Fifth edition of the MED-Dialogues Conference promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and by ISPI The Fifth Edition of the Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues Conference, promoted since 2015 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and by ISPI will be held in Rome at the Hotel Parco dei Principi, via Gerolamo Frescobaldi 5, From 5 to 7 December 2019. The Conference will be held over a three-day period (for the preliminary program and accreditation see https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/areagiornalisti/notestampa).
More than 40 leaders will participate in the MED Dialogues, including Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers and about 1000 entrepreneurs, academics, representatives of the major international organizations as well as scholars and experts from over 50 countries. Also this year there are over 40 sessions grouped into 4 pillars: “Shared security”, “Shared prosperity”, “Migration” and “Culture and civil society”.
The aim of the MED Dialogues is to contribute to facing the challenges and opportunities posed by the “enlarged” Mediterranean, by focusing on the great opportunities that a positive agenda on development can offer. Among the strategic issues at the heart of the debate are: the main regional crises (with a focus on Libya and Syria); the challenges posed by the ongoing transition processes; the geopolitical competition between the various regional actors; terrorism and the fate of ISIS; the management of migration flows; the geopolitical impact of climate change; the new energy scenarios; and the role of investments and technological innovation in the region.
