22/01/2013 Session
While welcoming the extension of the geographic scope of the EBRD’s mandate, in order to support the transition in those countries of the south and east of the Mediterranean which embrace multiparty democracy, pluralism and market economics, PACE today called on the Bank to step up co-ordination with the Assembly and other relevant bodies in order “to develop synergy in the wider European efforts to support the emerging democracies in the Arab world”.
The adopted text, based on a report by Tuur Elzinga (Netherlands, UEL), underlines the importance of interacting and co-operating with civil society organisations and social partners in order “to shape transition policy in a way that is broadly supported”.