in the Mediterranean through the Mediterranean Coastguards Functions Forum and EU-Southern Neighbourhood cooperation mechanisms. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 74. Digital dimension: no. ### 63. Action item 460076 Judicial and Law Enforcement Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 76. Digital dimension: no. ### 64. Action item 460077 MED-OP Regional Internal Security Dialogue: New regional dialogue regularly convening senior security policy officials from the Common Mediterranean Space, modelled on the EU's COSI, to adopt and periodically update a roadmap for operational cooperation on serious and organised crime and terrorism. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 77. Digital dimension: no. ### 65. Action item 460078 MED-OP Operational Cooperation and Agency Working Arrangements: Support for the negotiation and implementation of international agreements and working arrangements between southern Mediterranean partners and Europol, CEPOL, Eurojust, and the European Public Prosecutor's Office, complemented by convergence support on justice and data protection reforms. Provenance: source document doc-054, paragraph 78. Digital dimension: no. ## Referenced entries - [AI Factories]() — status: not recorded. Open, EU-wide hubs built around EuroHPC supercomputers that bundle AI-optimised compute, data storage, programming support and talent to develop frontier models and applications. Startups, SMEs, researchers and public bodies get streamlined one-stop access to computing time, data labs linked to Common European Data Spaces, and services for testing, validation and skills—cutting training from months to weeks and lowering costs. The first 13 Factories across 17 Member States are networked, with AI Factory Antennas extending reach. EuroHPC will provide a single entry point and procure AI-dedicated systems in 2025/26, tripling Europe’s available AI capacity. Source document doc-054, action item 460024: > Mediterranean AI Ecosystem Acceleration: Initiative building on EU Digital Innovation Hubs and AI Factories to accelerate AI and data infrastructure deployment in southern Mediterranean partners and support universities, SMEs, industry, and startups in developing and applying AI across manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and climate sectors. - [EU Action Plan on Cable Security]() — status: delivered. EU Action Plan on Cable Security aims to prevent, detect and respond to risks affecting submarine cables. By Q4 2025, the Commission, Member States and ENISA are to complete cable mapping, a coordinated risk assessment, a Cable Security Toolbox and a priority list of Cable Projects of European Interest. Further measures address investment, integrated surveillance, regional hubs, sensors, surveillance drones, incident reporting, repair vessels and spare parts, alongside crisis response, NATO cooperation, diplomacy, sanctions and attribution. Source document doc-054, action item 460056: > Mediterranean Submarine Cable Security Dialogue — Dedicated dialogue with southern Mediterranean partners on the security of submarine cables, in line with the EU Action Plan on Cable Security. ## Citing documents - [A Culture Compass for Europe]() — status: not recorded. Source document doc-056, action item 480016: > Launch a Euro-Med initiative for culture, sport and tourism in the context of the Pact for the Mediterranean Q1 2026 - [RESourceEU Action Plan]() — status: delivered. Source document doc-070, action item 560025: > The Commission will enhance cooperation with Southern Neighbourhood, notably with the upcoming Action Plan of the Pact for the Mediterranean. ## Current developments Latest updates from Digital Policy Alert and Global Trade Alert. No reviewed developments available; this does not establish that no developments exist. ## Associated policy priorities - [External Strategy, Security & Democratic Resilience]() ## Broader policy context (shared priority; not a direct citation) - [Action Plan on Drone and Counter Drone Security]() — status: delivered. Action Plan on Drone and Counter-Drone Security prioritises a Drone Security Package, coordinated risk assessment and industrial coordination to address drone threats. Proposed actions include registration and direct remote identification for drones above 100g, D-TECT Forum launch in Q2 2026, a Drone Security Toolbox and an EU Trusted Drone Label. The plan also covers resilience testing for critical infrastructure, training, cellular detection, voluntary deployment and procurement, annual exercises, a centre of excellence and cooperation with Ukraine. - [Action Plan on the Cybersecurity of Hospitals and Healthcare Providers]() — status: delivered. Healthcare cybersecurity action is centred on a European Cybersecurity Support Centre, sector-specific guidance, maturity assessment and incident-response support. Planned measures include a rapid-response service in the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, a Health Cybersecurity Advisory Board, a network of health CISOs, cyber exercises and a ransomware recovery subscription service. The plan also covers cyber hygiene, threat intelligence, procurement guidance, training, regulatory mapping and international cooperation. - [Digitalisation of Return Case Management]() — status: forthcoming. The Commission will table a dedicated initiative to digitalise Member States’ return case management, as part of a new common approach on returns. COM(2025) 101 sets a common return system and, in Art. 42(1)(d), makes national digital systems for return/readmission/reintegration a core component; a separate act will specify interoperability, once-only data flows and statistics. The Commission’s Political Guidelines commit to digitalising case management; von der Leyen’s 17 March letter signalled presentation by end-2025. A 2026 consultation under the Work Programme will prepare governance and implementation, aligning with SIS/Eurodac and digital-by-default delivery while ensuring uniform practice across the Union. - [DigitalJustice@2030]() — status: delivered. The Commission's justice digitalisation programme will expand shared tools, data availability and cross-border digital cooperation. It plans a repository of digital justice tools, an IT toolbox, exchanges among Member States and guidance on high-risk AI. Other actions cover legal and judicial-data reuse, common videoconferencing requirements, remote participation in criminal hearings, support for national digitalisation and further development of the European Electronic Access Point. - [European Centre for Democratic Resilience]() — status: not recorded. The Centre will be the operational backbone of the European Democracy Shield, uniting national capabilities to detect, analyse and attribute foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). It will pool open-source intelligence, media forensics and platform signals, provide rapid alerts and incident-response templates, and coordinate joint attribution with partners. The Centre will convene Member States and neighbouring countries, standardise methodologies, and channel support to independent media and media-literacy initiatives. By closing gaps between monitoring, policy action and sanctions, it will strengthen deterrence, help protect elections and debate, and build a European capacity against hybrid threats. - [European Democracy Shield]() — status: delivered. It will harden democratic resilience by combining early detection of foreign information manipulation, coordinated analysis and rapid response across the Union. A new European Centre for Democratic Resilience will pool national expertise and capacities as the hub for monitoring, attribution and joint action with partners. The Shield will leverage the EU’s FIMI toolbox and the Digital Services Act, expand media- and digital-literacy efforts, and strengthen crisis communication to counter disinformation systematically. It complements a forthcoming Media Resilience Programme supporting independent journalism, and is anchored in upgrades to EU internal-security governance. Work will also address harmful social-media design and youth well-being through expert advice on safeguards and enforcement. - [European Preparedness Union Strategy]() — status: delivered. The Preparedness Union Strategy would improve EU anticipation, coordination and response across crises through an EU risk and threat assessment, crisis dashboard and an upgraded Emergency Response Coordination Centre. It also proposes stockpiling, minimum preparedness requirements, revised civil-protection arrangements, early-warning guidance and preparedness training. The strategy includes measures for public-private continuity planning, population self-sufficiency during extreme disruptions, EU-wide exercises, civil-military coordination and cooperation with partner countries. - [European Space Shield]() — status: forthcoming. The European Space Shield is a proposed flagship within the Readiness Roadmap for defence readiness. It would establish and protect a European system of space capabilities for defence purposes, building on EU space systems and national capacities. The roadmap envisages endorsement of the shield as a priority flagship, coordinated prioritisation through space and defence programmes, coordination with Member States' procurement plans, and the shield's launch. - [Europol & Eurojust Revision]() — status: in progress. Europol & Eurojust Revision seeks to modernise Eurojust's legal framework and strengthen cross-border criminal-justice cooperation. The proposal addresses structural and operational constraints identified by the 2025 evaluation, improving governance and operational performance, cooperation with EU partners and third countries, and analytical and proactive capacity. It would expand Eurojust's mandate to cybercrime, gender-based violence and violations of EU restrictive measures, while reinforcing coordination with Europol and supporting work on serious and organised cross-border crime. - [Frontex Revision & EU Visa Support Office]() — status: forthcoming. Frontex is slated for a stronger mandate and reinforced standing corps, allowing the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to expand its presence and operational support. The Commission also assigns Frontex a stronger role in supporting Member States with returns and places a visa strategy among measures aimed at attracting international talent and reducing administrative barriers. - [Harmonised EU Framework for Data Retention]() — status: forthcoming. The Commission is preparing an impact assessment on data retention by service providers for criminal proceedings. The work responds to divergent national rules and the absence of an EU-wide framework, which authorities identify as an obstacle to investigations and cross-border cooperation. Consultations will examine the obstacles, possible non-regulatory and regulatory responses, and impacts on citizens' security, electronic-communications services and the protection of fundamental rights. - [International Digital Strategy]() — status: delivered. International Digital Strategy would extend EU digital cooperation through partnerships, dialogues, trade agreements and infrastructure with trusted partners. The programme covers secure connectivity, Digital Public Infrastructure, AI, software, submarine cables, satellite connectivity, quantum research, semiconductors, high-performance computing, cybersecurity and digital identity. Measures include the Digital Partnership Network, additional bilateral and regional partnerships, EU Tech Business Offer, support for Arctic, MEDUSA and Blue-Raman cables, and integration work on the EU Digital Identity Wallet with Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans. - [New Strategic EU-India Agenda]() — status: delivered. Europe have tabled a Strategic EU–India Agenda that elevates the partnership across five pillars: prosperity, technology, security, connectivity and enablers. It prioritises concluding an FTA and an Investment Protection Agreement, alongside Global Gateway investments and supply-chain de-risking via the EU–India TTC (chips, solar, APIs). It deepens digital cooperation (e.g. trusted data flows, secure 5G/6G and interoperable digital public infrastructures) and expands joint R&I in AI, HPC/quantum and space. A Security and Defence Partnership with a Security of Information Agreement will underpin maritime, cyber and hybrid resilience. Delivery will be steered by an annual summit, upgraded TTC, and an EU–India Business Forum. - [ProtectEU: A European Internal Security Strategy]() — status: delivered. ProtectEU sets out EU internal-security action based on regular threat assessments and stronger operational capacity. It covers terrorism, organised crime, cyber-related and hybrid threats, with proposed changes involving Europol, Eurojust and Frontex. The strategy also calls for a European Critical Communication System, better protection of critical infrastructure and transport hubs, stronger cybersecurity, updated organised-crime and firearms rules, and closer operational cooperation with partner regions. - [Roadmap on Lawful and Effective Access to Data]() — status: delivered. The Roadmap for lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement sets out the conditions that should govern access to digital evidence. It says access must be necessary, proportionate, founded on clear, precise and accessible legal rules, subject to independent oversight and accompanied by effective remedies. The roadmap identifies deleted data, jurisdictional conflicts, difficult device forensics, encryption and limited analytical capacity as obstacles to obtaining criminal evidence. - [Strengthening EU Economy Security]() — status: delivered. Strengthening EU Economy Security centres on faster risk assessment, shared intelligence and action to reduce dependencies in critical supply chains, technologies and infrastructure. The Commission proposes an Economic Security Information Hub, stronger coordination with Member States, an adviser group involving businesses, trade-resilience information and an expanded Observatory on Critical Technologies. It will also consider funding safeguards, foreign-investment screening guidance, dual-use export-control evaluation, trade-defence tools, customs measures, procurement preferences and restrictions on high-risk suppliers. - [Team Europe]() — status: delivered. Aligns the EU, Member States, the EIB/EBRD, agencies and the private sector to act as one, pooling finance, expertise and diplomacy for maximum impact. Born during COVID-19, it is now the default delivery model for international partnerships and Global Gateway. It coordinates over 160 Team Europe Initiatives and mobilised €179 billion in 2021–2023, underpinned by instruments such as the €40 billion EFSD+ guarantee and regular Global Gateway business fora, with governance via a Board, Business Advisory Group, and a Civil Society & Local Authorities platform. By joining up investments, reforms and standards, Team Europe scales high-standard projects worldwide and strengthens EU strategic influence. - [White Paper for European Defence]() — status: delivered. The White Paper invites Member States to increase collaborative defence procurement and proposes fast consideration of SAFE and the European Defence Industry Programme. It calls for military support to Ukraine and greater integration of Ukraine's defence industry, mobility corridors and access to EU space-based governmental services. Further measures include a defence-industry dialogue, a Defence Omnibus Simplification proposal, an armament technology roadmap and military-mobility action. --- [Reading guide and interpretation notes]() · [Methodology]()