The 11th edition of the MED – Mediterranean Dialogues Conference, organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) in collaboration with ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies), will take place from 15 to 17 October 2025 at the historic Royal Palace in Naples.
The event will be preceded by closed-door roundtables on 15 October, with the conference officially opening on Thursday, 16 October. The institutional opening session will feature remarks by Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Franco Bruni, President of ISPI.
The Mediterranean Dialogues represent MAECI’s main public diplomacy initiative. Since 2015, the Conference has been bringing together, on a yearly basis, top-level political and institutional representatives, officials, experts, analysts and representatives from society, economy and media to discuss some of the key issues for the Mediterranean and to improve intra-regional cooperation. The event aims at fostering an open and informal high-level debate on the challenges of the enlarged Mediterranean, in order to highlight the centrality of this strategic region for Italy’s foreign policy and to define a “Positive Agenda” for the relaunch of the region.
This year’s edition is exceptionally hosted in Naples, in collaboration with the Neapolis 2500 National Committee, highlighting the city’s historic role as a political and economic crossroads between Europe and the Mediterranean, and celebrating 2,500 years since its founding. The choice of Naples underlines the centrality of the Mediterranean in Italy’s political identity and highlights a dynamic region aiming to build its future alongside key actors from the Southern shore.
The Conference is organised in collaboration with ISPI, the Institute for International Policy Studies, through a year-long Memorandum of Understanding, with the aim of deepening the scientific aspects of security and the resolution of ongoing conflicts, economic development and infrastructure, migration, culture and scientific and technological research.
