2022 OSCE Mediterranean Conference to take place in Jordan

VIENNA/AMMAN, 23 October 2022 - The annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference will take place on 24 and 25 October 2022 at the Dead Sea, Jordan.

This year’s conference, entitled “Advancing security and co-operation in the Mediterranean: fostering dialogue with the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation”, is organized by North Macedonia, the current Chair of the Mediterranean Partners Group, and hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as member of the Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation. 

OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, Chair of the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan Ayman Safadi, and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will address the conference.

The conference will cover topics such as the role of youth, challenges caused by climate change, the trafficking of human beings and women’s economic empowerment.

The Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, together with the OSCE and its participating States, engage in sustained dialogue and concrete co-operation across all three of the OSCE’s dimensions, the politico-military; the economic and environmental; and the human dimensions.