The aim of our study is, in the light of an examination of current Mediterranean policies, to attempt to give an account of the operation of the regulatory body responsible for the implementation, management and control of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation programmes, in this case the UfM, and above all in terms of the organisation of tasks and the exercise of authority over dependent bodies, with a view to implementing accompanying measures to achieve the objectives of security, peace and stabilisation of migratory flows, a prerequisite for the co-development of the UfM partner countries.