A conference to explore new approaches to dialogue and cooperation

Youth

The conference, organized under the auspices of the Italian Chairmanship of the OSCE Mediterranean Contact Group, will see the participation of eight outstanding young scholars from the Middle East and North Africa to discuss topics such as climate change, radicalisation, state-society relations and the migrant and refugee crisis. Scholars were selected through a rigorous application process and will be paired with a number of expert discussants to encourage new ideas and approaches on dialogue and cooperation in the Mediterranean region.

Established in June 2014, New-Med is a research network of Mediterranean experts and policy analysts developed by IAI, in cooperation with the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, the Compagnia di San Paolo of Turin, the Italian MAECI, and the GMFUS. By undertaking research and outreach activities, New-Med aims to foster the scholarly reflection on the changing scenarios in and around the Mediterranean and provide key input to the political dialogue taking place in policy fora, including in the context of the OSCE Mediterranean Dialogue.