It further develops the ‘Partnership for democracy and shared prosperity with the southern Mediterranean’ which was agreed in March 2011, in immediate response to the upheaval and democratic aspiration currently being seen in North Africa.
Sellega jätkatakse 2011. aasta märtsis heakskiidetud dokumendi „Partnerlus Vahemere lõunapiirkonnaga demokraatia ja ühise heaolu nimel” põhimõtete edasiarendamist.