(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The proceedings will consist of an opening and a closing ceremony and three panel sessions delving into the most pressing topical matters.
Dubai: Providing international politics with a new and concrete platform of cooperation and dialogue aimed at fostering the adoption of Common Solutions to the Common Challenges affecting the Mediterranean and the Gulf region today. This is the objective of the Mediterranean-Gulf Forum (MGF) a new major international initiative that will inaugurate its First Edition in Cagliari (Italy) on Saturday October 11 2014.
The MGF will convene prominent guests from Europe and the Middle East including government and institutional authorities; high representatives from the political diplomatic military academic and economic field; officials from regional and international organizations; experts researchers and professionals; journalists and media operators.
The proceedings will consist of an opening and a closing ceremony and three panel sessions delving into the most pressing topical matters. The first session − Cooperative Security and Regional Crises − will discuss the surge of terrorism and extremist forces in Iraq Syria Libya Sinai and other relevant areas as a vital threat to the stability and the common security of the Mediterranean and the Gulf. The adoption of synergic and coordinated responses is essential to effectively cope with such a transnational and cross-border phenomenon being also the main cause of the unsolved emergencies affecting the refugees and the immigration from southern Mediterranean countries to Europe. In this framework the session will examine the most critical regional flashpoints and the possible ways to enhance cooperation and partnership relations in counterterrorism as well as in managing and preventing humanitarian crises.
The second session − Socio-Economic Development in the Southern Mediterranean – will focus on the socio-economic instability factors which have been a major trigger for the unrest erupted throughout the Arab world in recent years. To address disruptive questions such as youth unemployment food security and marginalization is fundamental to the normalization of the political process in the countries affected by domestic turmoil depriving radical forces of a breeding ground to exploit. This session will relaunch the strategies for the development and the modernization of the southern Mediterranean with a particular focus on the challenges to be met in order to foster economic growth.
The third session – The Path to Moderation and the Future of the Middle East – will raise the case of moderation in the cultural and political sphere. Indeed moderation must prevail over radicalism and sectarian animosity being the main catalysts of the current wave of conflicts and violence marring the broader region. The session will concentrate on the prospects of the intercultural and interfaith dialogue the issue of education the future of minorities and the path towards the achievement of a “new ecumenism” among religions and their various denominations which is the prerequisite for the pacification of the area.
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