MEDIA ADVISORY
Sustainable development and economic growth in face of COVID-19 pandemic focus of 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Partners conference on 3 November VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 29 October 2020 — Enhancing security in the Mediterranean region through sustainable development and economic growth in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic is the focus of the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation conference, chaired by Sweden, and taking place online and in Vienna on Tuesday, 3 November.
Representatives of the 57 OSCE participating States, the six OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation — Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia — and several international organizations will participate.
The discussion will highlight long-term co-operation on political and economic security in the region, with a particular emphasis on women’s economic empowerment and environmental co-operation.
Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, Albania’s Acting Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Gent Cakaj and OSCE Officer-in-Charge/OSCE Secretary General Tuula Yrjölä will open the conference.
A video announcement by Linde previewing the conference is available here.
Media representatives are invited to cover a live press statement by Linde from 09:20 to 09:25 on Tuesday, 3 November, and then the opening of the conference from 09:30 to 10:00 via https://www.osce.org/live. There is no requirement to register.
The agenda and more information about the event are available here.
The OSCE has been holding annual conferences with its Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation since 1995.
For PDF attachments or links to sources of further information, please visit: https://www.osce.org/partners-for-cooperation/mediterranean/468753
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