Eighth edition of the MED-Dialogues Conference organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI
“Weathering the Storm: interdependence, resilience and cooperation”.
Rome, 1 December 2022 – The eighth edition of the Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues, Conference will be held from 1 to 3 December 2022 in Rome, at Hotel Parco dei Principi, Via Gerolamo Frescobaldi, 5. The title of the event will be “Weathering the storm: interdependence, resilience and cooperation”.
The Conference, organized since 2015 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and by ISPI (Institute of Studies on International Politics) will officially begin on Friday 2 December with a greeting by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella and contributions by Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger, Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, President of Mauritania and ISPI President Giampiero Massolo. A statement by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will end the MED-Dialogues in the afternoon of Saturday 3 December.
On Thursday 1 December, Rome MED2022 will feature working sessions behind closed doors (the so-called “theme-based fora”) to be attended by experts on the topics tackled by the Conference.
Currently, the participation of high-profile representatives from across the enlarged Mediterranean region, as well as of representatives from several relevant international organisations, has been confirmed. In addition to the previously mentioned Presidents of Mauritania and Niger, the event will be attended by Prince Hassan Bin Talal on behalf of the King of Jordan; Ramtane Lamamra, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Algeria; Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia; Ayman Safadi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jordan; Fuad Hussein, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iraq; Abdullah Bou Habib, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Lebanon; Najla El Mangoush, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Libya; Riad Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Palestine; Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Turkey; Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Yemen; Gordan Grlić-Radman, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia; Kostantinos Skrekas, Minister of Energy and Environment, Greece; Leo Docherty, Minister of State for Europe, United Kingdom; Tanja Fajon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Slovenia; Jose Manuel Albares, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain; Yael Lempert, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, U.S.A.; Robert Malley, Special Representative for Iran; Emanuela Del Re, EU Special Representative for the Sahel; Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy; Dubravka Šuica, European Commissioner for Democracy and Demography; Nazila Ghanea, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief; Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General, League of Arab States; Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Nasser Kamel, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean; Kerri-Ann Jones, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD; Geir O. Pedersen, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria, United Nations; Joanna Wronecka, Special Coordinator for the Lebanon, United Nations
The Rome Mediterranean Dialogues are the major public diplomacy initiative of the Foreign Ministry held on a yearly basis. The event, co-organised with ISPI since 2015, gathers institutional representatives, experts, analysts, youths and stakeholders from the civil society, from the economic sphere and from the media to discuss the main challenges in the Mediterranean region and to bolster intra-regional cooperation, based on four pillars: “Shared security”; “Shared prosperity”; “Migration”; “Culture and civil society”. The event aims to promote a high-level, open and informal dialogue on the challenges facing the enlarged Mediterranean to strengthen the role of this region, which is strategic for Italy’s foreign policy, through a shared drafting of a “Positive Agenda”, in order to give new momentum to the whole region: from being the epicentre of crises, the Mediterranean must go back to being an area where its people can thrive and develop, while also being a physical and ideal platform connecting Europe, Africa and Asia.
The high-level sessions scheduled for this year’s edition will encompass a number of topics, also associated with the impact of the war in Ukraine on the region, with a specific focus on energy and food security. In particular, the pillar “Security” will address all the sector or trans-sector priorities involving the region, from unsolved crises to the future of multilateralism and of the world order. The “Prosperity” pillar shall include energy-related issues (security and transition) and food-related issues, water security, the rethinking of global value chains and the adaptation of urban areas to climate change. The “Migration” pillar will be addressed from a cross-sector standpoint. As for “Culture and Civil Society”, it will include panels dedicated to literature and combating disinformation.
All working sessions will be made available also in live streaming on the official website.
This year’s edition, too, will be streamed at the following link: https://med.ispionline.it. In order to follow the event from the virtual platform you must sign up by 30 November, 6:00 pm, by filling in the relevant form.
The statements by institutional figures will also be streamed on the YouTube channel of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen wishing to follow the 2 and 3 December proceedings in person shall register by Thursday 1 December at 6 p.m., in one of the following ways:
- ONLINEat the link https://portaleaccreditamento.esteri.it, attaching the required digital documentation:
– identity document;
– letter from the newspaper for which they work or, in the absence thereof, professional card;
– Note Verbale of the Embassy in Rome of the country of the press organization represented (for representatives of foreign press organizations)
- VIA E-MAILto accreditamentostampa@esteri.it, (tel. 06/3691.3432 – 06/3691.8573), enclosing the above documentation.
Please note that on the day of the event it will not be possible to accept new accreditation requests, but only replacements.
The sessions may also be followed directly in the halls hosting the event (Sala Fernandes, Sala Sforza and Sala Farnese) by photographers and TV operators, and in the Press Room, via audio/video link, by accredited journalists in attendance.
The entrance for the accredited press in attendance at the Congress Centre of the Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi, Via Gerolamo Frescobaldi no. 5, will be open at the following times
– Friday 2 December from 7:30 a.m. to the end of the event scheduled for 8 p.m.
– Saturday 3 December from 8 a.m. to the end of the event scheduled for 7 p.m.
PRESS CONTACTS
ISPI
Francesca Robbiati Media relations +393662647188
Stefania Salustri Senior Advisor Communications +393357919949
MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION- GENERAL DIRECTORATE FOR PUBLIC AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY- CENTRAL DIRECTORATE FOR COMMUNICATION
Event Unit Press Office +39063691.3432- 8573-3078
accreditamentostampa@esteri.it
Visit the web page of Med Dialogues at https://med.ispionline.it/
