STRENGTHENED COOPERATION WITH SOUTHERN PARTNER COUNTRIES: Achievements of the Euromed Police IV Project.

The rapidly changing security environment in the Euro-Mediterranean region has made it imperative for international, regional, and state actors to engage in strategic and operational cooperation way beyond the traditional law enforcement fields. Risks arising from terrorism, trafficking in human beings, cybercrime, firearms trafficking, and drug trafficking are increasingly shared by both the EU and South Partner Countries. These challenges have brought about the firm willingness of affected EU and MENA countries to work together to enhance citizen's security by reinforcing law enforcement cooperation through joint capacity-building efforts under the aegis of the Euromed Police projects. This paper thus aims to shed light on and disseminate good practices related to the particular approach and tangible results of the EU-funded Euromed Police IV project. In early 2020, the project came to the end of its 4^th phase, which makes it an influential law enforcement actor in the Euro-Mediterranean region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]