(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, MAY 17 - Creation of a north-south co-presidency and a permanent secretariat as well as the definition of a ''short-list'' of priority projects of great interest for the entire region are among the main proposals of the European Commission to shape the ''Union for the Mediterranean'' project, to be launched at the Euro-Mediterranean summit in Paris on July 13. In a statement that will be on the EC table tomorrow, Brussels - responding to the request of the latest European summit - draws the institutional profile of what will be officially called ''Barcelona Process - A Union for the Mediterranean'' with the purpose of ratifying the continuity with the action launched in 1995 in the Catalonian city to give a political dimension to the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, promoting economic integration and cultural dialogue. In an attempt to make the new initiative, which is led by France, Italy and Spain and could become an important point a common strategy for responding to the emergency of immigration, more consistent, the European Commission proposes the creation of a co-presidency between the EU and a Mediterranean country, chosen with consensus for a two-year term. At the same time, the EC proposes the creation of a joint north-south secretariat divided in two structures: one destined entirely to the realisation of big projects of common interest, and another aimed at backing the work of the co-presidency and guaranteeing the sharing of the decision-making process. The projects and the other priority actions of the Union for the Mediterranean will be decided by summits of heads of state and government, which starting with the one on July 13, will be held every two years in alternate EU country and in the southern Mediterranean country of the co-president of the union. The country host to the summit will have to invite all participants in the initiative, the European Commission statement reads. The foreign ministers will gather periodically, between one summit and the other, to discuss the completed work and prepare new Euro-Mediterranean summits. Being the only institutional headquarters where Arabs and Israelis are required to sit on the same table, as the Barcelona Process has been so far, the Mediterranean Union will include all EU member states, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Monaco. (ANSAmed).